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It is dishonourable for the British Museum to keep the Parthenon marbles

Letters: Margaret Squires and David Simmonds on the row over returning the sculptures to Greece

The Guardian - UK · Jun 1, 2022

Metal detectorist unearths 2,000-year-old penis pendant

Rare item may represent ‘an almost barbaric sexuality’, experts say

The Independent UK · Jun 1, 2022

British Museum to return looted medieval artifacts to Ukraine after exhibition

There are 86 recovered metalwork antiquities which include pendant crosses and disc pendants

Evening Standard · May 31, 2022

Greece clash with British Museum over Parthenon marble claims

Greece has rejected claims made by the British Museum that marbles taken from the Parthenon were “removed from the rubble”.

Evening Standard · May 23, 2022

Greece rebuts British Museum claim Parthenon marbles were ‘removed from rubble’

Museum’s deputy director had told Unesco meeting contested treasures ‘were not all hacked’ from Greek temple

The Guardian - UK · May 23, 2022

Goddesses, she-devils and a tangle with textiles – the week in art

Lonnie Holley scours Britain for material, demons seize the British Museum and feminist fabrics come to Cambridge

The Guardian - UK · May 20, 2022

Parthenon fragment from Italy can stay in Greece "forever", Greek ministry says

A marble fragment of the Parthenon temple will be permanently returned to Athens from a museum in Italy, a significant move for Greece which has stepped up its campaign for the return of the sculptures from its most renowned ancient monument.

Reuters · May 20, 2022

‘Goddesses, I yield to you!’ Marina Warner on the volcanic power of witches, she-devils and divinities

The writer has always resisted deity worship but she found her senses sparking at the British Museum’s gripping show about female superbeings – one wearing a necklace of severed heads

The Guardian - UK · May 16, 2022

Schoolboy, 12, finds Bronze Age gold ribbon worth £1,000 with metal detector

Patrick Hooper took up the hobby of searching for treasure with his metal detector three years ago. He regularly visits remote country fields with his dad, hoping to make some great discoveries

Daily Mirror · May 3, 2022

The Platinum Jubilee Weekend: Here are all the London cultural events to mark in your diary

It’s going to be one packed four day bank holiday weekend

Evening Standard · May 3, 2022