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A recent cancelled meeting between the UK and Greek prime ministers has highlighted how tensions still simmer over the removed cultural artefacts.

Archaeologists have discovered two temples, one buried atop the other, in the ancient megacity of Girsu in Iraq. One temple is linked to Hercules and Alexander the Great.

Sri Lanka says return of looted artefacts is redressing ‘historical injustice’

Conservative peer Lord Dobbs asked about ‘relations with Greece’ as the Foreign Secretary faced questions from peers for the first time

Greece’s Acropolis Museum has launched an exhibition that includes a renowned ancient Greek water jug from 420 B.C. on loan from the British Museum

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Letters: Readers respond to the British prime minister’s refusal to return the Parthenon sculptures to Greece, and his snub of the Greek prime minister over the issue

It isn’t just our planet’s future that’s at risk: soon the artefacts buried deep in our soil may be lost for ever, says Richard Hobbs, a senior curator at the British Museum

The week began with Rishi Sunak getting into a diplomatic spat with Greece over the Elgin Marbles. The Prime Minister cancelled a meeting with Kyriakos Mitsotakis at the last minute on Monday because the Greek PM had wanted to talk about the return of the ancient sculptures on display in…

PM’s ‘blunder’ highlights the issue of the disputed Parthenon marbles, fuelling campaign to send them home to Athens

A diplomatic row erupted after Rishi Sunak cancelled a meeting with the Greek prime minister who wanted to discuss the statues