Now playing Next Culture news Pressure mounts on British Museum as Pope returns Parthenon Marbles Pope Francis termed the return by the Vatican as a spiritual donation. 21/12/2022
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Now playing Next United Kingdom UK body seeks return of Parthenon Marbles to Greece in 'win-win' deal A new advisory board is confident of a breakthrough in the long-running row over the sculptures known in Britain as the "Elgin Marbles", in a potential exchange deal. 13/10/2022
Now playing Next See The Rosetta Stone: 200 years on and calls for repatriation continue In 1822, one of the world's longest-standing mysteries was finally solved - scholars had deciphered the Rosetta Stone. But nearly 200 years, pressure for the stone to be repatriated is mounting 28/09/2022
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Now playing Next Culture news Is Britain finally ready to share the Parthenon Marbles with Greece? Ahead of UNESCO talks over the ownership of the Parthenon Marbles between Greece and the UK, the British Museum president has suggested he would be open to sharing. 15/06/2022
Now playing Next See Why Britain should want to return the Parthenon Marbles As talks open up between Britain and Greece over the Parthenon Marbles, Evangelos Kyriakidis makes a moral argument instead of a legal one. 25/05/2022
Now playing Next Culture news British Museum agrees to remove Sackler name from galleries The Sackler name has become synonymous with Purdue Pharma, the company that developed OxyContin. 28/03/2022
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Now playing Next Culture news Europe's museums, big and small, grapple with cultural restitution Europe's museums, big and small, grapple with cultural restitution and returning artefacts to the places they came from. 05/03/2022
Now playing Next See Who built Stonehenge? A new exhibition in London might have the answer A new exhibition at the British Museum in London aims to shine a light on the iconic Stonehenge: it's purpose, cultural significance and the people that made it 15/02/2022
Now playing Next See Learn about the most crucial UK archaeological discovery in 100 years The chalk drum statue is a significant development in understanding Britain's neolithic inhabitants and will feature in an exhibition on the subject. 11/02/2022
Now playing Next Culture news Greek statue loaned to Italy in goodwill gesture The Greek government hopes that the return of a foot from the marble tableaux which adorned the Parthenon will prompt similar actions by the British. 10/02/2022
Now playing Next Culture news Foot of ancient Greek goddess makes its way to Athens from Palermo While only on loan, the fragment of the surviving Parthenon Marbles “paves the way” for the British Museum to return the rest, Greek officials say. 11/01/2022
Now playing Next Touch Talks stall between Greece and UK over return of ancient Elgin marbles The marbles — 17 figures and part of a frieze that decorated the 2,500-year-old Acropolis monument — were taken by Lord Elgin, the British ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, in the early 19th century. 15/11/2021
Now playing Next Touch Elation on the streets of Benin as France returns stolen bronzes Yesterday marked the return of some of the African kingdom's treasured bronze statues - after over a century of waiting. 11/11/2021
Now playing Next Culture news British Museum accepts Nigerian artist's gift but keeps looted bronzes The British Museum has a gigantic collection of stolen artefacts from multiple continents. One Nigerian artist set out on an exchange to get theirs back. 01/10/2021
Now playing Next United Kingdom Locked-down Europeans flock to British Museum's online collections Egyptian mummies without the crowds: traffic to the museum's online galleries has more than tripled amid coronavirus lockdowns. 16/04/2020
Now playing Next Good Morning Europe Virtually open: Europe's museums bid to enrich life on lockdown Missing your cultural fix? Fear not, Europe's museums are opening their virtual doors to help enrich life on lockdown. 03/04/2020
Now playing Next world news 'The British have our soul:' Easter Island delegation requests British Museum return statue A delegation from Chile's Easter Island travelled to the British Museum to formally requests the return of a moai sculpture said to be carved between 1100 and 1600 AD. 21/11/2018
