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Greece demands return of stolen heritage
July 11 2006: Getty museum success inspires antiquities hunt
· We'll scour world to get them back, says minister

Ruling tightens grip on Parthenon marbles
May 27 2005: The British Museum is barred by law from handing back four Old Master drawings looted by the Nazis, the high court decided today, in a ruling that may obstruct Greek efforts to reclaim the Parthenon marbles.

Elgin Marbles: fact or fiction?
July 20 2004: So many theories abound about the controversial Elgin Marbles, academics claim it's hard to separate fact from fiction. Here, archaeologist Dr Dorothy King dispels the myths.

End the exile
Jun 20 2004: For 300 years we have had the Elgin Marbles, but the case for their return is now unanswerable

Marbles expert: Greeks are like abusive parents
Jun 20 2004: Undiplomatic comments made by a British archaeologist in a new BBC documentary on the marbles will now take the temperature of debate still higher.

Oxford Union accused of bias over marble debate
May 11 2004: A leading archaeologist and a campaigner for the protection of British museum collections refused to take part in an Oxford Union debate on the Parthenon marbles amid accusations of bias.

Gallery's u-turn over Marbles
Feb 5 2004: Manchester's Walker art gallery has changed its mind and decided not to hire out a room to campaigners who want the Elgin marbles to be returned to Greece.

Background
Interactive guide to the history of the Elgin marbles

The Elgin marbles
Net notes: Famous Brits are campaigning to send the Elgin, or Parthenon Marbles, back home to Athens. Read our guide to the best sites on the pilfered sculptures.

Comment
Why the marbles must return to Greece
Jan 21 2004, letters: The issue of returning the Parthenon marbles centres on a real point of principle.

History in the making
Jan 19 2004: Returning the Elgin marbles to Greece would mean whitewashing Europe's past, says Salvatore Settis.

No going back
Jan 18 2004: It is for the greater good that the Elgin Marbles should remain in that living wonder, the British Museum, writes David Aaranovitch.

The Elgin marbles should stay
Feb 5 2002: The Elgin marbles, displayed in London, have been an inspiration to generations of people of all nationalities. To take them from our museum would impoverish the world, writes Labour MP Alan Howarth
20.08.01: Greece presses for loan deal

Tainted love
Aug 3 2000: What happens to great art when it is taken from its original setting? Do the Elgin marbles belong in a dreary room in London - or in the magnificent Parthenon? Jonathan Jones concludes his search for beauty.

Britain
Medallists back return of marbles to Parthenon
Jan 25 2003: Ten British Olympic medal winners are backing the return of the Parthenon marbles to Greece for next year's Olympic Games.

New shots in Marbles battle
Jan 15 2004: An increasing number of Britons believe that it is wrong to keep the Parthenon marbles in the British Museum in London.

Italian loan puts marbles pressure on British Museum
Dec 13 2002: Italy yesterday put further pressure on the British Museum to hand back the Elgin Marbles to Greece by returning a fragment of the contested 4th century BC frieze they themselves looted.

Greece
Museum sinks hope of marbles deal
Nov 13 2002: Greek culture minister fobbed off with tea but no sympathy.

Greeks offer deal to get marbles back
Nov 11 2002: Britain likely to get pick of prized antiquities.

Acropolis row
Mar 27 2002: The Greek government wants to build an Acropolis museum, with a place especially reserved for the Elgin marbles, but opponents of the plan say it would desecrate the ancient site, writes Helena Smith.

The government
Museum faces Elgin campaign
Jan 16 2002: A campaign for the return of the Elgin marbles to Greece will be launched today by more than 90 MPs and actors.
15.01.02: Elgin marbles 'will never leave UK'
13.01.02: Elgin marbles 'should be shared' with Greece
22.06.01: Greek weapon in fight for marbles

British Museum
Virtual intervention in battle over Parthenon marbles
Oct 7 2003: The British Museum yesterday issued its most stinging rejection yet of Greek pleas for the return of the Parthenon marbles, on the day an exhibition opened to show how even a partial return of the sculptures could dramatically alter the way they are seen.

Museums: 'No secret talks' over Marbles
Aug 4 2003: The British Museum yesterday categorically rejected a claim that it was to give back the Parthenon marbles for next year's Olympic Games in Athens.

Artist says British Museum does not know left from right
May 26 2003: There are several ways of looking at the troubled history of the Parthenon marbles. The argument now is over whether the British Museum knows its elbow from its armpit.

New row about Elgin marbles
Apr 14 2001: British Museum is accused of stifling debate.
05.12.00: Greek snub to British Museum over marbles
11.12.00: British Museum U-turn on files
12.11.00: British damage to Elgin marbles 'irreparable'

http://www.guardian.co.uk/parthenon/0,,184528,00.html