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Elgin’s Ransacking of the Parthenon: A Closer Look

With only a document from a local Ottoman official and without formal permission, Elgin ransacked the Parthenon -Adolf Michaelis' valuable book on the Parthenon sculptures

Turkish Support for the Return of the Parthenon Sculptures to Greece: A Historical Background

The director of the Acropolis Museum reveals to protothema.gr how the Greek side has proven that the firman of Elgin, cited by the British, is not authentic

New York Times: New research tracks ancient artifacts looted by the Nazis – The Greek case

Scholars are increasingly focusing attention on the seizure & excavation of antiquities from Greece & other countries by the Germans during WWII

Telegraph ridicules Amal Clooney and supports Parthenon marbles plunder

In a tabloid fashion, the newspaper claims that the marbles would have turned into "kebab shop foundations" if they had stayed in Greece

“Lord Elgin and Some Stones of No Value” excerpts (Watch the Video)

A TV movie which shows the story of the great theft