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Explained: The Parthenon Marbles that the Vatican has returned to Greece

The Vatican has returned three fragments, featuring the heads of a bearded man, a horse, and a boy, to Greece as a 'gesture of friendship'. The sculptures are a part of marble architectural ornaments from Athens' Parthenon, the goddess Athena's temple

'UK will not return Elgin Marbles to Greece', says Rishi Sunak

The UK government is believed to find even a long-term lending of the Marbles to Greece intolerable. Sunak said, "The British Museum's collection is legally protected, and we don't intend to alter that"

No ‘mummy’: Why museums in UK are rebranding the word for ancient Egyptian remains

Some museums in the UK including London’s British Museum are using alternatives for the word ‘mummy’ like ‘mummified person’ or ‘mummified remains’ to describe their displays of ancient Egyptian bodies. A critic has likened the step to ‘virtue signalling’

Britain needs to return the Amaravati artefacts now too, not just the Kohinoor

Amaravati, unlike the Kohinoor, has no negative stories about it such as curses of doom for whoever possesses it, including its current keeper, ‘Great’ Britain

On this day: Remembering historical events that took place on 15 January

On 15 January 2009, US Airways flight 1549 made an emergency landing in the Hudson River. In the event, also known as 'Miracle on the Hudson', five people were seriously injured but no casualties were reported

UK minister rules out permanent return of Parthenon Marbles to Greece

Taken by Elgin when he was the British ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, Greece maintains the marbles were stolen and has long campaigned for their return while the UK maintains they were legally obtained

Egyptians call on British Museum to return Rosetta Stone

The inscriptions on the black granite slab became the seminal breakthrough in deciphering ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics after it was taken from Egypt by forces of the British empire in 1801

What are the Parthenon Marbles that Britain may return to Greece after 200 years?

Taken to Britain in the early 1800s, the marble sculptures, inscriptions and architectural features were once a part of the 2500-year-old Parthenon temple. The Greek government and several international organisations, including UNESCO have called for the their return for decades now

Kolkata-made Goddess Kali idol to be part of British Museum exhibition on feminine power

The five-foot-tall fibre idol of Goddess Kali has been made by Artisan Kaushik Ghosh, who took a month-and-half to make it

Nigeria's looted treasures return to traditional palace after over 100 years

The return of the two artefacts comes as calls grow in Africa for Western countries to return colonial spoils from their museums and private collections