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Rethinking the Greek Campaign to Repatriate the Parthenon Marbles: Problems and Complexities with Contested Cultural Heritage book cover

1st Edition

Rethinking the Greek Campaign to Repatriate the Parthenon Marbles Problems and Complexities with Contested Cultural Heritage

By James Beresford Copyright 2026
354 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Central European University Press

Offering an incisive examination into aspects of the controversy regarding ownership of the marble sculptures infamously removed from the Parthenon by Lord Elgin in the early nineteenth century, this volume challenges long-held scholarly assumptions frequently made in support of the return of the artworks to Athens. With the fate of the Parthenon’s marbles thrust into the spotlight of... Read more

Acknowledgements

Contents

Illustrations

Preface

Introduction

1. The Elgin Marbles, Acropolis Marbles and Parthenon Marbles: Tabulating Troublesome Terminologies

2. Marbles of the Mosque

3. The Parthenon and the Logo of UNESCO

4. How Not to Go About Building a Museum: Political Incompetency and a Torturous Construction Project

5. One of Our Caryatids is Missing: Repatriation of the Absent Marble Maiden

Conclusion

Index

Biography

James Beresford is currently a Tutor of History, Genealogy and Archaeology within the department of Lifelong Learning at Aberystwyth University, United Kingdom. He has also taught in Japan, the United Arab Emirates and Pakistan, as well as at various institutions within Britain. He is the author of The Ancient Sailing Season (2013), and was previously an editor of Minerva: The International Review of Ancient Art and Archaeology. Before recently returning to Wales, he lived for several years in Greece. He holds masters and doctoral degrees in Archaeology from the University of Oxford, Keble College.

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