Indeed, one of the criticisms of Athens was that its slaves and freemen were difficult to tell apart. A fundamental part of economy, the most prized slaves worked as tutors and police officials ...

Parthenon sculpture: Centaur and Lapith (made around 440 BC). Marble; from the Parthenon, Athens Around 1800, Lord Elgin removed some of the sculptures from the ruins of the Parthenon in Athens ...

The ecumenical "donation" by the Vatican furthers a campaign to press the British Museum to hand back a collection of ...

Around 1800, Lord Elgin removed some of the sculptures from the ruins of the Parthenon in Athens, and a few years later put them on public show in London. For most western Europeans it was the ...