After an archaeology career which saw her travel the world, Mrs Marten was awarded an OBE in 1980 and made a trustee of the British Museum.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11637403/Aristocrat-daughter-Queens-page-missing-lover-newborn-Tatler-girl.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

An amphora that is part of the Panagyurishte Treasure from the National Historical Museum, Bulgaria, displayed in Luxury & Power: Persia to Greece at the British Museum.

Source: https://observer.com/2023/05/the-panagyurishte-treasure-comes-to-the-british-museum-as-part-of-luxury-power/

British Museum chairman George Osborne, the former chancellor, has said he is exploring ways for the Elgin Marbles to be displayed in Greece.

Source: https://www.ardrossanherald.com/news/national/23381036.no-plans-change-law-blocking-elgin-marbles-given-greece---sunak/?ref=rss

For example, the British Museum currently 122 Mongolian artifacts from the Ill-Khanid dynasty.

Source: https://thediplomat.com/2023/12/how-mongolias-third-neighbor-policy-can-bolster-its-tourism-sector/

For its part, the British Museum argues that this division is not unique, pointing out that cultural objects such as medieval and renaissance altarpieces have been divided and distributed to museums around the world.

Source: https://greekreporter.com/2023/03/31/parthenon-marbles-integrity-monuments/

Gareth Williams, curator of early medieval coins at the British Museum, said the hoard was an 'important discovery'

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11768779/Metal-detectorist-unearths-570-coins-dubbed-Englands-worst-money-worth-200-000.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

Gloucestershire Coroners Court was told that an expert at the British Museum has dated the ring between 100 and 300 AD.

Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-67692133?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA

Greece celebrates the return of ancient art from the Vatican but takes aim at the British Museum for holding onto sculpturesfortune.

Source: https://biztoc.com/x/f955c1d0ac28dda9?ref=ff

Greece has long called for the British Museum to return its collection.

Source: https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/british-museum-head-quits-amid-deepening-scandal-over-treasure-theft-20230826-p5dzlg.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed

In the British Museum hangs a painting called “Hope.”

Source: https://www.recordherald.com/2023/10/27/the-importance-of-having-hope/

LONDON: The director of the British Museum stepped down on Friday (Aug 25) after admitting to failings in its investigation into the theft of items from its collection.

Source: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/british-museum-director-resigns-stolen-items-3725166?cid=cna_flip_070214

Meanwhile, Labour Leader Keir Starmer stepped in to meet with Mitsotakis, announcing that his party was open to a loan arrangement for the marbles as a legal workaround to the British Museum Act of 1963, barring removal of collection pieces.

Source: https://www.mediaite.com/uk/elgin-marbles-row-transport-secretary-defends-rishi-sunak-over-greek-prime-minister-snub/

“The British Museum has launched an independent review of security after items from the collection were found to be missing, stolen or damaged.

Source: https://krdo.com/news/2023/08/16/police-investigating-staffers-alleged-theft-of-jewelry-artifacts-from-british-museum-in-london/

The British Museum, like other Western institutions, is coming under increasing pressure to repatriate foreign antiquities in its collection considered by some as the looted spoils of empire.

Source: https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/acropolis-row-uk-greece-quarrel-over-cancelled-pm-meeting-1721867

The collection of the British Museum is protected by law, and we have no plans to change it.”

Source: https://greekreporter.com/2023/03/13/rishi-sunak-rules-out-return-parthenon-marbles-greece/

The Metropolitan Police interviewed the man on Wednesday, August 24 following the alleged thefts at the British Museum.

Source: https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1806285/Some-of-2-000-items-stolen-from-British-Museum-have-been-recovered

The new director, who studied Politics, Philosophy and Economics at Oxford, previously worked at the British Museum as an assistant keeper of coins and medals from 1974 to 1990, before going on to become the keeper for two years.

Source: https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/23764158.former-oxford-college-head-appointed-british-museum-director/?ref=rss

The recent return of these fragments from the Vatican’s collection represents a significant milestone, but dozens of pieces remain in foreign collections, most controversially with the British Museum.

Source: https://greekreporter.com/2023/03/28/greece-thanks-pope-francis-return-parthenon-fragments/

These men, well-traveled in Europe, surely were exposed to the British Museum while schooling in London, and that distinguished institution, which brought the world to England, likely inspired them to launch a similar endeavor back home in Charleston.

Source: https://www.postandcourier.com/news/charleston-museum-celebrates-250-years-looks-back-looks-ahead/article_ff5e9b2a-718f-11ed-81b5-87dc64a65d4e.html

These were bought from the Turkish ruler of Greece in the early 1800s by a British ambassador, Lord Elgin, and later placed in the British Museum.

Source: https://www.budapesttimes.hu/travel/memories-of-a-much-loved-actress-activist-and-politician/