As The British Museum prepares to loan the Cyrus Cylinder to Iran, The Art Newspaper remembers the Persian antiquity's first visit to its home nation in 1971

Purchased with funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund and National Arts Collection Fund

The cards were issued to US troops in Iraq to help them identify the enemy

The exhibition illustrates how monarchical patronage in the 15th century paved the way for an age of artistic accomplishment in Iran

Athens are still hopeful that the marbles will be returned, to be be housed in the currently unfinished New Acropolis Museum

The successful procurement of these loans may be a sign of more collaborative projects to come between the British Museum and Iran

Including a reproduction of the declaration in full

The Acropolis museum is under construction, and the design for the permanent exhibition is in preparation

His comments go against the current clamour for restitution

New Acropolis Museum director Professor Dimitrios Pantermalis is calling on the British Museum to return its sculptures on long-term loan.

A look at what happened to the sculptures from early Christian times to the 21st century, and the damage to those remaining after Lord Elgin bought the majority of them

The reconstruction of the Acropolis requires the capital and drum back from Britain to be completed, whilst the rightful custody of the marbles is still in question

Four drawings are being claimed by the heir of a Nazism victim

As Neil MacGregor joins the British Museum as director next month, we publish a valedictory interview with him about the experience he gained leading the National Gallery

The publication is interpreted by William St Clair to be the result of efforts to protect the institution's reputation

Ex-Secretary General of ICOM weighs on on the marbles' status in Britain with an offer of compromise

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Few have seen the Nimrud gold, a cache of eighth-century BC Assyrian royal gold

The exhibition, which would have highlighted the creative flourishing facilitated by members of Iranian royalty, may still become a reality in 2004 or 2005

In the meantime, ignore false reports of a Britart movie

All 19th-century European drawings and watercolours in the Tate’s collection will be loaned to the BM, with the possibility of transferring ownership entirely

A stop on the Athens metro line has been introduced decorated with imitations of Parthenon friezes, in proximity to the Acropolis Museum's intended site

13 paintings from the National Maritime Museum, a £100,000 chest from the British Museum, and a Burne-Jones panel from the V&A are some of the items stolen

Twenty years after the government decided to build a new museum to house the sculptures, still no architect has been chosen

With over 200 objects on loan from the British Museum an exhibition which charts Agatha Christie’s travels in the Orient.

At a major conference held on 30 November and 1 December 1999, British Museum, Greek and international scholars discussed the nature of any damage to the Marbles in the hushed-up cleaning of the 1930s. Mary Beard puts the discussions in context and tells how, ever since their acquisition in 1816 by Lord Elgin, the Marbles have aroused fierce debate. Why?

The restitution question was hardly mentioned, but it tautened everyone’s nerves

After the sculptures' surfaces were damaged in the 1930s due to improper care, the museum has cleaned up its act