British Museum

Even Wikipedia can’t explain away the strange, fascinating, and bewildering collection of artifacts on display in this mind-bending Culver City menagerie.

GOING IT ALONE

Athens has rejected the rights lawyer’s advice to press Britain in court to end their long dispute over who owns the priceless Elgin Marbles.

APPEASEMENT

Geoffrey Robertson and Amal Clooney helped Greece fight for the return of the Elgin Marbles. Britain refuses to listen, but has shocked the art world by secretly loaning one of the antiquities to Russia.

By Jove, By George

Britain and Greece have been fighting over the Elgin Marbles ever since a swashbuckler took them from the Parthenon in the early 1800's. Can Hollywood's most famous newlyweds win them back?

The Daily Pic (London edition): The "Syon Cope" at the Victoria and Albert is proof of the museum's perfection.