Greece looks to Vienna for new boost on Parthenon Sculptures

Tourists visit the Acropolis hill with the 2,500-year-old Parthenon temple on the left, and the ancient Erechtheion temple on the right, in Athens, Greece (Petros Giannakouris/AP)

Museums in Austria and Greece are discussing the potential return to Athens of two ancient Greek sculptures, a move which could have a knock-on effect for the world’s thorniest cultural heritage dispute: the fate of the British Museum’s Parthenon Sculptures.

The talks announced by Austria’s foreign minister on Tuesday concern two small pieces of the 2,500-year-old marble works from the Acropolis.