The burial mask of Agamemnon, the famous Mycenaean find of Heinrich Schliemann, kept in the National Archaeological Museum, is mentioned in a recent article Lord Vesey, president of the Parthenon Project campaign, as one of the possible “exchanges” that the Greek side could offer the British Museum as part of an agreement to return the Parthenon sculptures. In an article published in the British Parliament’s magazine The House, Lord Vesey, the former British Minister of Culture, recalls that, given the red lines of Greece and the British Museum, a mutually beneficial solution is required, which he believes can be achieved within 2023. .

“This deal,” Veasey notes, “will be supported by a cultural exchange that will see stunning Greek works of art like the Mask of Agamemnon on display in the UK in rotating exhibitions, bringing new visitors to the British Museum.”