Return Elgin Marbles Petition

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Return elgin marbles petition.

Sculptures which form part of the elgin marbles taken from the. Petition return the elgin marbles to greece more details. The museum has kept spaces open for the remaining marbles in. The elgin marbles should be returned to greece where they can be placed in the acropolis museum to ensure their safety and restore an integral part of greek history back to its home.

The acropolis museum is eagerly awaiting the return of the elgin marbles to complete its collection in the parthenon gallery. The parthenon marbles are an indivisible part of one of the most important monuments of world culture. The elgin marbles are kept at the british museum despite the demands for their return to greece. Greece stressed this was an important issue for them during discussions last week one official told the financial times.

Moving the marble statues to a museum in greece would also help. They were chipped away and removed from the parthenon in athens by thomas bruce the 7th earl of elgin between 1801 and 1805. Dating back almost 2 500 years to the 5th century bc the elgin marbles are seen some of the finest examples of marble sculpture to ever have been created in the world. A country should display in its museums findings about their own history and civilization not stolen artifacts from other countries.

With a significant part of their cultural stolen the greeks demand and deserve to have the elgin marbles returned to the acropolis where they belong. The us congress has waded into the ongoing row over the elgin marbles and called for their return to greece. Britain has made minimal contributions to shoring up greece s euro economy however returning the elgin marbles owned by the british government would do far more to restore honour and self respect to the greek nation. A section of marble frieze sculpture 438 432 bc from the parthenon in athens part of the collection that is popularly referred to as the elgin marbles at the british museum.

Thus these unique masterpieces can only assume their true conceptual. In a letter to the prime minister eighteen members of the house of representatives.