July 11 this year is the 200th anniversary of the act of parliament that saw the uk buy 2 500 year old sculptures taken from the parthenon from the then earl of elgin.
Returing the eldgin marbles.
The greek government has repeatedly demanded that the british museum return the elgin marbles to greece so that they may be put on permanent display in athens at the akropolis museum alongside the other sculptures.
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By mary norri s november 22 2019 the parthenon marbles were taken or rescued depending on your point of view from the acropolis by lord elgin.
The british museum has repeatedly refused to comply with all such demands for repatriation.
By returning the elgin marbles the united states sees an opportunity for boris johnson to go down in history as a statesman who respected both britain s past and projected a new confident post.
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.
The parthenon 2nd ed.
A downing street spokeswoman 2020 reportage of employee of sky comcast nbcuniversal 2020 row over elgin marbles as eu demands return of unlawfully removed cultural objects published by sky news february the 19 th 2020 at 06 25 hours uk time accessed 2020 02 19 further reading.
Should the parthenon marbles be returned to greece.