The letter stated the marbles have been the source of controversy among western allies for many decades.
Return the greek marbles.
His remarks regarding the marbles reignited the debate in the united kingdom about their return to.
Greece has officially requested the temporary return of the parthenon marbles to athens for the bicentennial events.
May be forced to return the parthenon marbles and many other antiquities to their original home in greece.
Two of my major obsessions punctuation and greek came together recently when president xi jinping of china voiced his support for the return to greece of the parthenon marbles also known as.
The us congress has waded into the ongoing row over the elgin marbles and called for their return to greece.
At its first meeting the president called for the marbles return.
The greek people regard the.
Eighteen members of the house of representatives urged britain to open talks in earnest for the return of the parthenon sculptures to greece in a letter addressed to united kingdom pm boris johnson.
As part of negotiations with the european union the u k.
In a letter to the prime minister eighteen members of the house of representatives.
American actor george clooney voiced his support for the return by the united kingdom and reunification of the parthenon marbles in greece during his promotional campaign for his 2014 film the monuments men which retells the story of allied efforts to save important masterpieces of art and other culturally important items before their destruction by hitler and the nazis during world war ii.
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.
Greece gained its independence in 1832 and in 1837 the greek archaeology society was founded.