Why The Elgin Marbles Must Saty In The Uk

The marbles suffered a great deal of damage in their couple of thousand years before elgin s arrival from the parthenon s various conversions into a christian church and then an ottoman mosque.

Why the elgin marbles must saty in the uk.

By luke hawker published. Voices seven reasons to return the elgin marbles to greece. The elgin marbles displayed in london have been an inspiration to generations of people of all nationalities. The 2 500 year old elgin marbles were taken from the parthenon in athens 200 years ago and are still in the british museum in london.

γλυπτά του παρθενώνα also known as the elgin marbles ˈ ɛ l ɡ ɪ n are a collection of classical greek marble sculptures made under the supervision of the architect and sculptor phidias and his assistants. The elgin marbles should remain in the uk and not be returned to greece despite an intervention by officials in washington according to a poll of express co uk readers. Greek campaigners believe the carvings should be returned to athens and claim that they have been irreparably damaged by cleaning at the museum in the 1930s. To take them from our museum would impoverish the world writes labour mp alan howarth.