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.

The elgin marbles displayed in london have been an inspiration to generations of people of all nationalities. 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 parthenon marbles greek. To take them from our museum would impoverish the world writes labour mp alan howarth.

Voices seven reasons to return the elgin marbles to greece. 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. They were originally part of the temple of the parthenon and other buildings on the acropolis of athens. 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.