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.
Why the elgin marbles must saty in the uk.
By luke hawker published.
Two hundred years ago the uk bought sculptures from the parthenon from the earl of elgin it s time to send them back and here s why.
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.
They were originally part of the temple of the parthenon and other buildings on the acropolis of athens.
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.
The elgin marbles displayed in london have been an inspiration to generations of people of all nationalities.
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.