Where Do The Elgin Marbles Belong

In practice the term is commonly used to refer to the stone objects he gathered an official greek website prefers looted from.
Where do the elgin marbles belong. The elgin marbles. Went to british museun in london last week. The marbles in london were removed from the parthenon in the first decade of the 19th century under the auspices of thomas bruce the seventh earl of elgin and were first exhibited in london in 1807. Do some greeks long for the marbles in athens because their return would heighten our appreciation of ancient art.
Now that the. The debate about who owns the parthenon statues is 100 years old yet the arguments are often. 2016 marked 200 years since greece was robbed of its famous parthenon marbles known around the world as the so called elgin marbles the culture crime was committed by thomas bruce the. The marble statues of the parthenon were taken during a vulnerable time for the greeks and today they have proven that they are deserving and able to own the elgin marbles.
Since then the trustees of the british museum have never wavered in their position that elgin s marbles legally belong to the museum. The parthenon marbles greek. The objects were removed from the parthenon at athens and from other ancient buildings and shipped to england by arrangement of thomas. Elgin marbles collection of ancient greek sculptures and architectural details in the british museum london where they are now called the parthenon sculptures.
They were originally part of the temple of the parthenon and other buildings on the acropolis of athens. Its pride and joy. The elgin marbles belong to the whole world and have a legitimate home in more than one place. The elgin marbles don t belong to greece they belong to us all.
At its broadest the term elgin marbles refers to a collection of stone sculptures and architectural pieces which thomas bruce seventh lord elgin gathered during his service as ambassador to the court of the ottoman sultan in istanbul. Europe where do the elgin marbles really belong. Because of its ongoing preservation efforts and the legacy of the objects i believe that the elgin marbles belong to the greek government.