Why are the elgin marbles so controversial and everything else you need to know the british museum has lent one of the elgin marbles to russia.
Why the british marbles is controversial.
By and large the marbles have been better looked after in the specialist duveen gallery than they would have been in highly polluted athens.
Figure of a river god one of the controversial elgin marbles the trustees of the british museum.
In many ways the marbles are emblematic of the development of modern ideas of national heritage and global display which.
The greek government has frequently demanded the return of the marbles but the british museum claiming among other reasons that it has saved the marbles from certain damage and deterioration has not acceded and the issue remains controversial.
Should the elgin marbles be brought back to the athens and be displayed in the acropolis museum or remain at the british museum.
The so called elgin marbles were part of the parthenon the most iconic building of classical greece and one of the most important buildings in ancient history.
Part of the elgin marbles collection has been moved from the british museum to st.
Why the british museum sculptures taken from the parthenon are so controversial the acropolis museum in athens is keeping a space empty for the 2 500 year old.
Parthenon and elgin marbles history.
The british defend their ownership of the marbles based on greece s lack of an adequate museum and the fact that they paid for the pieces mcguigan 2.
How brexit has revived controversy over the elgin marbles in britain.
Controversy over their acquisition by the british museum continues to this day.
In 1801 a british nobleman stripped the parthenon of many of its sculptures and took them to england.
The british protected the marbles from being damaged during the greek war of independence between 1821 and 1833 when the parthenon was used as an ottoman munitions store and subsequently attacked.
Dylan martinez reuters the argument over the elgin marbles rumbles on today as a statue.