The parthenon marbles greek.
Why the elgin marbles must saty in the uk.
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.
Voices seven reasons to return the elgin marbles to greece.
By luke hawker published.
The elgin marbles displayed in london have been an inspiration to generations of people of all nationalities.
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.
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.
They were originally part of the temple of the parthenon and other buildings on the acropolis of athens.
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.