In a letter to the prime minister eighteen members of the house of representatives.
The elgin marbles are believed to be the work of.
The elgin marbles a collection of stone sculptures and inscriptions more properly known as the parthenon sculptures was acquired by lord elgin in athens greece between 1801 and 1805 and today lives in london s british museum.
I believe that the greek government has the greater claim to the marbles for various reasons.
In practice the term is commonly used to refer to the stone objects he gathered an official greek website prefers looted from.
The us congress has waded into the ongoing row over the elgin marbles and called for their return to greece.
Initially i do not believe that elgin had the legal authority to remove the marble statues from the parthenon.
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.
The elgin marbles.
The greek government is right to seek the return of the parthenon marbles which were illegally removed by agents of thomas bruce 7th earl of elgin 200 years ago.
Lord elgin a staunch patriot had turned down lucrative offers from other governments for the treasures and argued all along that the marbles would add luster to britain s imperial image.
Why returning the elgin marbles to greece would be madness save the parthenon sculptures have been on display in the british museum for more than 200 years credit.
The parthenon marbles greek.
They were originally part of the temple of the parthenon and other buildings on the acropolis of athens.
Additionally elgin s supposed motivation behind removing them the lack of the ability to conserve the works is now invalid.