I believe that the greek government has the greater claim to the marbles for various reasons.
The elgin marbles are believed to be the work of.
In practice the term is commonly used to refer to the stone objects he gathered an official greek website prefers looted from.
γλυπτά του παρθενώνα also known as the elgin marbles ˈ ɛ l ɡ ɪ n are a collection of classical greek marble sculptures made under the supervision of the architect and sculptor phidias and his assistants.
Additionally elgin s supposed motivation behind removing them the lack of the ability to conserve the works is now invalid.
The objects were removed from the parthenon at athens and from other ancient buildings and shipped to england by arrangement of thomas.
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.
The us congress has waded into the ongoing row over the elgin marbles and called for their return to greece.
Elgin marbles collection of ancient greek sculptures and architectural details in the british museum london where they are now called the parthenon sculptures.
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.
In a letter to the prime minister eighteen members of the house of representatives.
The elgin marbles.
They were originally part of the temple of the parthenon and other buildings on the acropolis of athens.
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 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.