Or some of the ideas of the ancients by incorporating them into their own. Start your Independent Premium subscription today.Whichever view is right, another angle to the question is that Elgin, as ambassador, had the power of the British state behind him. Many share this view, including members of the British Committee for the Reunification of the Parthenon Marbles, or BCRPM – one of the key groups formed in the UK to press for the sculptures to be given to Greece.The British government's view goes back to 1816, when a UK Parliamentary Select Committee interviewed witnesses – including Elgin – who had been in Athens at the time, and concluded that Elgin had obtained all necessary permissions from the Ottoman authorities in Athens to remove the sculptures and transport them to England. The debate around the Parthenon marbles is one that still rages, and over time, many supporters of the British Museum have voiced arguments as to why the marbles shouldn’t be returned. With Theresa May scurrying around the EU trying to deliver Brexit, Greece is quite right to probe the possibility of bringing the treasures homeThe existing Open Comments threads will continue to exist for those who do not subscribe to Independent Premium. The Parthenon Marbles have managed to hit the headlines many times in the past year, for a variety of reasons.. Robert Fulford’s article looks at some of the reasons for this, along with the arguments from both sides. Britain had just defeated Napoleon, who was also an enemy of the Ottomans. In this scenario all museums on the planet would be stripped of hundreds of artefacts which originally came from other counties. ?lord of the thiefs.i think they should be returned as great Britain has been getting attacked by isis and another reason Britain has been damaging the marbles by sand paper and acids also using chiselsThe marbles belong to Greece lots of reasons to many to mention, the Greeks have given enough to the world to many to mention we all forget or we don’t want to admit that even today’s form of life replicates the ancient times and people who are in the know understand what this is leading to. “Perhaps the sad reason we are even contemplating giving the contents of the British Museum to the current Greek government is that so few British people understand what the Elgin Marbles are, or care.”Elgin’s men then began overseeing the removal of the sculptures. Has Britain created works of art comparable to the Egyptians, Greeks, or Romans? Therefore, the Greeks identify with the Marbles are being part of their heritage much more than the British, and in fact, the Parthenon itself was constructed to celebrate Greece.Why not give them back but charge them for storage.I am seventh grader, the age of 12, and am doing a debate on this subject. During my tour of that museum in Athens it was possible for visitors to touch and therefore damage a statue of a Caryatid from the Acropolis. News > Long Reads How Brexit has revived controversy over the Elgin Marbles in Britain.

There werre slight differences between the two documents &for that matter, both were closer to a formal letter & did not bear any of the hallmarks of an actual firman.I acquired the house legally by purchasing from a seller who had the rights to sell. It could be made clear that this is a special case, so doesn’t apply to other artefacts.As I understand it Elgin legally (under international law) acquired the marbles and therefore was the rightful owner of the items.

I feel that works of art not being in there own land, which they were created in, gives the art less “aww”, and not given a change to be greatful and have a true experience.Obviously this is a little theoretical, but this is what I’ve observed from Lord Elgin and the British Museum–the good old finder’s keepers. The sculptures went to the British Museum. Okay, well we’ll just leave your mutilated child on the battlefield because you’ll never have their arms or foot.

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