Parthenon Marbles Debate 2016

The debate over the parthenon sculptures.

Parthenon marbles debate 2016. A call backed by actor stephen fry for the return of the parthenon marbles to greece scores a big win in a london debate. The controversy over preserving totem poles carved by the first nations people of the northwest coast. The parthenon marbles a major money making display at the british museum have been the subject of an ongoing dispute between greece and the uk. 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.

The case of the parthenon marbles is joined by a debate on relocating contemporary egyptians living on top of an ancient burial site. The parthenon sculptures have been the subject of debate for more than 200 years. Is there a case for britain keeping the elgin marbles. Should the elgin marbles be brought back to the athens and be displayed in the acropolis museum or remain at the british museum.

Greece has not abandoned the idea of resorting to international justice to repatriate the parthenon marbles and is investigating new ways in which it might bring a claim against the british museum. Parthenon and elgin marbles history. What s all this nonsense about sending the parthenon marbles back to greece. The 2 500 year old sculptures were illegally torn off the parthenon in the 1800s taken to england and sold to the museum in 1816 by lord elgin.

During period when greece was under ottoman rule. Among disputes over removed cultural objects perhaps few are better known than that concerning what were formerly known as the elgin marbles which even the british museum now prefers to call the parthenon sculptures it is important to note at the outset however that even though the parthenon sculptures were removed during this long age of plunder. If lord elgin hadn t rescued them from the parthenon in athens and presented them to the british museum almost 200 years ago these exquisite sculptures the finest embodiment of the classical ideal of beauty and harmony would have been lost to the ravages of pollution and time. A cross party group of members of the british parliament will present a bill on monday july 11 2016 which would annul decisions taken 200 years earlier to state sanction the improper acquisition of half of the sculptures from the parthenon in athens by lord elgin.