By luke hawker published.
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.
The parthenon marbles greek.
Voices seven reasons to return the elgin marbles to greece.
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.
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.
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.
They were originally part of the temple of the parthenon and other buildings on the acropolis of athens.
To take them from our museum would impoverish the world writes labour mp alan howarth.