If you click here you will get to a BBC article suggesting that an agreement to return the Parthenon Sculptures – better known in the UK as the Elgin Marbles – is at “an advanced stage”
“Greece has called for the return of the iconic sculptures for decades. The Parthenon Sculptures are arguably the most high-profile artworks in the increasingly contested debate about whether museums should return items to their countries of origin. They were removed from the Parthenon temple in Athens in the early 19th Century by the British soldier and diplomat, Lord Elgin. The sculptures were then bought by the British government in 1816 and placed in the British Museum.”
CLICK HERE for some of the arguments for and against their return. Which do you agree with more? Why?
Mr Kydd.
