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29 lis 2023 · Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis likens having some Elgin Marbles in the UK to 'cutting Mona Lisa in half'. Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis reinforced that message on Wednesday...
26 paź 2020 · The Parthenon (Elgin) Marbles are a group of marble sculptures from the Athenian Acropolis owned since 1816 by the British Museum. They have gained twofold significance, as pieces that encompass the glory of Classical Greece and as perhaps the most famous case related to the issue of repatriation of material culture up to now.
15 maj 2022 · The debate over the marble sculptures removed from the Parthenon by Thomas Bruce, Seventh Earl of Elgin and acquired by the British Museum 200 years ago is the longest running cultural property controversy in the world.
The Elgin Marbles (/ ˈ ɛ l ɡ ɪ n / EL-ghin) [1] are a collection of Ancient Greek sculptures from the Parthenon and other structures from the Acropolis of Athens, removed from Ottoman Greece and shipped to Britain by agents of Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, and now held in the British Museum in London.
28 lis 2023 · The Elgin Marbles are more than 30 ancient stone sculptures from Greece held in the British Museum, dating back more than 2,000 years. They were transported to Britain in the early 1800s by...
29 sty 2023 · The Parthenon Sculptures, also known as the "Elgin Marbles" or "Parthenon Marbles" were taken from Greece in the early 19th century and have been displayed in Britain ever since – however, the debate over who rightfully owns these Greek artifacts continues to this day.
2 kwi 2015 · Greece’s former cultural minister, George Voulgarakis, compares Elgin’s taking of the marble statues to the Nazis plundering priceless art during World War II (Kimmelman 2). Still today Nazi looted art is being returned to their legal owners as an act of atonement for those atrocities.
