Reasons Why Britain Should Keep The Elgin Marbles

A nobleman saved them 200 odd years ago if you ask the british and he stole them if you ask the.
Reasons why britain should keep the elgin marbles. For one thing it is quite clear that if the sculptures had not been removed to england they would have in effect perished by now. Removed from greece more than 200 years ago the elgin marbles now fuel a post brexit fight over who is civilized and who is a barbarian you may opt out or contact us anytime. Their continuing presence in the british museum attests to the diffusion and. You have only to compare the state of blocks that were recorded in pre elgin casts but remained in situ with their condition as revealed in contemporary photographs to see that.
The elgin marbles displayed in london have been an inspiration to generations of people of all nationalities. The british museum has used practically every excuse it could think of why it should keep the sculptures that were taken from greece by british diplomat thomas bruce the seventh earl of elgin in. July 11 this year is the 200th anniversary of the act of parliament that saw the uk buy 2 500 year old sculptures taken from the parthenon from the then earl of elgin. These are the elgin marbles if you ask the british the parthenon marbles if you ask the greeks.
The demand for the return of the marbles suggests the righting of an historic wrong with the implication that britain is still an imperial power plundering the world of its cultural gems.