Return Elgin Marbles Petition

We the undersigned petition the prime minister to enter into sincere and meaningful discussion with the government of greece with the ultimate aim of returning the elgin marbles to their rightful home being a world heritage site.

Return elgin marbles petition.

Sculptures which form part of the elgin marbles taken from the. The elgin marbles should be returned to greece where they can be placed in the acropolis museum to ensure their safety and restore an integral part of greek history back to its home. The us congress has waded into the ongoing row over the elgin marbles and called for their return to greece. Moving the marble statues to a museum in greece would also help.

The parthenon marbles are an indivisible part of one of the most important monuments of world culture. Britain has made minimal contributions to shoring up greece s euro economy however returning the elgin marbles owned by the british government would do far more to restore honour and self respect to the greek nation. Greece stressed this was an important issue for them during discussions last week one official told the financial times. They were chipped away and removed from the parthenon in athens by thomas bruce the 7th earl of elgin between 1801 and 1805.

Gordon brown mp prime minister add your signature. The elgin marbles are kept at the british museum despite the demands for their return to greece. A section of marble frieze sculpture 438 432 bc from the parthenon in athens part of the collection that is popularly referred to as the elgin marbles at the british museum. A country should display in its museums findings about their own history and civilization not stolen artifacts from other countries.

Thus these unique masterpieces can only assume their true conceptual. The acropolis museum is eagerly awaiting the return of the elgin marbles to complete its collection in the parthenon gallery. The cyprus news agency wanting to contribute to the international campaign for the return of the parthenon marbles to their natural environment is undertaking an initiative to collect signatures to achieve this aim. Dating back almost 2 500 years to the 5th century bc the elgin marbles are seen some of the finest examples of marble sculpture to ever have been created in the world.

With a significant part of their cultural stolen the greeks demand and deserve to have the elgin marbles returned to the acropolis where they belong. We demand for their return to their birthplace correcting a wrong that took place some 200 years ago.