The Parthenon Marbles should be returned to Greece
For many years’ controversy surrounds the custodianship of the Parthenon Marbles, namely “Elgin Marbles” is an archaeological issue that has been caused over a century. Elgin the British ambassador to the Ottoman empire was granted permission by the Turkish government to remove sculptures from the temple of Athena. Elgin later sold these sculptures to the British museum where they have been housed for two hundred years. Various arguments concerning the dispute has been continuous for years whether the Marbles should be returned to Greece in which three reasons is they should because Elgin never actually received the requisite permission for removal, the marbles are a symbol of Greece’s cultural heritage, and Greece has a museum ready to house the marbles.
The Parthenon Marbles should be returned to Greece because it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site dismembered: The Acropolis’ Parthenon consists a unique case of a crudely dismembered ancient building. What Lord Elgin did in the start of the 19th Century was an action of disgrace, against a monument which stances a landmark of Western Civilization. Because the actual meaning of Parthenon’s appreciation is in its unique universal value as a great symbol of Democracy therefore, a gesture of respect which would cancel Elgin’s irreverent act would be the restoration of the removed artefacts and the reunification of the twenty-four centuries old monument. Therefore what Lord Elgin did was not necessary at all to do and the British Museums insistence on maintaining unlawful ownership exemplifies an ignorant attitude towards a holistic approach to reconstructing the past, where culture and history are dependent upon each other to piece some of the missing pieces of the ancient past. Which is evident/quoted from the Author: Nicolas Mottas. Therefore, they should be returned to Greece.
The Parthenon Marbles should be returned to Greece because they are symbol of unique historical monument which for humanity, and international public opinion, symbolizes civilization and democracy, but for the Greek people much more than that. For the Greek people they symbolize our history and the continuity of the Greek nation which is an import...
