The iconic sculptures are seen as symbols of freedom in Greece, where they are known as the Parthenon Marbles. British diplomat Lord Elgin removed the sculptures from the imposing Parthenon ...
Standing alone in the corner of the British Museum in London is the caryatid – a statue of a female figure separated from five sisters for over 200 years. She is a long way from home, having ...
and now it appears he is set to cave in to the radical left and return the Elginmarbles to Greece. “The British Museum has cared for these precious artefacts for generations and given people ...
Mr Mitsotakis had compared splitting the ElginMarbles from those still in Athens to cutting the Mona Lisa in half. Greece has long maintained that the ElginMarbles were illegally removed ...
Recommended Letters: The ElginMarbles belong in Britain – they ... We feel that these sculptures belong to Greece and that they were essentially stolen. But this is not, in my mind, an ...