“It is moving that children educated in the British education system understand both Elgin’s indecency and the tolerance of the Turks, as well as the British obsession to illegally withhold parts of a monument of Greek culture,” says Greek ambassador, Ioannis Raptakis after numerous British school children sent letters to the Greek embassy supporting the retune of the Parthenon Marbles to Greece.
The movement to return the Parthenon marbles to their motherland was started in the 1980s. But it is not just the Elgin marbles that have been removed from Greece. Some of the most magnificent Greek sculptures ever created are in fact located in various museums around the world, proudly representing the country in which they were born.
On July 29, 1982 Melina Mercouri, Minister of Culture and Sciences of Greece, addressed the World Conference on Cultural Policies, organised by UNESCO in Mexico, telling the world the Parthenon Marbles must be returned home…
Marine archaeologists have recovered ancient treasures from the rreckage of Lord Elgin’s ship “Mentor” that sunk off Kythira in 1802. More than 200 years after its devastating wreck, marine archaeologists have recovered…
The Greek Ministry of Culture announced marine archaeologists have discovered more extraordinary treasured including gold jewellery, cook pots and other valuable ancient artifacts in the historic wreck of the “Mentor,” which belonged to Lord…
Acropolis Museum Director Professor Dimitris Pandermalis said on Monday that Turkish academics doubt the claims that the Ottomans gave permission, a ‘firman’ to Lord Elgin to remove the Parthenon sculptures. The startling…
According to experts, Lord Elgin stole the Parthenon Sculptures from Athens without the Sultan’s permission, which defies the British Museum’s claim that there was an Ottoman permit that allowed the sculptures to…
The director of the British Museum Hartwig Fischer told Greek publication Ta Nea that the Parthenon Sculptures do not belong to Greece and will not be returned to Athens. “The Trustees of the…
Greece’s Ministry of Culture have announced the discovery of more treasures from the legendary shipwreck Mentor in Kythera, which includes chess pieces, tobacco pipes, vials, and even a toothbrush as uncovered by…