The Elgin Marbles debate
Those Marbles Should Stay at The British Museum Although many people in the world hold the opinion that those marbles should go to Athens, I’d like to defence…
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The Elgin Marbles
Connor Carraway Morris 2 April, 2015 ARH 351 Lord Elgin’s decision to take historic antiquities from the Parthenon back to England has been a source for controversy ever since the…
The Grecian Claim
In 1801, Thomas Bruce, the 7th Earl of Elgin, began his controversial removal of half the sculptures in the Parthenon. Greece at this time was occupied by the Ottoman Empire.…
Elgin Marbles: A Debate of Ownership
When the Parthenon was constructed in the 5th century BCE, Athens was thriving as a democracy under the rule of Pericles. This temple was built to honor the patron deity…
The Elgin Marbles debate
Nearly 2,500 years ago, the Parthenon was built. It served as a temple to the goddess Athena and had since been used as a church, mosque, and even storage for…