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| The Parthenon Marbles, currently situated in the British Museum, have been away from their native land for close to 200 years. With a symbolic history to Hellenes and Hellenic history and culture, ongoing negotiations between the Greek Government asking for their return of the Marbles from the British Government have provided futile. In 1801, Thomas Bruce, Earl of Elgin, obtained authority from the Sultan (as Greece was still under the Turkish rule) to take away any sculptures, inscriptions, vases gravestones, copperware and part of the frieze of the Parthenon. Four years later, the Greek War of Independence finally brought Elgin's looting to an end but the maltreatment which the Marbles suffered was unavoidable. They were placed in the dirty and damp shed and groups of Elgin's Park Lane house, remaining there for years and decaying in London's damp climate. In 1816, the Marbles were sold to the British Government and were transferred to the British Museum, Greece had requested the Marbles to be returned but the response was negative then and still continues to by today. Not all the Marbles, however, survived to the present day. There were originally 115 panels in the frieze. Of these, 94 still exist, 36 in Athens, 56 in Britain and one in the Louvre. The Parthenon Marbles have been divided into two despite that Hellenes and Philhellenes have continually requested their return from the British Museum so that they can finally be re-united in the one collection in the museum to be built at the foot of the Acropolis on which the remains of the Parthenon temple stand. The question you are most likely asking is, what can we all do as individuals and as a group to bring back a rich part of Greece's history? A Greek student club in Canada has petitioned and sent over 22,000 letters to the British Government, and another Greek organisation in England has created a web site that directly sends messages to the British Museum. It is time for all you readers to act in a similar manner and take action. Send your e-mail message requesting the Parthenon Marbles be returned to Greece. Letters such as these are the increasing stepping stone towards Greece regaining a piece of history that was disgracefully stripped of. Send you e-mail message to the British Government at: info@british_museum.ac.uk or e-mail the British Ministry of Culture at: enquires@culture.gov.uk |
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