At its first meeting the president called for the marbles return.
Return the greek marbles.
Widely known in britain as.
The us congress has waded into the ongoing row over the elgin marbles and called for their return to greece.
Greece calls again for return of parthenon marbles greece on saturday urged britain to return the parthenon marbles often known as the elgin marbles as one of the world s greatest ancient.
Eighteen members of the house of representatives urged britain to open talks in earnest for the return of the parthenon sculptures to greece in a letter addressed to united kingdom pm boris johnson.
July 11 this year is the 200th anniversary of the act of parliament that saw the uk buy 2 500 year old sculptures taken from the parthenon from the then earl of elgin.
His remarks regarding the marbles reignited the debate in the united kingdom about their return to.
Greece gained its independence in 1832 and in 1837 the greek archaeology society was founded.
The greek government has frequently demanded the return of the marbles but the british museum claiming among other reasons that it has saved the marbles from certain damage and deterioration has not acceded and the issue remains controversial.
As part of negotiations with the european union the u k.
Two of my major obsessions punctuation and greek came together recently when president xi jinping of china voiced his support for the return to greece of the parthenon marbles also known as.
The greek people regard the.
In a letter to the prime minister eighteen members of the house of representatives.
Greece has officially requested the temporary return of the parthenon marbles to athens for the bicentennial events.