Removing sculptures from Greece was like ‘removing Eiffel Tower from Paris’, says actor
Parthenon Sculptures
The objects from the haul of treasures were taken from the sacked city during a British punitive expedition in 1897 & later sold to German museums
She said she was against the idea
A total of 11,315 of its readers participated to the British newspaper's poll
The Prime Minister last year rejected any attempt to return the sculptures to Greece, insisting they were legally acquired
They could be shared with Greece & there is a “deal to be done”, the chairman of the British Museum George Osborne has told LBC radio
"If our neighbours’ house is on fire while on holiday and we rescue their valuables, we should surely give them back when they return"
It is an initiative of the great American composer and philhellene Desmond Child
The "Fagan fragment" is a 35-by-31-centimetre (12-by-14-inch) marble fragment showing the foot of the seated ancient Greek goddess Artemis
Last September, UNESCO asked the United Kingdom to reconsider its stance and enter into a dialogue with Greece