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NIGEL Farage has waded into the Elgin Marbles row saying they “absolutely” should remain in Britain.  The priceless artefacts ...
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The Elgin Marbles, taken from the Parthenon, are at the center of this political rift Greece's prime minister cut a U.K. visit short after an apparent snub by his U.K. counterpart over the Elgin ...
By the time Elgin’s men arrived, the Parthenon had been occupied, desecrated and burned. Over the centuries, it was looted by conquering Roman generals, seized by Alaric the Goth and blown up by ...
In any case, Elgin had the 5th-century B.C. marbles torn down from the Parthenon and shipped to Britain, where he intended to display them privately in his home.
There’s only one winner from the Elgin marbles row – George Osborne. Call him snippy, call him stupid, but Sunak was right to snub the Greek PM, writes Emily Sheffield.
Work under way on the Elgin Marbles in 1949 Getty Images At the time, the Parthenon had fallen into a derelict state following the Ottoman Empire's occupation of the region in the 15th century.