The letter stated the marbles have been the source of controversy among western allies for many decades.
Return the greek marbles.
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.
Greece gained its independence in 1832 and in 1837 the greek archaeology society was founded.
The greek people regard the.
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.
Widely known in britain as.
In a letter to the prime minister eighteen members of the house of representatives.
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.
As part of negotiations with the european union the u k.
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.
The us congress has waded into the ongoing row over the elgin marbles and called for their return to greece.
At its first meeting the president called for the marbles return.
American actor george clooney voiced his support for the return by the united kingdom and reunification of the parthenon marbles in greece during his promotional campaign for his 2014 film the monuments men which retells the story of allied efforts to save important masterpieces of art and other culturally important items before their destruction by hitler and the nazis during world war ii.
May be forced to return the parthenon marbles and many other antiquities to their original home in greece.