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    “Who Owns the Elgin Marbles?” – The Précis “Who Owns the Elgin Marbles?” this question continues to linger in some minds today, and just so happens to be reviewed in the respectfully titled article written by John Henry Merryman in 1986. In this article, Merryman, in the most unbiased way possible, assesses both Britain’s and Greece’s side of the argument pertaining to the ownership of the Elgin Marbles and whether they should be returned to Greece after being removed from the Parthenon by Lord

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    Two, four, six, eight, ten, antiques need to go back to their origins. Antiques need be relocated back to their original origins, because that's where they belong and came from in the beginning. They need to be returned to the origins or place they came from because that is where they were made, and they belong with the people that made them. One thinks that it is wrong to keep something from its original home. In the article “Returning Antiquities to Their Countries of Origin” in paragraph three

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    Parthenon Marbles

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    Parthenon Marbles Constructed well over 2,000 years ago the Parthenon and its corresponding statues were built in dedication to the goddess Athena in the honorably named Athens. Through warfare and time itself little over half of all statues have survived to this day. Of those sculptures some reside in the Acropolis Museum in Athens and the rest are on display in the British Museum in London. While the validity of Britain’s legal attainment of these statues is debatable the lacking moral premise

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    Famous museums possess pieces of art that come from all around the world. A good example is the Parthenon Marbles at the British Museum. Big pieces of marble became sculptures of different sizes and specifications depending on their location at the temple. Swindale et al. describe three different types of Marbles: metopes, in the lateral side of the building, pieces showing different battles; a frieze, a long scene surrounding the inner temple; and pediment statues, located at the triangular facades

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    At the end of the long massive granite hall lined with intricately carved marble panels telling stories of gods, myths and stories reside the British Museum’s infamous classical Greek sculpture collection, Elgin Marbles. Even before the word “archeology” was coined the removal of artifacts from their original context or location have been occurring. From Egyptian mummies, to imperial treasures of China, to the Elgin Marbles from Greece, objects have been taken from countries to be sold for profit

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    The Parthenon Marbles are also known as the Elgin Marbles. They are a collection of Classical Greek marble sculptures, inscriptions and architectural pieces that were originally part of the temple of Parthenon and other buildings on the Acropolis of Athens. From 1801 to 1812, Lord Elgin, the British ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, of which Athens had been a part for some 350 years, acting with the full knowledge and permission of the Ottoman authorities, removed about half of the surviving sculptures

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    Marbles Research Paper

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    Marbles are small round glass toys. They are also a great tool in recognizing the little irritations in life and working the forgiveness muscles. Fill up a container of marbles. It should probably be a large one in the beginning. You may not use them all, but you do not want to run out. When something irritates you or makes you angry, upset with a situation or person, move one of the marbles to your pocket. The marbles must stay  in your pocket until you are ready to do your evening exercise just

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    in Britain or be returned to Greece? There is a debate between the modern Britain and Greece about the Elgin Marbles. These Marbles are pieces of stone that were removed from the Ancient Greek Parthenon, during the nineteenth century by Thomas Bruce, Seventh Lord Elgin. They are now located in the British Museum. Therefore, the Greece government demands for their Elgin Marbles or the Parthenon Sculptures to be send back to their rightful home, Greece. In the modern days the argument has arisen

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    The Elgin Marbles are known to be a collection of stone sculptures that were acquired by Lord Elgin (British) from the Parthenon in Athens between the years 1801 and 1805. During Greece’s Turkish occupation, they believe that these sculptures were taken illegally, and morally should be returned. The Greeks have demanded that the sculptures be returned back their homeland. Yet, the British believe that Lord Elgin purchased the statues legally from the Ottoman Empire before Greece had won its independence

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    Kristy Sar 10/29/15 Debate, Brown Persuasive Speech Outline Topic: National Treasures Should Be Returned To Their Country of Origin Specific Purpose: To persuade the audience to believe that stolen artifacts should be returned. 1. Introduction A. 2 Rhetorical Questions 1. Would you like it if someone came to your house and stole your valuable belongings? i. I know I wouldn't, and I'm sure none of you would either. 2. So why should any country's artifact - a valuable belonging of theirs, be put

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