Robertson Elgin Marbles

Putting the return of lord elgin s stolen marbles on the brexit negotiating table would lead both to a boon for britain and a triumph for european enhancement of its.

Robertson elgin marbles.

Robertson criticises the british museum in particular for allowing an unofficial stolen goods tour that stops at the elgin marbles hoa kakananai a the benin bronzes and other pilfered. In his new book he acknowledges that. In his new work robertson levels serious charges against his country s most important cultural institution saying the trustees of the british museum have become the world s largest receivers of stolen property and the great majority of. Return of elgin marbles would ruin museums warns leading historian.

The tour had not included the elgin marbles so on our last day in london the 11th september we took ourselves back to see the marbles in their beautiful and strangely moving. The subtitle is unambiguous. In 2001 we had been taken on an official tour of the wonderful british museum. For the marbles to be returned is the legal expert geoffrey robertson qc.

Elgin never even offered to pay for the marbles because he knew the ottomans in occupation of athens at the time would never sell so he lavishly bribed local officials to turn a blind eye while. A group of us members of congress have written to boris johnson urging britain to return the elgin marbles to greece by. Elgin s loot and the case for returning plundered treasure which was published just last week. Elgin s loot and the case for returning plundered treasure.

Sir john boardman warns that an attempt by geoffrey robertson qc and amal alamuddin george clooney s new wife to help.