BUILDING A LIBRARY ; The Elgin Marbles

From: The Independent on Sunday | Date: March 11, 2007| Author: Sally Emerson | Copyright information

Should Lord Elgin have removed parts of the Parthenon in the early 1800s and brought them back to England? Did Elgin's removal of chunks of the Parthenon help to preserve them from pollution and damage? Was he a saviour or a vandal? Should museums return their most treasured possessions, frequently plundered, to their countries of origin? In the British Museum, the beauty of the Elgin marbles has moved me to tears and inspired my novel Broken Bodies.

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