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	The Parthenon Marbles (or Elgin Marbles) Restoration to Athens, Greece - Who are we?
		We are a group of British people who having considered the case for the restitution of the Parthenon Marbles strongly support it and wish to campaign to achieve it.
		He firmly believed that the Parthenon Marbles, as integral architectural members of a unique and internationally valuable monument, should be assembled together in a museum as close to the Acropolis as possible.
		We are very happy to announce that the British Committee, is not just a lobby group, but by force of demand, it has become a significant information center and contact point concerning the history of the Parthenon sculptures, their removal from the monument and the case for the return.
	www.parthenonuk.com /who_are_we.php (907 words)

	The British Committee
		The Committee's objective is to bring together all the separated parts of the fabric of the Parthenon, so restoring the integrity of the monument.
		If the Marbles were a canvas, and that canvass had been arbitrarily cut or torn in two, and the two halves were in separate galleries they would have been reunited by now on aesthetic grounds alone.
		British museums are, course, stuffed with other nations' treasures, many acquired in circumstances that do not bear examination in the light of today's moral and cultural values.
	www.uk.digiserve.com /mentor/marbles/support.htm (3075 words)

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	spiked-culture \| Article \| Picking over the Parthenon
		British leftists from Lord Byron to Christopher Hitchens sympathised (Byron penned the lines for the Parthenon: 'Dull is the eye that will not weep to see/Thy walls defaced, thy mouldering shrines removed/By British hands').
		Defenders of the British Museum often assert that the marbles were purchased legally, or that the Parthenon has been too badly damaged for the sculptures to be reunited.
		This is a pity, because it is vital that the marbles remain in the British Museum.
	www.spiked-online.com /articles/0000000CA34D.htm (1039 words)

	INVgr / The Parthenon Marbles -- Missing since 1801 / Reunification of the "Elgin Marbles"
		Parthenon 2004 -- The Campaign to Return the Parthenon Marbles to Athens -- is to persuade the government of the United Kingdom to make a commitment to enable the Parthenon Marbles to be displayed in Athens.
		Hill emphasised the committees' goal to increase their pressure on the British to allow the Marbles, which were removed from the Parthenon by Lord Elgin in the early 19th century, to take their rightful place at the new Acropolis Museum in Markiyianni, Athens.
		British Committee for the Restitution of the Parthenon Marbles, pointed out that while all political confrontation with the British Museum (where the Marbles are currently housed) has been abandoned as unproductive, all efforts should target Britain's cultural world which has already started to turn former enemies into supporters of the artefacts' homecoming.
	www.inv.gr /elginism.htm (1468 words)

	EducationGuardian.co.uk \| comment \| Elgin Marbles: fact or fiction?
		The general consensus is that the Parthenon and its sculptures were designed by Pheidias, and funded by the city-state of Athens in the fifth century BC.
		A conference on the condition of the Parthenon Marbles was held in December 1999; most agreed that the cleaning was harsh, but a method popular at the time, a method which the Greek Archaeological Service continued to use for several decades, and which the Italians still consider acceptable.
		The British Committee for the Restitution of the Parthenon Marbles rather disingenuously claims that ownership of the Marbles is no longer an issue, and that the Greeks only want a loan.
	education.guardian.co.uk /higher/comment/story/0,,1265267,00.html (2426 words)

	Friends of the British Committee
		For many years now, he and his wife have supported the restitution of the Marbles and they have now decided to become actively involved in the campaign through this association of which Mr Polyzoides is the Chairman.
		He considered that the Marbles, properly presented in a new museum, would mean more in Athens than in the British Museum, and that great works, although they may speak to the entire world, have their roots and origins in a specific place and time.
		This connection is abundantly true of the Parthenon Marbles, anchored in the city of Athens at the birth of democracy.
	www.greece.org /parthenon/marbles/friends.htm (1048 words)

	Telegraph \| News \| British Museum opens talks over return of Elgin marbles
		The British Museum has softened its stance on the disputed Elgin marbles by agreeing to an unprecedented meeting with campaigners fighting for their return to Greece.
		The campaigners hope that the British Museum, which is struggling to cope with a £5 million deficit, will see the offer as a way of generating funds: the new items could form a separate display for which the museum could charge.
		The British Museum's willingness to talk coincides with increasing political support for the return of the marbles, which were removed from the Parthenon in Athens by Lord Elgin, the former British Ambassador to Greece, between 1803 and 1812.
	telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/05/26/nelg26.xml&... (623 words)

	Contact: Freddie New, 0207 226 6686, info@parthenonuk
		Professor Anthony Snodgrass, Chairman of the British Committee for the Restitution of the Parthenon Marbles, has written to the Director of the British Museum about his statement that says the Marbles “will never return to Athens” and his offer of a “Virtual Reality” display of the Parthenon.
		The letter also calls on the Trustees of the British Museum to pursue their discussions with the Greeks on this issue under an agreed and open agenda and with a sense of urgency.
		MacGregor’s approach is out of step with the statements and the letters on the subject of the Parthenon Marbles addressed to the Greek Government by the British Prime Minister, the British Minister of Culture as well as the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the British Museum.
	www.museum-security.org /pressrelease-bcrpm.html (748 words)

	BCRPM submission to the Commons
		The question of ownership of the Parthenon sculptures should be set aside while consideration is given to moving the displaced pieces to Athens, to be housed in a specially designed museum which would incorporate all the artefacts from the Parthenon that are not now part of the edifice.
		Nevertheless, the British Museum is in possession of almost half of the sculpted masonry that was once an integral part of a structure that is itself unparalleled in the history of architecture.
		A consequence of restitution would also be of significance in sending a strong message to illicit dealers and those who buy from them that they cannot rely on length of possession and lapse of time alone to render them immune from prosecution.
	www.uk.digiserve.com /mentor/marbles/submission.htm (1332 words)

	The Parthenon Marbles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		British among them, say no. By an overwhelming vote UNESCO says no. 269 members of the European Parliament sent a petition saying no. The British Labor party says no and astonishingly Lord Elgin said no.
		Today more and more of the English people galvanized by the British Committee for the Restitution of the Parthenon Marbles are urging the return.
		The British Labor Party is on record, now newly confirmed, that should they be voted to power they will promote the return.
	www.culture.gr /4/41/411/e41106.html (472 words)

	Parthenon marbles: Greece or bust in 2004 / Bid to return statues England took 2 centuries ago
		The ancient Greek temple of the Parthenon was decorated with a series of 17 marble figures and a 525-foot-long frieze depicting the ancient Greek gods and heroes.
		The British Museum, backed by Britain's Labor government, has steadfastly refused to hand over the marbles, though it has finally stopped calling them the Elgin Marbles and now refers to them as the Parthenon marbles or sculptures.
		During a cleaning in the 1930s, the British Museum workers scoured the marbles in an attempt to bleach them in the misguided notion that the stone was originally white, rather than the honey color the rock assumes in Greece.
	sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/a/2002/06/30/MN105026.DTL (892 words)

	Parthenon Marbles Reunited in Cambridge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		A controversial exhibition that ‘reunites’ the Parthenon Marbles for the first time in 200 years, opens at the University of Cambridge on Monday (10 November 2003).
		The exhibition, supported by the British Committee for the Restitution of the Parthenon Marbles (BCRPM), uses the latest digital technology to blend photographs of the ancient sculptural fragments.
		A new museum is already being built at the foot of the Acropolis in Athens in the hope that the complete set of Marbles will be returned to Greece in time for the 2004 Olympics, but the British Museum have not yet agreed to relinquish their share of the collection.
	www.admin.cam.ac.uk /news/dp/2003110302 (329 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Entertainment \| Arts \| Marbles exhibition opens in London
		The marbles, ancient sculptures which once adorned the Parthenon in Athens, have been held in the British Museum since 1811.
		However, the British Museum has said in the past that the marbles should not be reunited as it would be impossible to do so properly.
		Many of the marbles are incomplete, such as Poseidon, a sculpture whose torso remains in Athens while the back and shoulders are in Britain.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/arts/3171040.stm (352 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Arts special reports \| Special report: Parthenon marbles
		May 27 2005: The British Museum is barred by law from handing back four Old Master drawings looted by the Nazis, the high court decided today, in a ruling that may obstruct Greek efforts to reclaim the Parthenon marbles.
		Oct 7 2003: The British Museum yesterday issued its most stinging rejection yet of Greek pleas for the return of the Parthenon marbles, on the day an exhibition opened to show how even a partial return of the sculptures could dramatically alter the way they are seen.
		Aug 4 2003: The British Museum yesterday categorically rejected a claim that it was to give back the Parthenon marbles for next year's Olympic Games in Athens.
	www.guardian.co.uk /parthenon/0,12119,184528,00.html (722 words)

	Anthony Snodgrass To Discuss the Parthenon ("Elgin") Marbles
		Anthony Snodgrass, chairman of the British Committee for the Restitution of the Parthenon Marbles and Laurence Professor Emeritus of Classical Archaeology at the University of Cambridge, will present a lecture titled “The Parthenon Divided” at 6:30 p.m.
		The Parthenon (“Elgin”) Marbles—a collection of ancient Greek marble sculptures comprising about half of the extant sculptural decoration that once adorned the Parthenon in Athens—have been in England since the early 19th century.
		Negotiations between the Greek government, which wants the Parthenon Marbles returned to Athens, and the British government have taken place over the years, but to date no agreement between the two governments has been reached.
	www.loc.gov /today/pr/2005/05-030.html (501 words)

	Telegraph \| News
		And 56 per cent would be happy for them to be sent back to Athens under new conditions offered by the Greek government, according to a Mori poll commissioned by the British Committee for the Restitution of the Parthenon Marbles and published yesterday.
		It says the marbles should return to Greece for the Olympics in 2004 - to be housed in a new museum at the Acropolis - but ownership would remain with the British Museum.
		British Committee for the Restitution of Elgin Marbles - Parthenon Sculptures
	www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/10/16/nelg16.xml (271 words)

	Picture Of Marbles - Marble (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Marbles is a cat who turns up dead floating in a swimming pool.
		Peltier Character Marbles Peerless Patches that have had one of comic characters that were popular throughout the s The image is composed of graphite fired on the surface of the marble then Click on picture to enlarge.
		Peltier Character Marbles Peerless Patches that have had one of 12 comic characters that were popular throughout the 1930s The image is composed of graphite fired on the surface of the marble then...
	marble.jbkb15.net /picture-of-marbles.php (469 words)

	Marbles - The Parthenon Marbles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The importance of the Elgin Marbles Parthenon Frieze and its symbolism
		The meaning of the Parthenon Frieze, the symbolism of the Parthenon and Panathenaic Procession and the importance of reuniting it with sections in Athens.
		The resulting 'liquid marbles' are found to behave like a soft solid, and show dramatically reduced adhesion to a solid surface.
	findoutpages.com /?q=marbles (429 words)

	Humbul full record view for -- Marbles reunited
		Marbles Reunited is a British-based group co-ordinating the campaign activites of a number of individuals and groups who wish to see the repatriation of the Psrthenon sculptures, currently housed in the British Museum.
		It thus serves as an organising body for establised groups such as Parthenon 2004 and the British Committee for the Restitution of the Parthenon Marbles.
		In addition to contact details and resources for those interested in joining the campaign, there is a list of high-profile supporters and relevant links, an archive of press releases, and a page of responses to frequently asked questions.
	www.humbul.ac.uk /output/full2.php?id=13205 (268 words)

	Athens HHH - The Parthenon marbles
		Note that the marble sculptures were originally painted in bright colours.
		The majority of the marble panels removed from the temple by Lord Elgin were from this internal frieze.
		One fear expressed by curators is that if the Elgin Marbles were returned, this would create a precedent, with other countries claiming that art was illegally acquired and should be returned to them.
	www.athenshash.com /Main_HTML/parthenon.htm (2574 words)

	Elgin Marbles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		British Committee for the Restitution of the Parthenon Marbles is dedicated to securing the return of the Parthenon Marbles (also called the Elgin Marbles) to the new Acropolis Museum in Athens Greece...
		Thomas Bruce, the 7th Earl; of Elgin, British Ambassador to the Sublime Porte of Constantinople (Istanbul) the seat...
		When the Parthenon was built between 447BC and 432BC, three sets of sculptures, the metopes, the frieze and the pediments, were created to adorn it.
	roofer4u.com /rfer/fp/elgin-marbles.html (791 words)

	The Cult - Return the Parthenon Marbles to Greece
		The British Committee for the Restitution of the Parthenon Marbles is conducting a survey concerning the return of the Parthenon sculptures to Greece.
		Lord Elgin destroyed and damaged much of the Parthenon Marbles, but if he hadn't taken him, the coming centuries of pollution (for which the Greeks were entirely unprepared and uneqipped to deal with in regards to preservation of their national treasures) would have absolutely and utterly destroyed them.
		The British have preserved and protected those monuments since they purchased them from Elgin, and have taken a longer, though less passionate, interest in them than the Greeks themselves who historically haven't seemed to care much one way or the other until relatively recently.
	www.chuckpalahniuk.net /community/printthread.php?t=15796 (1913 words)

	Javorie.com :: Arts :: . :: Classical :: Greek :: Parthenon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		There was a fire at Frazier Park that sent a column of smoke up the size of the Parthenon.
		The Parthenon Project at the College of Staten Island - Greek News
		Yes, the Parthenon is still magnificent to behold, Machu Picchu high in the Andes remains an unforgettable place, but much of the magic is gone now that...
	javorie.com /directory/index.php/Arts/.../Classical/Greek/Parthenon (362 words)

	ELGIN MARBLES
		- Speech by The Rt Hon Lord David Owen CH at an Economist Conference on "The Parthenon Marbles In view of the 2004 Olympiad"
		- The fate of the Parthenon sculptures in Athens
		The time to return the Parthenon sculptures is now, says David Hill (Australian Committee for the Restitution of the Parthenon Marble)
	www.museum-security.org /elginmarbles.html (1038 words)

	Marbles And Library Of Congress (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		...She is currently serving as Scholar in Residence at the Law Library of Congress pursuing a study of.....She was the moderator for an international conference on the Parthenon marbles...
		...Anthony Snodgrass, chairman of the British Committee for the Restitution of the Parthenon Marbles and.....Kluge Center at the Library of Congress and the Washington Collegium for the...
		Lecture on the Parthenon Marbles at the Library of Congress
	www.fieldmethods.net /marbles-and-library-of-congress.html (265 words)

	Marbles Reunited - About - Coalition Members (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Marbles Reunited is an 'umbrella' campaign organisation bringing together the many individuals and organisations including those listed below.
		All of the following coalition members share the common aim of reuniting the Parthenon Sculptures in their original home city of Athens.
		Councillors In Favour of Reuniting the Elgin Marbles
	www.marblesreunited.org.uk /about/coalitionmembers.html (91 words)

	Paros Life - Delos to Paros Marathon Swim - by Jean Lane-Polyzoides, June 2000
		The Friends of the British Committee for the Restitution of the Parthenon Marbles are pleased to announce a fund-raising marathon swim in support of the return of the Parthenon Marbles.
		The association was formed last year to help with fund-raising and to keep interest alive in the efforts of the British Committee to build the new Acropolis Museum to house these sculptures when they are one day returned to this country - considered by Greece as their rightful home - by the British Museum.
		The Friends of the British Committee for the Restitution of the Parthenon Marbles - Nana Mouskouri: Honorary President, Dr.A.J.Polyzoides, Chairman of the Association
	www.paroslife.gr /story.html?story=879&issue=27 (348 words)

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