The Elgin Boddles must be returned to their native Greece, has said a leading anthropologist and TV presenter.
Professor Alice Roberts believes that the 30-plus classic Greek monuments, which have been on display for more than 200 years in the British Museum in London, 'Back in Athens'.
She made the comments after speaking with the Minister of Culture of the Land, Lina Mendoni, who expressed a sincere wish to see them coming back, “while he filmed a new channel 4 -series, Ancient Greece by train.
Prof Roberts, known for presenting BBC shows, including digging for Great Britain and incredible human journey, said that it can be 'very harmful' when the removal of cultural artifacts is performed in a way that feels 'unwanted, unintentionally or unintentionally'.
In an interview with radio times, she said, while she did not suggest that this is how the debate about the famous marbles should be framed, she emphasized: “I don't think this is a question that we just have to ignore.”
The artifacts came from the 2500-year-old Parthenon temple and have been shown in the British Museum since the 19th century.
They were removed by Lord Elgin in the early 19th century when he was an ambassador of the Ottoman Empire.
The British Museum said in December that a deal about the artifacts was 'still some distance', but that there has been a 'much progress'. It came after a Downing Street spokesperson said that the future of the sculptures was 'completely' with the museum.
TV presenter and anthropologist -Professor Alice Roberts believes that the Elgin Boddles should be returned to Greece
The artifacts came from the 2500-year-old Parthenon temple and have been shown in the British Museum since the 19th century
The museum said that although a deal on the artifacts was 'still some distance', there was a 'much progress'
After talking to the Greek minister, Mrs. Roberts said, “I have to agree with her … I think they hear back in Athens. It is not equivalent, but I imagine that we might be pretty upset in England if another country had significant pieces of Stonehenge and would not give them back.
'But actually the argument goes deeper than that. There is an urgent need to recognize some of the doubtful practices of the past, which often went hand in hand with the history of colonialism. '
A formal request for the permanent return of the Parthenon sculptures to Greece was first done in 1983.
