[CPProt.net] Professor rolls up for debate on Elgin Marbles

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Professor rolls up for debate on Elgin Marbles
October 19, 2005

THE Capital will play host to one of Britain's leading authorities in
classical archaeology later this week for a debate about the future of the
Elgin Marbles. 

Anthony Snodgrass, professor emeritus in classical archaeology at the
University of Cambridge, will speak on the hotly contested issue at the
Edinburgh College of Art on Thursday. 


The Elgin Marbles take their nickname from Thomas Bruce, the seventh Earl of
Elgin, who stripped the ancient Athenian Parthenon of its sculptures while
he served as the British Ambassador to Constantinople in the early 1800s. 

As a result of his actions, almost half the Parthenon's ancient treasures
were plundered and shipped back to Britain. 

They were sold to the British Museum in London, where they have been on
display to the public since 1816. 

The sculptures have been scattered between the two countries, with single
figures split between museums in London and Athens 

In his lecture, The Parthenon Divided, Prof Snodgrass will address the
audience in his capacity as chairman of the British committee for the
Reunification of the Parthenon Marbles, arguing for the marbles to be
returned to Athens. 

The Edinburgh College of Art is home to a complete set of casts of the
Parthenon Frieze.

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