Why Are the Parthenon Marbles in the British Museum???

Why Are the Parthenon Marbles in the British Museum???

Christopher Hitchens, The Parthenon Marbles: The Case for Reunification, Verso, 2008

Theodore Vrettos, A Shadow of Magnitude: the Acquisition of the Elgin Marbles, GP Putnam’s Sons, 1974

Bruce Clark, Athens: City of Wisdom, Pegasus Books, 2022

Susan Nagel, Mistress of the Elgin Marbles: A Biography of Mary Nisbet, Countess of Elgin, William Morrow Paperbacks, 2005

Lord Byron, Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage, https://www.gutenberg.org/files/5131/5131-h/5131-h.htm

Lord Byron, The Curse of Minerva, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hwklxz&seq=9

“Unlocking Mysteries of the Parthenon,” by Evan Hadingham, Smithsonian Magazine. Feb 2008, https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/unlocking-mysteries-of-the-parthenon-16621015/

“The Parthenon Marbles in Depth, Part 3: Abducted,” by Duncan Howitt-Marshall, Greece Is, December 22nd, 2021  https://www.greece-is.com/parthenon-marbles-depth-part-3-abducted/

Elgin Marbles Minutes of Evidence (proceedings of the select committee to Parliament, 1816) https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101077988150&seq=253

“How did the Elgin Marbles Get Here?” BBC News, Dec 2014, https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-30342462

“How Did the Parthenon Marbles End Up in the British Museum?” By Tessa Solomon, ARTnews, Oct 7, 2021, https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/parthenon-marbles-british-museum-restitution-1234605904/

“The History of the Parthenon Marbles,” by Kerry Kolasa-Sikiaridi, Greek Reporter, September 4, 2021, https://greekreporter.com/2021/09/04/the-history-of-the-parthenon-marbles/

"When Greeks Gave Lead Bullets To The Turks, So They Would Stop Destroying Parthenon Columns - A Story From The Greek War Of Independence," The Archaeologist, March 23, 2022, https://www.thearchaeologist.org/blog/when-greeks-gave-lead-bullets-to-the-turks-so-they-would-stop-destroying-parthenon-columns-a-story-from-the-greek-war-of-independence

“Sublime Porte,” Encyclopedia Britannica, https://www.britannica.com/topic/Sublime-Porte

“Annex IV: The Parthenon Sculptures”, Select Committee on Culture, Media and Sport Minutes of Evidence, www.parliament.uk, https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199900/cmselect/cmcumeds/371/0060806.htm