I think that the marbles should be returned for many reasons. First of all, it is true that pieces of art are stored in museums to preserve our natural history in order for future generations to witness it in person. Given that fact I would have to disagree with how the British Museum will not release the remaining pieces. Even though they “own” them, I do not agree that the full possession belongs to them. Those pieces were made for the sole purpose of describing what the Greeks believed in and to represent their deep history for generations to come.
In my opinion, I think that was there own way of having a museum. Not to have it put away and safely preserved, but to be in the open for anyone and everyone to see. To marvel and the shape and size and the creativity the very artists tried to bring alive. Some people who like art can only like it if they see it. It is true that the Elgin marbles are on display to be viewed, but can you touch them? How close can you get to them or even truly appreciate how long it took to make them, or how much determination to finish them? You see my point is that finding and discovering lost art and trying to make it last through the ages is one thing, but to deny it from returning from where it came? Here is an example: You have a grandmother who has a precious necklace made and past it down mother to daughter through your family and you were supposed to get it. Then someone steals that necklace and you don’t see it for years to come. After so many long years you see it on display in a museum and it’s said to be owned by a royal family over 200 years before you were born. Now compare this situation to the Elgin marbles. They are both very rare and priceless, but taken away from where they belong. Wouldn’t you want that family necklace back? If you say no, then you have to be the most honest person in the world because any human would want something that valuable given back to them. That is why Greece wants the marbles back and...