CSTU 101
Learning Activity 1
Coleman Neill
Professor Maxon
CSTU 101
March 29, 2019
The "Elgin Marbles", which is also called the "Parthenon Marbles", "are a collection of Classical
Greek marble sculptures, inscriptions, and architectural pieces which had part of the ancient
Greek temple of the Parthenon, and the many other buildings on the area of Acropolis in Athens"
(World News,2018). The British Government bought the Elgin Marbles in 1816, which was
passed to the British Museum. The controversy started soon after the Greek Revolution. Iohannis
Kapodistrias, who was the first Greek Governor asked Lord Wellington to help Greece liberate
more territories, but he declined. Greece had then demanded that the marbles back, but the
British had refused and went on to refer to them as a British national treasure. The controversy
was still in progress with a very influential group in Europe known as the United Nations
Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization also known as UNESCO; which had been
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