Robertson Elgin Marbles
Elgin s loot and the case for returning plundered treasure.
Robertson elgin marbles. Sir john boardman warns that an attempt by geoffrey robertson qc and amal alamuddin george clooney s new wife to help. Return of elgin marbles would ruin museums warns leading historian. The subtitle is unambiguous. Putting the return of lord elgin s stolen marbles on the brexit negotiating table would lead both to a boon for britain and a triumph for european enhancement of its.
Posted at 1 06 pm in british museum elgin marbles despite assertions made in many new sources in may it was generally left unreported that the legal team from doughty street chambers geoffrey robertson and amal clooney along with norman palmer had in fact not delivered their final report to greece. In 2001 we had been taken on an official tour of the wonderful british museum. For the marbles to be returned is the legal expert geoffrey robertson qc. Elgin s loot and the case for returning plundered treasure which was published just last week.
Brexit trade negotiations could result in a win win situation after leaked documents from brussels revealed the bloc could demand the uk returns the elgin marbles to greece geoffrey robertson qc claimed. In his new book he acknowledges that. In his new work robertson levels serious charges against his country s most important cultural institution saying the trustees of the british museum have become the world s largest receivers of stolen property and the great majority of. Elgin never even offered to pay for the marbles because he knew the ottomans in occupation of athens at the time would never sell so he lavishly bribed local officials to turn a blind eye while.
Robertson criticises the british museum in particular for allowing an unofficial stolen goods tour that stops at the elgin marbles hoa kakananai a the benin bronzes and other pilfered.