http://www.elginism.com/20050226/19/ Elgin Marbles (Parthenon Marbles - Sculptures from the Greek Acropolis) reunification campaign news Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:13:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://www.elginism.com/20050226/19/#comment-188 Linda McGrath Mon, 10 Jul 2006 20:55:54 +0000 http://www.elginism.com/20050423/19/#comment-188 I signed the petition last year. I have seen the Mausoleum horse in the British museum, it is very impressive and beautiful. I understand it was dragged down to the shore by Turks on a wooden platform under British direction. The sultan had given permission and it was taken back to Britain. This was not decided by the Turkish people but by the Sultan who was friendly with the British ambassador. Now the people are making their voices heard and I have joined them as have countless others. I believe it must be returned and put in its rightful place in the hollow where the Mausoleum once stood. It is sad to see the site stripped bare and displaying a plaster frieze of part of the surround of the Mausoleum just outside the small museum; the original is also in the British museum and must also be returned with the horse. This was one of the seven wonders of the ancient world as was the temple of Diana in Ephesus. I believe parts of it are also in the British museum. I know this is the nature of all museums, that they consist of pieces belonging to other civilizations but if I want to see the mask of Tutankamun then I should go to Cairo and not a museum in Berlin etc. Insallah the horse and frieze will be returned. I signed the petition last year. I have seen the Mausoleum horse in the British museum, it is very impressive and beautiful. I understand it was dragged down to the shore by Turks on a wooden platform under British direction. The sultan had given permission and it was taken back to Britain. This was not decided by the Turkish people but by the Sultan who was friendly with the British ambassador. Now the people are making their voices heard and I have joined them as have countless others.
I believe it must be returned and put in its rightful place in the hollow where the Mausoleum once stood. It is sad to see the site stripped bare and displaying a plaster frieze of part of the surround of the Mausoleum just outside the small museum; the original is also in the British museum and must also be returned with the horse.
This was one of the seven wonders of the ancient world as was the temple of Diana in Ephesus. I believe parts of it are also in the British museum. I know this is the nature of all museums, that they consist of pieces belonging to other civilizations but if I want to see the mask of Tutankamun then I should go to Cairo and not a museum in Berlin etc. Insallah the horse and frieze will be returned.

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