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This is John Bachelor the Elgin Marbles in 1806 to 1807 Lord Elgin, Earl of Elgin, Thomas Bruce's name, took possession of the

fashion of figures and battle scenes and horses and men

that date back to the classical triumph of Parthenon of Athens early in the understanding of what

we call civilization. The Algun Marbles have been at the British Museum ever

since 1807 enjoyed by the British public and the world.

However, Greece wants them back.

The claim that they were sold legally to Elgin has substance, but it was the Ottoman Empire, and that was then.

Elgin did provide the Elgin marbles a safe place for the 200 years of pollution and damage and war and tourists crawling over it.

I visited the Parthenon in 1974.

There was no gate around it. There was no one at home securing the chipped marble and

the broken down columns. Now that is no longer the case, it is protected. It's a treasure. And the organ

marbles, they can't go back to the original Parthenon because of the pollution in the air.

But there is a museum constructed nearby. I've not visited

it, but I'm told that it's perfect conditions for the marbles to go home. I asked Joseph Sternberg,

my colleague, his opinion of the Marbles.

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