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Rejected petition To return the Elgin Marbles to Athens

To return the Elgin Marbles to Greece, Athens. The Marbles belong to Greece and represent a very important historic time as part of Greece's heritage. The Marbles were created by the Greeks more than 2000 years ago and need to be returned to Greece.

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With the latest available 3D scanning technology which exists today, the Marbles can be scanned to create 1:1 models of the Marbles to be retained at the British museum. The original Marbles are to be returned to Greece.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

We can only accept petitions about things the Government or Parliament are directly responsible for.

The UK Government is not directly responsible for the Elgin Marbles, but we have published the following petition, which you might like to sign:

Amend the British Museum Act to allow the acceptance of repatriation requests: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/642081

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 28 November 2023
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Rejected petition To return the Elgin Marbles to Athens

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