I have to wonder about another reviewer here calling himself a classist and saying the apogee of Ancient Greek civilization was "2500 to 2000 BCE."
That is actually earlier than the classical age (by 1500 to 2000 years), earlier than archaic even earlier than Mycenean period.
The classical or golden age of Greece, and when the Parthenon marbles were created was in the period were the fifth and fourth centuries BCE ie from about 500 to 300 BCE, not 2,500 or 2000 BCE!
Also Roman and Greek Culture were not rediscovered in the 15th century CE , they were widely known and living and breathing in the Byzantine Empire with many western European scholars visiting Constantinople, and visa versa all through the "dark ages." Now let's get to this film. It is perhaps the worst argument for return of the Parthenon Marbles I have seen. The parthenon marbles need to be returned, waver poll and survey of UK citizens shows a majority want them returned to Greece, and that majority grows every year. The British Museum holding a "receipt" from, of all things, a brutal and genocidal occupying's power is no different than if the Wailing Wall had been carted away by the Nazis. But this film makes a botch of the case for return.
The classical or golden age of Greece, and when the Parthenon marbles were created was in the period were the fifth and fourth centuries BCE ie from about 500 to 300 BCE, not 2,500 or 2000 BCE!
Also Roman and Greek Culture were not rediscovered in the 15th century CE , they were widely known and living and breathing in the Byzantine Empire with many western European scholars visiting Constantinople, and visa versa all through the "dark ages." Now let's get to this film. It is perhaps the worst argument for return of the Parthenon Marbles I have seen. The parthenon marbles need to be returned, waver poll and survey of UK citizens shows a majority want them returned to Greece, and that majority grows every year. The British Museum holding a "receipt" from, of all things, a brutal and genocidal occupying's power is no different than if the Wailing Wall had been carted away by the Nazis. But this film makes a botch of the case for return.