The English would be “quite upset” if another country had parts of Stonehentz, said the well -known British anthropologist Alice Robertsarguing that the Parthenon sculptures They must be returned to Greece where they belong. Roberts made this comparison after meeting with the Minister of Culture, Lina Mendoniwho requested the return of sculptures, aged 2,500, to Parthenon.

“I imagine we would be quite upset in England if another country had important parts of Stonehendz and didn’t come back,” Roberts told magazine Radio Times. “The monuments created for one particular location, a particular landscape, lose their frame when they are transported elsewhere.”

The 51 -year -old academic, also known for presenting the Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts, spoke ahead of her new series on Channel 4, Ancient Greece by Train, which begins on Saturday. In the past, he has dealt with ancient Egypt and the Ottoman Empire for the same channel.

“There is an urgent need to recognize some of the controversial practices of the past, often associated with the history of colonialism,” he said. “We can recognize the injustices and act for them today.” Roberts argued that the return of the sculptures would not lead to the “emptying” of the British museums. “Worrying about whether to create a previous one is never a good argument not to do the morally right,” he added.

The British Museum said last December that an agreement on the sculptures is “still some distance”, but added that “progress” was made. Downing Street spokesman, on the other hand, said that the future of sculptures depends “entirely” on the museum.

In a description of Roberts’ new broadcast Ancient Greece by Train, it is stated that ancient Greek culture continues to influence our lives through democracy, art, science and medicine.

“The ancient Greeks have addressed the great philosophical questions we are still fighting today,” Roberts notes. “However, they had a pagan system with incredible myths and stories of gods, which are not based on evidence.”