The letters add yet another important piece to the puzzle of the Parthenon Sculptures and Greek claims
Documents from the 19th century prove that the lord elgin did not pay the prescribed customs duty for the illegal importation of Sculptors of the Parthenon in Britain, as the “Guardian” newspaper writes.
In fact, he tried to downgrade their value as well, according to the British historical researcher of the Cambridge University Archaeological Museum.
According to the Guardian, the first examination of the documents shows that the then Secretary of State, Viscount Castlereagh, helped Lord Elgin import the Sculptures “duty-free” and, according to historians, the senior government official was probably aware of his plan former British ambassador.
In fact, Elgin described one of the boxes containing the detached Parthenon Sculptures as “junk antiques and marbles”.
The interesting thing is that the Daniel Simpsonthe Cambridge postdoctoral researcher who discovered the documents, believes that Viscount Castlereagh, who was one of the “key” people in persuading the British government to buy the Sculptures from Elgin, originally planned for the detached members of the Parthenon to go to possession of Britain and “used” Elgin to achieve it.
The letters add yet another important piece to the puzzle of the Parthenon Sculptures and the young researcher’s discovery comes at a critical time for Greek claims.
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