The seemingly never-ending story of the fate of the stolen Parthenon Marbles housed in the British Museum for 200 years will most likely see their return to Greece, but only as a loan, said The Economist’s The World Ahead 2025 report.
It said that would mean Greece having to send the museum other valuable artifacts that would essentially be held hostage until a future Greek government shipped the Marbles back to London, with no indication that it would be accepted in Athens.
“Greece has publicly rejected anything less than full ownership, but a swap of some kind remains the most realistic outcome,” the report said, noting a fragment of the Marbles was loaned to Greece by a Sicilian museum in 2022.
Osborne and the museum’s new Director, Nicholas Cullinan, have indicated they are open to the loan idea that Greece has already turned down, with no explanation as to why they think there would be acceptance now.
The Economist said that could involve Greece loaning other antiquities in exchange as a 1963 British law prohibits their return, although supporters of the Marbles being sent back to their home pointed out the law could be changed with the current Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, saying he wouldn’t stand in the way but no report whether he would bring it to a vote in Parliament.
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