Aussies Join Fight to Return Parthenon Marbles

SYDNEY - An international conference in Sydney this weekend is continuing the fight to have the ancient Elgin Marbles returned to Greece. The collection of ancient Greek marble statues, also known as the Parthenon Marbles, were removed from Athens and taken to London in the early 19th Century. The Australian Committee for the Restitution of the Parthenon Marbles (ACRPM) is hosting this weekend's forum. The debate over the priceless relics housed in the British Museum has been raging for years. Dennis Tritaris from ACRPM says the two-day conference is all about putting more pressure on the British Museum to return the statues to Greece. 'What we try to do is keep the pressure, keep the awareness of the people on the issue of the restitution of the Parthenon Marbles,' he said.

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