Elgin Marbles investigation

London - The controversial issue of the return of the Elgin Marbles to Greece, which has dogged historians and politicians since…

London - The controversial issue of the return of the Elgin Marbles to Greece, which has dogged historians and politicians since they arrived in Britain, is to be investigated by a parliamentary committee for the first time in nearly 200 years.

The investigation will reopen old wounds about Britain's cultural colonialism in removing the sculptures from the Parthenon.