The stinking Greek Commies ( bet ya didn't know this ! ) tried to get them back decades ago. It was NOT because of " cultural heritage "; it was to thumb their nose at " democarcy " and the Brits.
Greece isn't nearly as " open " a society, as you imagine it to be.
The British Museum owns those marbles fair & square ! They're beautiful, but not in great condition, due to the fact that the Greeks had once used them for target practice and building material.
You aren't making much sense. Facts and history matter; learn some and stop being such an emotional poster.
Oh, please spare me. You haven't bought ino that myth have you? Read my previous posts, or any good book on the subject, or the original 1816 report by the British Government themselves that denounced the acquisition as one of theft ... and AFTER thatm THEN explain to me how they were perserved ..