Dr Mario Trabucco della Torretta

Greek millions financing a state-driven disinformation campaign to get the #ElginMarbles away from @britishmuseum . It won't succeed, not on my watch. History must be respected: all of it, not just the parts we like. youtu.be/LhIDWkYmayA via @YouTube

Last week, I had a lovely chat with Philip Davies for his YouTube series "Amazing Academics". Youcan now watch the recording here: youtu.be/PJMdObBZ5XQ?si…

You should read more. The Parthenon is a VERY local building, with its decorarion reflecting purely Athenian myths like the fight between Athena and Poseidon for who should be the patron of Attica, or the celebration in marble of the Panathenaic procession, is this is indeed what that is. The Acropolis was NOT a panhellenic sanctuary and the Parthenon had full meaning only as a purely Athenian (local) celebration When it comes to empires, the only link berween the Parthenon and empire is though the Athenian Empire, with its construction funded with the allied money appropriated by Athens. The removal of the marbles has nothing to dp with the British Empire, as ir was a purely private enterprise. Your last point can stay there where it is, I couldn't care less.

@Telegraph @elginmarbles Calling the Parthenon “just a local building” while defending imperial-era removal of its sculptures is not “truth”. It’s ideological cope disguised as scholarship. And the “I was cancelled” drama is embarrassing. People disagreeing with you is not persecution.

"In the eyes of Hellenic nationalists, I am guilty of one of the worst possible crimes: I don’t believe the Elgin Marbles should go back to Athens. And that is why I have been cancelled." Read why @elginmarbles believes the Elgin Marbles belong in Britain here ⤵️ telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/05/2…

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If you missed it, here's your chance to catch up with my bombshell interview with Michael Portillo, this morning on @GBNEWS! #keepingourmarbles

@pavlos81 @britishmuseum @YouTube No, that's not what the Turks say. Go back to your new feinds and check again

@elginmarbles @britishmuseum @YouTube The Turkish say the title chain is defective legally. Respond to that. If it’s defective, on what legal grounds did Elgin remove the sculptures? Vai, professore, rispondi

Greek millions financing a state-driven disinformation campaign to get the #ElginMarbles away from @britishmuseum . It won't succeed, not on my watch. History must be respected: all of it, not just the parts we like. youtu.be/LhIDWkYmayA via @YouTube

@pavlos81 @britishmuseum @YouTube Getting the support of the very people you accuse of selling offf your heritage to Elgin is really scraping the bottom of the barrel. To demonstrate what? That she doesn't even know the history of the Marbles? Just pathetic.

@elginmarbles @britishmuseum @YouTube Mario, what do you respond to this ? hurriyetdailynews.com/turkiye-backs-…

@alexsakalis 😂 well played!

inshallah the minaret has returned to the parthenon

@AFAF_freespeech @GBNEWS Thank you!! I am glad it came across well :-)

@elginmarbles @GBNEWS You were excellent on @GBNEWS - very clear!

Exactly as I was telling Michael Portillo this morning on @GBNEWS... take them young (and indoctrinate them)! tovima.com/stories/a-new-…

Academic cancelled over supporting Britain’s claim on the Elgin Marbles warns of ‘dogma’ ruling museums gbnews.com/news/world/elg…

Michael Portillo is joined by Academic and Archaeologist Dr Mario Trabucco Della Torretta to discuss his talk at a museum being cancelled due to his support for the UK's claim to the Elgin Marbles. 🇬🇧 Become a Friend of GB News: gbnews.com/support

@JohnB_Aberdeen Thanks for the great feedback, I'm glad I managed to get a few point across, as it is always difficult to make those few minutes count!

@elginmarbles Great interview, sorry you were cancelled. Your 2 main points on why the marbles should stay in London are persuasive. Is it pertinent also that the wealth of Athens/Greece was gained to some extent through conquering and plundering. Everyone did it.

Guess where I am 😉

@timloughton 😂 🎯

@elginmarbles Not in the Parthenon Museum - that's for sure!

@Athos357 @Telegraph You have no idea what an occupying force is. Occupation | ICRC share.google/i0LIuNRJGok12S…

@elginmarbles @Telegraph They were the occupying force for a time. That aside, apparently even the Turks think you're an idiot. Türkiye backs Greece in Elgin Marbles dispute share.google/KUUJACOF89qN70…

🇬🇷🏛️ An archaeologist who opposes returning the Elgin Marbles to Athens says he has been “cancelled” by Greece @elginmarbles argues the British Museum legally owns the sculptures, and claims the modern repatriation movement has turned archaeology into political theatre ⤵️ telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/05/2…

@ecolitical @casey_aydan @Telegraph Stolen? What, in the dead of night? They just assaulted the Acropolis, overpowered the garrison, and took off with the lot? 😂😂😂

@casey_aydan @Telegraph @elginmarbles But, technically, the British Museum DID buy the Marbles- from the government! They were originally stolen by Elgin’s official.

@ecolitical @Telegraph This story of the "objects on the ground only" always fascinates me. Care to share the primary source you use to back this claim up? I only ask because sure as hell it is not in the firman

@Telegraph @elginmarbles The British Museum legally bought the marbles from the government, which had taken them from Elgin in lieu of his heavy tax debts.But they were illegally taken down from the Parthenon by Elgin’s official, who had the right from the Persian authority only to objects on the ground.

@heavymetalcomic @Telegraph Good to know there is a person who keeps track of what I know. I shall call you in 50 years time if I get Alzheimer's

@elginmarbles @Telegraph Britain's #1 export is independence days for a reason. I'm right and you know it.