Greece wants Parthenon Marbles back, Tsipras tells May

Greece wants the Parthenon Marbles back from the British Museum,Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said in London on Tuesday, trying to reinvigorate a longstanding campaign for the 2,500-year-oldtreasures.British diplomat Lord Elgin removed the sculptures from the Acropolis in Athens in the early 19th century when Greece was under Ottoman rule."The Marbles belong to the world cultural heritage but their natural place is the Parthenon," he told reporters.