As 10 marble fragments of sculptures from the 2,500-year-old temple on the Acropolis Hill were transported from the National Archaeological Museum of Greece to the Acropolis Museum, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis asked for all of the Parthenon's sculptures to be brought back together.

During a ceremonial ceremony at the Acropolis Museum on Monday, Mitsotakis remarked, "This voyage of return conveys a resounding message for the reunion of all sections of this unique monument for mankind."

Part of a youth's head was among the parts retrieved on Monday. The rest of the sculpture is presently housed at the Louvre Museum in Paris. The ten fragments have been held in the National Archaeological Museum's storerooms until today.

"This is a first, but important, step in the endeavour to gather all of the lesser and bigger portions of the Parthenon's ornamental sculptures that are presently distributed in various museums across the world here, at the Acropolis Museum," Mitsotakis stated. For decades, the Greek statues have been a source of contention between Athens and London.The British Museum in London is now displaying large portions of the statues.

Half of the Parthenon sculptures were taken by the British diplomat Lord Elgin in the early nineteenth century, while Greece was still under Ottoman Empire rule.For decades, Greeks have repeatedly asked for them to be returned.

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