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Turkey rejects claim Lord Elgin had permission to take Parthenon marbles (www.theguardian.com)

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Official says no sign of permit in Ottoman archives, in blow to British Museum, which defends legal right to statuary

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[–] Chuymatt 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)

3D scan them, cast them, send them back.

Geez, somehow I didn’t even realize that they were named after the guy who stole them, not where they were taken from or anything about the culture they were made in. How gross is that?

[–] 100@fedia.io 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

im pretty sure i saw the greeks were already displaying replicas of them, should swap those with the thieves