Britain must rethink the case of Parthenon Marbles Restitution…

By Nicolas Mottas. It was in 1801 when the then British ambassador in Constantinople, Thomas Bruce (the known as Lord Elgin), obtained a firman from the Ottoman authorities taking permission to remove sculptures from the Athens' Parthenon. Two centuries later - in fact 207 years later - the British capital, London, is preparing to host the 30th Olympiad in 2012. The ancient masterpieces of the Parthenon still remain in the British Museum, around 2440km far from their original place, as long… More information...

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