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Greece renews its calls for British Museum to return Parthenon Marbles in wake of priceless thefts

www.euronews.com Greece renews calls for artefact returns after British Museum thefts

Questions are being raised about the British Museum's security protocols, its handling of thefts, and how long senior management was aware before action was taken. Now, Greece is renewing its calls for the return of the Parthenon Marbles.

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1y ago

Greece renews its calls for British Museum to return Parthenon Marbles in wake of priceless thefts

www.euronews.com /culture/2023/08/23/greece-renews-its-calls-for-british-museum-to-return-parthenon-marbles-in-wake-of-priceles

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is there anything in the British Museum that is not stolen?
- Why are the Pyramids in Giza?
  They couldn't fit in a British museum.
  
  They were too big for the ships.
- Only the things they couldn't carry. There was a colossal head and arm of an Egyptian statue in the British museum, and a plaque saying the rest of the statue (body and legs) were still where they found it. Presumably because they were to heavy to take back.
- There are some things - there are quite a few things that were either gifted by ambassadors or legitimately bought (as opposed to the dubious purchase of the Partheneon marbles) and also British artefacts.
- The Parthenon frieze and marbles
- Well, there were those artifacts that went missing recently. Those aren't in the British Museum any more.
- Let me think about it... no.