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The newly discovered set was first shown at the scottish antiquaries society who were unable to raise funds to buy them.
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The british museum then acquired them for the nation.
The british museum has vowed to fight off any attempt by the eu to take back the elgin marbles during brexit talks as it said they were acquired completely legally.
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The director of the british museum has provoked anger by suggesting the removal of the parthenon marbles from greece in the 19th century could be seen as a creative act.
The chessmen were found buried near uig on the isle of lewis in the outer hebrides in 1831.
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A long running row between greece and the uk is bacck in the headlines.
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In an interview with the greek daily ta nea fischer admitted that while you could be saddened by the fact that the famous marbles had been removed from their original environment this shifting is also a creative act.
On december 5 the british museum announced that it would loan a piece of the elgin marbles to the state hermitage museum in st.
Fischer rejected the idea that greece was the rightful owner of the elgin marbles saying that the objects in the british museum s collection are owned by the.
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The parthenon marbles a collection of stone objects inscriptions and sculptures also known as the elgin marbles on show at the british museum in london.
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It s over the rightful owner of ancient artifacts known as the elgin marbles.
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