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Greece renews its calls for British Museum to return Parthenon Marbles in wake of priceless thefts (www.euronews.com)

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago (7 children)

is there anything in the British Museum that is not stolen?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

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.

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