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Why is it important to Greece to have the Elgin marbles returned?.

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It's about ownership

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The Greeks say that the Parthenon Sculptures were unscrupulously flogged to a British diplomat by an enemy occupying force, and should be returned to Athens. The British museum has maintained that Elgin saved the works from destruction and that they have been conserved by the institution.

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