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Nations ask British Museum to return artifacts taken by British Empire

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Greece and the UK have been plunged into a diplomatic row over a long-standing dispute on the ancient Parthenon Sculptures, which were taken by the British from Athens in the early 19th century. This comes as a growing list of countries are now demanding the British Museum return the looted cultural relics being displayed there, including Nigeria, India, Egypt and Ethiopia.

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