Name: Nations ask British Museum to return artifacts taken by British Empire
Uploaded: 2023-11-29T18:42:58+08:00
Duration: 1 min 12 s
Description: 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

2023.11.29 18:42 GMT+8

Nations ask British Museum to return artifacts taken by British Empire

Updated 2023.11.29 18:42 GMT+8

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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.

Nations ask British Museum to return artifacts taken by British Empire

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