![]() ![]() ![]() The decision from the British Museum is the latest in a restitution debate that has spanned centuries, and one that has been on the agenda of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for Promoting the Return of Cultural Property to its Countries of Origin (ICPRCP) for almost 40 years. The Elgin Marbles are 2,500-year-old sculptures that were removed from the Parthenon in Athens by Thomas Bruce, the 7th Earl of Elgin, 200 years ago after being sold to him by the city’s Turkish occupiers. The Parthenon Sculptures in the British Museum’s virtual gallery. ![]() However, the museum rejected the request “without any explanation”, and the IDA’s Founder and Executive Director Roger Michel has now said the institute will take legal action to appeal the decision. The institute put in a request to the museum to scan the marbles, also known as the ‘Elgin’ Marbles, in order to create high-quality replicas that could mean the originals could be returned to Greece. The British Museum has reportedly denied the Institute of Digital Archaeology (IDA) permission to 3D scan the Parthenon Marbles and could now face court. ![]()
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