Britain vs. Greece for all the marbles

Britain vs. Greece for all the marblesLondon Free PressBritain's envoy, Lord Elgin, pried them off the building in the early 1800s while Greece was still an unwilling part of the Ottoman Empire. Facing bankruptcy, he eventually sold the artworks to the British Museum, where they have been displayed ever since.

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