Museum highlights Greece's pride and pain - 20 Jun 09
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Museum highlights Greece's pride and pain - 20 Jun 09
awaited Acropolis Museum is now open, a move Greece hopes will put pressure on Britain to return statues removed from the Parthenon 200 years ago. Known as the Elgin Marbles, the statues remain on display in the British Museum in London having been sold to the museum in 1817. But, as Al Jazeera's Barnaby Phillips reports from Athens, there is no sign the 200-year-old dispute is going to be resolved any time soon. ... Barnaby Philips Greece Acropolis museum Athens British Museum London UK ...
YouTube | June 20, 2009
New Greek museum wants Elgin marbles
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