I had objects from Nineveh from a Syria of their dormers of a creature that is half bowl, half human. And then there's wings just to make it interesting,. They're extraordinary and they have a ton of them. The other interesting controversy at the museum that I found so extraordinary is that if you go to the British Museum, they have quite a number of these large stone.
Should the British Museum return the Elgin Marbles, taken from the Parthenon in Athens about 200 years ago? What should be the purpose of museums, education or social justice? Listen as Tiffany Jenkins, author of Keeping Their Marbles, discusses these questions and more with EconTalk host Russ Roberts.