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The Elgin Marbles or The Parthenon Sculptures: what is the solution?

Oct 19, 2022
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 3min
2
Parthenon Marbles - The Crowning Glory of Greece
02:31 • 4min
3
Jane Austen's Ring
06:02 • 5min
4
I Think We Should Give Back the Marbles, but Not Out of a Sense of Moral Obligation.
11:18 • 3min
5
Restitution of the Acropolis Museum
14:40 • 2min
6
The British Museum and the Bassai Freeze
16:58 • 2min
7
Parthenon Sculptures
18:29 • 3min
8
The Legal Ownership of the Parthenan Sculptures by the British Museum
21:34 • 2min
9
Can the British Museum Hand Back the Parthenan Skulls?
23:43 • 2min
10
Is the Acropolis Museum on Loan?
25:30 • 2min
11
Isn't That the Solution?
27:23 • 2min
12
Isn't It a Question of Numbers?
29:15 • 2min
13
Are We in a Zero-Sum Game?
31:11 • 2min
14
Is It a Good Idea to Return the Parthenon Cultures?
33:11 • 2min
15
What Is Waverly?
35:21 • 2min
16
The Mona Lisa and the Parthenon in 3D Printing
37:01 • 2min
17
I've Got a Different View of Artemis.
38:37 • 2min
18
What Changed Your Mind About Stonehenge?
40:38 • 2min
19
The Parthenon and the Duvene Gallery
42:13 • 4min
20
The Acropolis Museum and the British Museum
45:55 • 2min
21
The British Museum and Loans
48:11 • 2min
22
The Parthon and Sculptors Are Now Owned by the British Museum
49:43 • 2min
23
The Return of the Parthon and Sculptors
51:56 • 3min
24
The Cropless Museum in Athens?
54:50 • 3min