October 26, 2011
The Elgin family busts in Ottawa
More coverage of the controversy over the locations of the busts of the Eighth Earl of Elgin and his wife in Canada.
From:
The Herald (Scotland)
Elgin marble row with a difference as Canadian hotel seeks return of busts
MARTIN WILLIAMS
22 Feb 2011IT sometimes seems that anything linked to the Elgin dynasty and made of marble is bound to become shrouded in controversy.
The long-running row between London and Athens is rumbling on over the sculptures known as the Parthenon Marbles, which were taken from the Acropolis.
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