September 3, 2008
Was the removal of the Elgin Marbles legal?
More coverage of Professor Vassilis Dimitriadis’s study on the validity of the Firman that supposedly allowed Lord Elgin to remove pieces of the Parthenon Sculptures from the Acropolis.
From:
Artinfo
Professor Questions Legality of Elgin Document
By ARTINFO
Published: August 29, 2008LONDON—A professor from the University of Crete has called into question the sole document that the British Museum has found in recent years to support its legal ownership of the Elgin Marbles, reports the Times of London.
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