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Evening Standard
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Lydia Chantler-Hicks

Vatican returns Parthenon sculpture fragments to Greece, amid calls for UK to follow

The Vatican Museums are returning three 2,500-year-old pieces of the Parthenon to Greece - prompting calls for other countries to “imitate” the gesture.

The call from Greece is likely a reference to the collection of sculptures from the ancient Athenian temple that are currently held by museums in Britain, including the so-called Elgin Marbles controversially housed at the British Museum.

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