LONDON/ATHENS – A British museum spirited one of the world’s most hotly disputed artistic masterpieces to Russia for a loan on Friday, causing an outcry in Greece, which says the priceless 2,500-year-old statue was looted from Athens and must be returned.The marble statues from the facade of the Parthenon, among the greatest works of ancient Greek art, have been the subject of acrimonious dispute since they were taken from Athens by the Earl of Elgin, bought by the British state and placed in London’s British Museum in 1816.The museum announced on Friday that it had sent one of the marbles …read more
Source: AsiaOne
