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> they didn't STEAL them they bought them,
> yes?
Elgin (a private British citizen) made an arrangement with the Ottoman authorities to "take away pieces of stone" ( [
www.google.co.uk] xxv). Subsequently the artefacts were transferred from Elgin to the British Museum (who paid him a lot less than he was hoping for) - but it was a complicated situation, and, when pressed on the detail, Elgin was nothing if not evasive - [
www.maatforum.com]. But the artefacts really weren't being cared for properly in situ, and they might well have stood a better chance of survival than being left where they were - although, to counter this argument, some of them were damaged during the removal process, not to mention subsequent cleaning ...
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