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Parthenon marbles loan to Greece is not a simple solution – who gets control over objects?

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par Stephan Blum, Research Associate, Institute for Prehistory and Early History and Medieval Archaeology, University of Tübingen

European museums have become more willing to discuss the colonial histories of their collections. But acknowledging how an object entered a museum is not the same as questioning who should control it – or who gets to produce knowledge about the past.

Few antiquities are more recognisable or such enduring symbols of dispute over cultural heritage than the Parthenon marbles (447 BC to 432 BC) in London.

The marbles made their way to Britain…

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