Greece listed the Elgin Marbles, a collection of Classical Greek marble structures removed from the Parthenon in the beginning of the 19th century by Thomas Bruce, Earl of Elgin and ambassador to the Ottoman Empire. Athens has been locked in a 30-year antiquities “war” with London to retrieve them from the British Museum. Peru is in talks to retrieve the Machu Picchu collection that was loaned and remains in the Peabody Museum in Yale University.
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