UK government snubs key NATO ally Greece over stolen Parthen

The statues and friezes, which formed part of the Parthenon temple built in the fifth century BC, are known in the UK as the “Elgin marbles” because they were removed in the early 1800s by Lord Elgin, Britain’s ambassador to the Ottoman Empire.

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