Word: elgin
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...Elgin marbles," acquired by Lord Elgin during a period of political turmoil in Greece, might have been destroyed had the British not preserved them. The British also argue that more people can see the friezes in London than would be able to in Athens...
Unlike the case of either the Omaha collection or the Elgin marbles, no one has demanded the return of the Tun-huang pieces. A large number of similar wall paintings remain in the caves, and the pieces are not held to be the "crown jewels" of China...
Many similar cases exist at Harvard museums and at museums around the world. Certainly the categorical return of every work of art to its country of origin is absurd. But some art objects, such as the sacred material of the Omaha, the Elgin marbles and the cave paintings of Tun-huang, are integral to their original culture...