for over 200 years,A mysterious temple has become the reason for a tiff between Britain and Greece

Distribution of Sculptures

Apart from the Britsh Museum in London and The Acropolis Museum in Athens, that share about 30%  of sculptures each, other major European Museums display the remaining few pieces. This includes the Louvre Museum in Paris and the Vatican Museums in the Vatican city.

River God Llissos

The situation is only bound to intensify after the British Museum declared that they will be lending the marble sculpture of the river god Llissos to Russia. Greece will be enraged that the British Museum is ready to send a part of the Parthenon to Russia but not back to Greece.

Set An Example

What most people are not aware of is the fact that if the British Museum were to return the sculptures, it would set an example to return all those countless other looted relics to their motherlands. This would declare the end of the biggest museums in America as well as Europe. As one critic noted, “the sun may have set on the British Empire, but old habits die hard.”