The BBC has been given a preview of the new Acropolis Museum by Professor Dimitrios Pandermalis. The video provides views of the Parthenon from the museum. The juxtaposition of fragments remaining in Athens and casts of originals now in London is explained in detail.
The programme suggests that the return of the Parthenon sculptures would be a "natural" progression.
Discussion of the archaeological ethics surrounding the collecting of antiquities and archaeological material.
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