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- 1After the Bayeux Tapestry, Calls Grow Over Parthenon Marbles▼After the Bayeux Tapestry Why Not the Parthenon Marbles?
Commentators are asking why the Bayeux Tapestry can be returned to Britain while the Parthenon Marbles remain in the British Museum. The question follows renewed momentum on the tapestry's planned loan to the UK, prompting renewed debate over whether Greece should similarly recover the sculptures taken by Lord Elgin in the early 19th century.