Divers find marble treasure possibly taken from Greek Parthenon at shipwreck site in Aegean Sea
Archaeologists have discovered a piece of marble treasure among the remains of a shipwreck off the coast of the Greek island of Kythira, which could be tied to an infamous robbery at the Parthenon, Greek officials said.
Crews uncovered the marble slab while excavating the site of the Mentor, a brig owned by Thomas Bruce, the British soldier and diplomat known as Lord Elgin, according to Greece's Ministry of Culture and BBC News, a CBS News partner.
Elgin had used the vessel to transport artifacts from Greece to Britain, including relics taken from the Parthenon and other monuments on the Greek Acropolis, the ministry said.
His shipments from the ancient citadel have become the focus of controversy in recent years, as Greece sought to recover some of the " Elgin Marbles " — stone sculptures dating back more than 2,000 years, mostly from the Parthenon — which Elgin took from the Acropolis back to Britain in the early 1800s. They have since ended up in various museums...
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