A 2,500 year old drawing by a Greek shepherd on a hill near Athens may solve the mystery of a large temple on the Acropolis that predates the Parthenon.
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The marbles are a physical manifestation of what it meant to be Athenian during the 5th century BC.
The story can be traced back many centuries to a time of warfare between Christian European countries and the Muslim Ottoman Empire.
The question of repatriating objects is clearly more complex than returning human remains. It needs more debate, and more creative interventions to move beyond the current impasse.
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Classical Archaeologist and Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Radboud University
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Sir John Monash Distinguished Professor, Monash University. Deputy Director ARC Centre of Excellence for Indigenous and Environmental Histories and Futures, Monash University
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Senior Curator of Australian and First Nations Art, National Gallery of Victoria, The University of Melbourne
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Professor in Classics, Trinity College Dublin