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by JoeAltmaier 2222 days ago
That's some sort of anomaly. They took everything else, and murdered half a million civilians. I guess the remaining marbles were in locations too difficult to easily loot? Or too weighty.

Anyway, Elgin 'rescued' the marbles after a period of particularly egregious destruction of Greek history. Much was lost, blown up or deliberately demolished. If the Greeks didn't give a damn, why should Elgin be blamed for caring?

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The Ottomans controlled Greece during that time. I don't think it was the Greeks that didn't give a damn.
And who controls Greece now?