An archaeology institute is fighting the British Museum, demanding access to make digital scans of the Parthenon marbles:
An Archaeology Institute Is Fighting the British Museum, Demanding Access to Make Digital Scans of the Parthenon Marbles
The request, which the British Museum would neither confirm nor deny receiving, is based on the U.K.’s Freedom of Information Act , passed in 2000, that provides public access to information held by public authorities. The Parthenon Sculptures, also referred to as the Elgin Marbles, were removed from the Acropolis in the early 19th-century by Thomas Bruce, Earl of Elgin, when he was serving as Britain’s ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, which then occupied Greece. Greece has“In their current condition, the sculptures bear no relation to those created by Phidias in his studio [in the fifth century B.C.],” Michel said. “They’re missing significant amounts of material—the heads, toes, arms and legs are all gone.
If the British Museum complies with the FOIA request, the IDA will then ask a London equity court for a “declaratory relief”, which is essentially a statement pertaining to its request to make a 3-D scan of the Parthenon Sculptures. If the British Museum does not comply with the FOIA request, the IDA will use “a judicial mechanism” to compel it to do so, Michel added.
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