Practice question · True or false
Because Lord Elgin obtained a permit from the Ottoman authorities, the question of the Parthenon Marbles is settled.
Hints
- Legality at the time does not exhaust the question.
- The scope of the permission is itself disputed.
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False
Why
The permit’s scope and validity are disputed, and legality at the moment of taking does not exhaust the ethics: the Benin Bronzes were also taken "legally" by the standards of an 1897 punitive expedition. Contemporary claims turn on descendant standing, not old paperwork.
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