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The British Museum and the government seem ready for a deal with Greece - "Maybe there will be an exchange with other antiquities from Greece" writes the magazine

Sir Mark Jones, the former interim director of the British Museum, has proposed a shared ownership agreement for the Parthenon Marbles between the UK and Greece.

The head of Turkey's anti-trafficking in antiquities department at UNESCO has backed the Greek demand for the return of the Parthenon Sculptures, disproving the British claim of legal purchase of the antiquities during the Ottoman occupation.