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March 13, 2010
Yet another cultural property story
Some Scottish MP (as opposed to some member of the Scottish Parliament?) is demanding the return of the Lewis Chessmen. To the Hebrides. *BIG SIGH*
The MP is also annoyed because the British Museum (and all other medievalists) think they were made in Norway, not in the Hebrides.
Yeah, if there's a bigger museum on that island some more people will visit. I say send them an assortment - maybe a dozen. There are something like 80 of them, all told, in the British Museum and in Edinburgh.
Posted by CrankyProfessor at March 13, 2010 8:39 AM