Parthenon Sculptures: How they can “return” digitally to Greece

The Times of London is wondering today if the new technology can offer a solution to the long-running diplomatic dispute between Britain and Greece over the reunification of Sculptures of the Parthenon.

The solution they put forward is provided by the Institute of Digital Archeology, an organization that has the ability to reproduce exact 3D copies of endangered historical objects.

According to the newspaper and the correspondent of the Athenian-Macedonian News Agency, he could the Institute to create digital illustrations of the Parthenon Sculptures housed in the British Museum. Then be carved by a giant robot in the Carrara quarry in Italy and finally produce Sculptures, exact copies of the originals to the nearest millimeter, as the Times typically points out.

With today’s data, the publication continues, he will need his permission British Museum for such an endeavor. According to the Institute, if the Museum refuses, then an “army of Greek patriots” could go and take pictures of the Sculptures, as such an action does not require permission.

The newspaper is in favor of a return

The Times suggests to the British Museum “to embrace this technological opportunity and replace the Parthenon Sculptures with exact copies”. In fact, in return, Greece, as the newspaper notes, could commit not to allow the creation of other copies. “In this way, Greeks can regain their cultural heritage and the British Museum can retain its place as the largest historical collection in the world,” the Times concludes.

It is noted that last month the Times was in favor of the return of the Parthenon Sculptures, changing its traditional line. “For more than 50 years, artists and politicians have argued that these so fundamental artifacts for a nation’s cultural identity must return to Greece. The Museum and the British Government, with its support newspaper Times, resisted that pressure. But times and circumstances have changed. The sculptures belong to Athens. “And they must be returned now,” she wrote in her main article in mid-January.

Source: News Beast

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