Greece on Friday welcomed the return of ancient artifacts from the Acropolis, furthering a campaign to press the British Museum to hand back a collection of sculptures taken from the ancient site in Athens more than 200 years ago.
Culture Minister Lina Mendoni led a ceremony Friday for the repatriation of three sculpture fragments -- representing a horse and two male heads -- from the Parthenon temple on the Acropolis which had been kept at the Vatican Museums.
Mendoni said Greece would be willing to lend the British museum ancient Greek artifacts for exhibition to "fill the gap" if the marbles were returned. "This act by Pope Francis is of historical significance and has a positive impact on all levels. We hope it sets an example for others," the leader of Greece's Orthodox Church, Archbishop Ieronymos II, said.
Culture Ministry officials in Greece have played down remarks made last month by British Museum chair George Osborne that the U.K. and Greece were working on an arrangement to display the Parthenon Marbles in both London and Athens.
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