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Your move ... Scots want chess set back.

Publication: The Evening Standard (London, England)
Publication Date: 25-MAR-09 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Your move ... Scots want chess set back.(News)

Article Excerpt
Byline: LOUISE JURY Chief Arts Correspondent

Museum defies calls to return Hebridean treasures to Edinburgh

THE BRITISH Museum has put a set of elaborately carved chess figures at the heart of a new gallery despite demands that they be returned to Scotland.

The 82 Lewis Chessmen, which are between 800 and 900 years old and made from walrus and whale ivory, were seen in a Harry Potter film and inspired the children's TV series Noggin The Nog.

Alex Salmond, First Minister of Scotland, wants them repatriated to Edinburgh to be reunited with the rest of the set discovered on the Outer Hebrides in the early 19th century.

Just as the Greek government wants the Elgin Marbles in London to be returned to Athens, Mr Salmond claims it is...



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