Elgin Marbles Traditional Cache
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Located on my family's private property. You have our permission to look for this cache here. Please park alongside the road. Do not try to drive onto the property. You are looking for a disguised small pimento jar. It contains a log and a few small (as in tiny) swag items. Bring your own pencil. Because of the uneven terrain, overgrown brush and low hanging trees, this cache is not wheelchair accessible.
Laura suggested the theme of this cache. You will find some marbles in the cache. Take some / leave some if you have them.
The Elgin Marbles, also known as the Parthenon Marbles, are a collection of classical Greek marble sculptures, inscriptions and architectural members that originally belonged to the Parthenon and other buildings on the Acropolis of Athens. Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, the British ambassador to the Ottoman Empire from 1799 to 1803 and a looter according to some people in Britain, obtained an ambiguous permission from the Ottoman authorities to remove pieces from the Acropolis. From 1801 to 1812 Elgin's agents removed about half of the surviving sculptures of the Parthenon, as well as architectural members and sculpture from the Propylaea and Erechtheum. The Marbles were transported by sea to Britain. In Britain, Elgin was criticised for his actions, labelled by some as vandalism.However, following a public debate in Parliament and subsequent exoneration of Elgin's actions, the marbles were purchased by the British Government in 1816 and placed on display in the British Museum, where they stand now on view in the purpose-built Duveen Gallery. However, the legality of the removal has been questioned and the debate continues as to whether the Marbles should remain in the British Museum or be returned to Athens.
Unactivated TB tags for the FTF. Please activate and release them for us all to find at another time.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Vg'f n "xabggl" pnpur.
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