单选题

The situation involving the repatriation of the Elgin Marbles to Athens is most similar to which of the following ______.

A A Native American tribe in Oregon requests that a museum in Chicago return some ceremonial masks that could help in fundraising efforts to build a proposed museum in Portland.

B The nation of Peru in South America threatens the nation of Ecuador with military action if Ecuador does not hand over various gold artifacts of the Inca Empire, which originated in Peru.

C The National Archeology Museum of Cairo in Egypt requests that the Louvre return eight mummies from the time of Ramses the Great for the Gairo Museum’s new exhibit hall dedicated to artifacts from Ramses’ court.

D The nation of Greece requests the nation of Turkey to provide Greek archeologists with free access to ancient Greek sites on the Ionian coast of Turkey, and to transfer any cultural artifacts found there to the National Archeology Museum in Athens.

E A museum in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, requests that the Texas History Museum in Austin, Texas, send the original “Lone Star” flag to Baton Rouge for a new exhibit entitled, “Texas: Our Neighbor to the East.”

解析：
通过第三段内容可知，希腊博物馆的设施和参观人数都大英博物馆，这两点都对大英博物馆宣传的文物应该保存在更好的地方，供更多人观赏这一点相符，据此可知本题应选C项。