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Coyotl

(15,262 posts)
Mon Apr 29, 2013, 12:21 AM Apr 2013

'Scandalising' ancient nudes pulled from Qatar exhibit

'Scandalising' ancient nudes pulled from Qatar exhibit
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10879892

Greece has pulled two ancient statues of nude males from an Olympic exhibition in Doha after Qatari authorities insisted on veiling them.

A Culture Ministry official says exhibition organizers wanted to avoid scandalising female visitors.

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'Scandalising' ancient nudes pulled from Qatar exhibit (Original Post) Coyotl Apr 2013 OP
No wonder! panader0 Apr 2013 #1
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