This was posted to the Classics list yesterday ... the BBC has a little slide show thingy of the restoration work (done with lasers) done to the Parthenon marbles left behind by Lord Elgin (i.e. the west frieze). The display is put in the context of allowing people to decide whether Lord Elgin actually 'saved' the marbles, since one of the ongoing arguments has always been that if he had left them behind, they'd be in horrible condition. Not really sure if that dog hunts ...