Vestiges of the past lie in the display cases of museums and private collectors around the world: works of art made centuries ago, skeletons of people long dead, treasures looted by invading armies.  Should these objects be returned to the descendants of their original owners?  Or is such a gesture even possible?  These sites examine cases in which ownership of cultural property is at issue.  The first looks at the British Museum, which holds some of the oldest and most extensive collections of any repository in the world--but also an abundance of items that were plundered, commandeered or dubiously purchased by agents of the British Empire.  The site focuses on three collections--the Benin Bronzes, the Elgin Marbles, and the Rosetta Stone--whose ownership has been a subject of controversy.  The second site examines the question of how the repatriation of bodies--whether dead or alive--has become a matter of dispute and cultural misunderstanding in the conflict between Israel and Lebanon.