▲ 179 ▼ Greece renews its calls for British Museum to return Parthenon Marbles in wake of priceless thefts (www.euronews.com) submitted 2 years ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml 17 comments fedilink hide all child comments cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/1891952 Archived version: https://archive.ph/vXbUO Archived version: https://web.archive.org/web/20230825150350/https://www.euronews.com/culture/2023/08/23/greece-renews-its-calls-for-british-museum-to-return-parthenon-marbles-in-wake-of-priceles
[–] silvercove@lemdro.id 25 points 2 years ago (6 children) is there anything in the British Museum that is not stolen? permalink fedilink source hideshow 12 child comments replies: [–] hoodatninja@kbin.social 15 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Why are the Pyramids in Giza? They couldn't fit in a British museum. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] silvercove@lemdro.id 3 points 2 years ago They were too big for the ships. permalink fedilink source parent [–] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 years ago Only the things they couldn't carry. There was a colossal head and arm of an Egyptian statue in the British museum, and a plaque saying the rest of the statue (body and legs) were still where they found it. Presumably because they were to heavy to take back. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Calanon@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago There are some things - there are quite a few things that were either gifted by ambassadors or legitimately bought (as opposed to the dubious purchase of the Partheneon marbles) and also British artefacts. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Jacobp100@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago* The Parthenon frieze and marbles permalink fedilink source parent [–] SheeEttin@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Well, there were those artifacts that went missing recently. Those aren't in the British Museum any more. permalink fedilink source parent [–] BrikoX@lemmy.zip [S] 1 point 2 years ago Let me think about it... no. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] hoodatninja@kbin.social 15 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Why are the Pyramids in Giza? They couldn't fit in a British museum. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] silvercove@lemdro.id 3 points 2 years ago They were too big for the ships. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] silvercove@lemdro.id 3 points 2 years ago They were too big for the ships. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 years ago Only the things they couldn't carry. There was a colossal head and arm of an Egyptian statue in the British museum, and a plaque saying the rest of the statue (body and legs) were still where they found it. Presumably because they were to heavy to take back. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Calanon@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago There are some things - there are quite a few things that were either gifted by ambassadors or legitimately bought (as opposed to the dubious purchase of the Partheneon marbles) and also British artefacts. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Jacobp100@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago* The Parthenon frieze and marbles permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SheeEttin@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Well, there were those artifacts that went missing recently. Those aren't in the British Museum any more. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BrikoX@lemmy.zip [S] 1 point 2 years ago Let me think about it... no. permalink fedilink source parent