jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de to Europe@feddit.deEnglish · 7 months agoTurkey rejects claim Lord Elgin had permission to take Parthenon marbleswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up194arrow-down12file-textcross-posted to: europe
arrow-up192arrow-down1external-linkTurkey rejects claim Lord Elgin had permission to take Parthenon marbleswww.theguardian.comjmcs@discuss.tchncs.de to Europe@feddit.deEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square22fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: europe
Official says no sign of permit in Ottoman archives, in blow to British Museum, which defends legal right to statuary
minus-squareChuymatt@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down2·7 months ago3D scan them, cast them, send them back. Geez, somehow I didn’t even realize that they were named after the guy who stole them, not where they were taken from or anything about the culture they were made in. How gross is that?
minus-square100@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up8·edit-27 months agoim pretty sure i saw the greeks were already displaying replicas of them, should swap those with the thieves
3D scan them, cast them, send them back.
Geez, somehow I didn’t even realize that they were named after the guy who stole them, not where they were taken from or anything about the culture they were made in. How gross is that?
im pretty sure i saw the greeks were already displaying replicas of them, should swap those with the thieves