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BrikoX@lemmy.zip to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years ago

Greece renews its calls for British Museum to return Parthenon Marbles in wake of priceless thefts

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Greece renews its calls for British Museum to return Parthenon Marbles in wake of priceless thefts

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BrikoX@lemmy.zip to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years ago
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Greece renews calls for artefact returns after British Museum thefts
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Questions are being raised about the British Museum's security protocols, its handling of thefts, and how long senior management was aware before action was taken. Now, Greece is renewing its calls for the return of the Parthenon Marbles.

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    is there anything in the British Museum that is not stolen?

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      Why are the Pyramids in Giza?
      They couldn’t fit in a British museum.

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        They were too big for the ships.

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      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.

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      The Parthenon frieze and marbles

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      Well, there were those artifacts that went missing recently. Those aren’t in the British Museum any more.

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      Let me think about it… no.

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