A so true quote from Things That Never Made It Into Print…
“…that were (Marbles) sawed off by Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, in the early 1800s while ambassador of the British Empire while Greece was under Ottoman occupation. So the British were actually allies — or partners — in this theft.“
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Greek calls for the UK to return the Parthenon Marbles, nearly 200 years after they were removed from the Acropolis and shipped to London, have a new advocate leading the battle in the UK…
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Anthony Badami ’11: Arguing against Elginism is a must read commentary recently published in the Brown Daily Herald. There are no more arguments. Give Them Back!
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Two illegally excavated rare sixth century sculptural masterpieces have been recovered by Greek police after a pair of farmers tried to sell them for 10 million euros (£8.56 million)… More…
British Museum, make it right. Give Them Back!
Just walking up the steps of Propylaea…you are in awe!
The great entrance…passing through the massive columns of Propyleae…
In early 1800s, Elgin the vandal…hacked and decapitated…the most renowned building in the world…
The Temple of Goddess Athena! …She Wants Them Back!
The Marble Sculptures belong to Her.
The Acropolis Museum…a marvel of Art and modern engineering…waiting for their return.
The old Athens under your feet…Ictinus and Callicrates with Phidias overlooking from the Parthenon as the Athenian sun bathes the creations of Phidias.
British Museum, make it right. Give Them Back!
Click image to watch the video – music: Mikis Theodorakis (4 minutes)
The article in the comment below was published in New York Times.
The author is missing the whole point of the looting and vandalism and pretends the British have the marbles in some legitimate way!
His statement: “…the British still make the better case” is based on foolish arguments like the vast majority of people including the British are rooting for the “Greeks playing the underdog role of the old Red Sox vs NY Yankees”
Elgin did not “spirited them [sculptures] from the Acropolis in Athens”, but he literally hacked them off the solid marble blocks and he vandalized the Temple.
There are countless such statements and assumptions not only for the Parthenon Marbles but in the other references to other major pieces of antiquity that have been looted, including the statement that Zahi Hawass, Egypt’s chief archaeologist, made recent “fuss” about the Rosetta Stone.
Of course one who writes that “today’s Acropolis is itself a kind of fiction” he has not experienced being there. Just by walking up the steps pass the Propylaea, one will feel the admiration. Being there. At the Acropolis.
Should this kind of journalism published by NYT?
Δεν μπορούμε να πιστοποιήσουμε ότι έχουν φύγει παράνομα από τη χώρα και ως αποτέλεσμα δεν μπορούμε να μπλοκάρουμε τη δημοπρασία
Unfortunately the Greek Government had no proof that the wreath had left the country illegally. e-typos.com
The Greek officials interest is on a delicate wreath made of fine gold oak leaves resemble the ones worn by the Macedonian kings as Alexander the Great’s father, Philip II. It is obvious that thieves at some point have vandalized and looted artifacts not much different of what Elgin did for the Parthenon Marbles.
“…On the approach to the Museum’s entrance, a huge oval balcony in plate glass gives way to a deep well exposing the ruins of ancient Athens at the foot of the Acropolis. Suddenly… ”
By KitChapman, April 17, 2010
This was a two-day historic conference in Cairo with representatives from 25 countries whose heritage has been stolen over the years.
We are going to take steps to see how to organize our HEC members in support of the next conference.
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