Easter Islanders Ask British Museum to Return Sacred Statue, Offering Replica in Return The Rapa Nui community has offered a basalt replica of the eight-foot, four-ton sculpture called Hoa Hakananai’a, which was stolen in 1868. “The eight-foot-tall Moai sculpture at the British Museum is called Hoa Hakananai’a, which translates to “the stolen or hidden friend.” This […]
He did so by “claiming” that he had permission by a Turkish firman. The truth is, as National Geographic writes: “…Despite the ambiguity of the language in the firman, the landmark 1967 study by British historian William St. Clair, Lord Elgin and the Marbles,concludes that the sultan did not allow the removal and export of statues […]
Ήρθε η ώρα οι νέοι από όλον τον κόσμο, να ενώσουμε τα χέρια για τη επιστροφή των Γλυπτών του Παρθενώνα στην Ελλάδα. Πάρτε θέση να πάρουν τη θέση τους… The time has come for all young people around the world to join hands for the return of the Parthenon Sculptures back to Greece. Do your […]
A well done video (in Greek with English subtitles), parallelism of Parthenon Marbles (Sculptures) with Big Ben.
Now is the time to offer to return them, as part of the Brexit deal Geoffrey Robertson just wrote an opinion in the guardian, pushing for the return of the Parthenon artifacts. Mr. Robertson writes: “Reuniting the marbles is a cultural imperative, not so much for Greece (its current citizens are of doubtful descent from […]
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