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Greece renews its calls for British Museum to return Parthenon Marbles in wake of priceless thefts (www.euronews.com)

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 10 months ago (6 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

They were too big for the ships.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months 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.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months 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.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

The Parthenon frieze and marbles

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Let me think about it... no.