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To: UnklGene
Give it back.

The secrets are unlocked. Everyone already has a plaster cast of the object. There are no more secrets. Send the Acropolis back to Athens while you're at it.

28 posted on 07/20/2003 11:02:32 AM PDT by RightWhale (Destroy the dark; restore the light)
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To: RightWhale
Send the Acropolis back to Athens while you're at it.

Glad to see somebody else displaying a little common sense on this issue.
IMHO, such items can only be truly appreciated when viewed in their original location and surrounded by similar artifacts from the same time period.
Much depends, of course, on a nation's capability to properly preserve such items. But I think that both Greece and Egypt are sufficiently developed to assume such responsibity. And to the extent that they do not have the resources to maintain the massive quantities of artifacts that their ancient cultures produced, they should be the ones who decide which artifacts are "loaned" to other museums throughout the world.

31 posted on 07/20/2003 11:16:20 AM PDT by Willie Green (Go Pat Go!!!)
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To: RightWhale
Send the Acropolis back to Athens while you're at it.

Wow, They took the whole mount??

The bastids.

203 posted on 12/30/2004 3:28:56 AM PST by dread78645 (Truth is always the right answer)
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