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To: R. Scott
I think we're getting into senseless arguments.

let's lay out the facts:

At the time when the brits found the egyptian treasures and the Elgin marbles they were not appreciated or cared for in their native countries and most likely would have been lost



The british deserve credit for their discoveries and maintaining these treasures for the world. No one denies this, not the Egyptians, not the Greeks.

Since the home countries are now able to look after their treasures they should get the stuff returned to them as soon as possible with due thanks to the British. Or they can have some sort of arrangement wherein the artifacts are displayed for some time in either place.
72 posted on 07/21/2003 3:41:51 AM PDT by Cronos (Mixing Islam with sanity results in serious side effects. Consult your Imam)
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To: Cronos
The british deserve credit for their discoveries and maintaining these treasures for the world.

Ha! Do you know how those precious marbles got to England in thge first place? They were hacked up to fit inside the crates... Then 23 crates sunk to the bottom of the sea where they remained for 2 years, while for 16 years the entire lot of them were sitting on the grounds in a damp north english climate while Lord Elgin is trying to haggle a price. Then after they were "sold" (note committee of 1816 recognized that they were stolen property), they had to be subjected to an acid bath... etc etc ...

If the Brits just left the marbles alone they would have been in a far better shape today.

So your argument is thievery justifies anything - even the myth of "protection".

75 posted on 07/21/2003 6:49:30 AM PDT by MrsEmmaPeel
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To: Cronos
I forgot the (/cynicism).
I would like to see a system of duel ownership for many of the more famous artifacts. Allow the Western museums to retain partial ownership as recognition of their part in rescuing them from obscurity, but allow the Athenians to see the Elgin marbles without having to travel to London. They same with the Egyptian antiquities, South and Central American, Asian and African pieces.
The days of the “Indiana Jones” types should be gone.
135 posted on 07/22/2003 3:21:30 AM PDT by R. Scott
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