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To: RightWhale
They would be etched smooth by now.

Dream on. They would still be in one piece, (they wouldn't have been hacked up), they wouldn't have had 2 years under water - or a further 16 years in the damp, or subjected to an acid wash ... Such is the "care" they received ...

79 posted on 07/21/2003 8:57:38 AM PDT by MrsEmmaPeel
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To: MrsEmmaPeel
I saw the marbles a couple of years ago. They looked like they were in fine shape; far better cared for than the Parthenon itself. What happened to them 200 years ago is surely irrelevant now.

'Ownership', it seems to me, is rather a nebulous point. The modern Greek state has no historical connection to ancient Athens; nor has modern Egypt any connection to the Rossetta stone. In the British Museum, anyone can go to see both and tons of other loot, free, without danger of being attacked by a religious fanatic. Both are being looked after responsibly; I say leave them there.

84 posted on 07/21/2003 11:10:41 AM PDT by Right Wing Professor
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