Thanks afraidfortherepublic. This could be bloody. :')
Posted on 10/21/2014 4:44:56 PM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
They are in better shape now than if they had remained on the Parthenon, given the serious air pollution in Athens.
For those who can't make a trip to London, the Nashville Parthenon has replicas of the Elgin Marbles.
Thanks afraidfortherepublic. This could be bloody. :')
:’D
...her assertion that Elgin took the marbles illegally is plain wrong, and flatly contradicts all serious histories of the marbles, as well as the reasoned findings of legal experts, and a parliamentary select committee which examined the matter in minute detail. Furthermore, any art lover who has read up the real story will know that the collection of marbles in the British Museum simply would not exist today without Elgin because they were being systematically destroyed in Athens. If Elgin had not intervened, they would be a mere memory, like the Afghani Buddhas at Bamiyan, dynamited into oblivion by the Taliban in 2001.However, the Greeks are no longer under Turkish Mohammedan occupation, and have constructed a facility to display and protect the artifacts from Athens' atmospheric pollution. Regarding potential vs actual damage, while these pieces were in British custody, the original 5th century BC paint job remnants were sandblasted off, because some twits, inbreds, and idiots thought they would look better that way.
Tell you what Mrs Clooney. If Greece repays its $240 billion EU loan, we’ll return the Marbles
http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/culturehousedaily/2014/10/tell-you-what-mrs-clooney-if-greece-repays-its-240-billion-of-emergency-eu-loan-well-return-the-marbles/
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