Brits cave: Elgin Marbles on way back to Greece

News.Com.AU ^ | August 4, 2003 | Jon Ungoed-Thomas

[John Beresford Tipton]

"Whoa, there. Elgin paid a bribe to someone who had no authority to allow Elgin to take the marbles."

So, the Manhattan Indians didn't own Manhattan;
didn't stop them from selling it to the Dutch.

[Rifleman]

The brits took far better care of them than the locals would have. Elgin stole them fair and square and the brits should keep 'em.

[etcetera]

Egypt wants the Rosetta Stone back...

[Phatheon]

-The TURKS were storing ammo in the Parthenon and during a Venetian assault it blew up.

-The Turks did not own the marbles to sell to Elgin

-They are the PARTHENON MARBLES, not the Elgin marbles

-The marbles have bee damaged in British "care"

[SunkenCiv]

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