After returning looted items from Iraq, Parthenon marbles next?

[guy]

 

There is mounting pressure to return the Parthenon marbles to Greece. The return of looted items from Iraq may be an early indicator of things to come:

 

Thousands of ancient cuneiform tablets, taken from the country during periods of war and conflict, were part of the artifacts returned to Iraq recently. Credit: Public Domain

 

https://greekreporter.com/2021/08/06/looted-artifacts-returned-to-iraq-could-open-path-for-parthenon-marbles/

 

This is a nice summary of the ongoing controversy whether to return the “removed” Elgin Marbles of the Parthenon from the British Museum back to Athens:

 

 

Edited August 7, 2021 by guy

[guy]

Nice article on the marbles:

https://greekreporter.com/2021/07/31/parthenon-sculptures-marbles-elgin/

[sonic]

Not sure that the article is an unbiased piece of history, rather one attempting to damn Elgin:

     "Elgin had gotten what he had lusted after so long."

    " Elgin’s workers literally butchered one of the most important monuments on the earth."

'Lusted' and 'butchered' are not words to be used by dispassionate and unattached reporters.  The article obviously supports the return of the marbles.

 

 

[guy]

This recent article in the Greek press is a counter argument to the belief that the marbles were protected in the British museum from destruction by the Ottoman Empire which controlled Greece at the time. Now, the counter argument is that the marbles are being left to deteriorate in the British Museum.

 

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This proves that water leaking in the British Museum is an ongoing issue and not something that happened due to extreme weather.

It is noted that in the winter of 2018, during another day with very heavy rain, rainwater entered the room itself, after penetrating the already-damaged roof.

The water kept falling next to the precious exhibits for days on end, raising concerns over the museum’s desire, or its ability, to safeguard these global archaeological treasures.

 

https://greekreporter.com/2021/08/13/british-msueum-parthenon-sculptures-damage/

A video on the subject from the Greek perspective:

 

Edited March 26, 2022 by guy