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'Product of theft': Greece urges UK to return Parthenon marbles

theguardian.com

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I believe there was/is some agreement in the EU regarding such items between EU members however with the brexit these things are again up for debate.

The UK should also return the entire Egyptian collection they looted.

Yes, the Egyptian collection, including the Rosetta stone, should be returned to France.

(Under no circumstance should it be returned to modern Egypt, which doesn't care about ancient Egypt and used the Rosetta stone as construction material before it was found by an officer of Napoleon)

The Rosetta stone was found in 1799, how is it fair to put the blame on "modern" Egypt? It looks like you're glorifying theft.

And all the stuff we stole from India and from china and... The problem is that we never really fessed up to the crimes we committed during the empire, so it’s politically toxic to start pulling at that thread. There’s a lot we would have to apologize for that it would be far easier for our politicians not to have to talk about.

Berlin’s Pergamon has many artifacts, such as the facade of Qasr Mshatta (Jordan), for some reason. It’s infuriating to see this is still tolerated.

>The facade was a gift from the Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid II to Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany

Should we return all such gifts? Why?

Should France claim back the statue of liberty?

I do not think France should claim it back, but maybe the US should give it back in the meantime ;p

The USA has obviously no need for it these days and, it’d better if it was covered, put in storage or sent back.

The Sultan's gift was improperly given, no person can own the cultural heritage of a country.

The statue of liberty wasn't an archeological find to begin with.

>> The Sultan's gift was improperly given, no person can own the cultural heritage of a country.

How do you define "properly" given? I believe the ruler of the said country(be it a Sultan or a democratic elected gov) has all the authority to manage the cultural heritage of its country.

It wasn’t his to give.

It wouldn't be entirely sad if some British artefacts ended up in Athens somehow. Athens could hold onto them for... safekeeping.

There's a funny spoof video about exactly this topic: https://youtu.be/k0_dN_gQmEg

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