#parthenon-marbles — Public Fediverse posts

Nicholas Cullinan, director of the British Museum: ‘We can’t give things away, but there is nothing preventing us from sharing the collection’.

The 48-year-old Briton just completed his first year as head of the institution, and is faced with carrying out its biggest renovations ever.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20250824-nicholas-cullinan-director-of-the-british-museum-we-cant-give-things-away-but-there-is-nothing-preventing-us-from-sharing-the-collection?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#BritishMuseum #NicholasCullinan #Museum #History #Culture #UK #ParthenonMarbles #ElginMarbles #BeninCity #RosettaStone

Discussions between Greece and the British Museum about the fate of the Parthenon Marbles (also known as the Elgin Marbles) are moving forward. The U.K. government has said that they would not obstruct a loan agreement, but a British law enacted in 1963 prohibits the museum from permanently transferring any part of its collection. The sculptures date back to around 440 BCE and were removed from the Parthenon in Athens in the early 19th century by Lord Elgin. While the British Museum says their acquisition was legal, Greece contends that it was unauthorized and that they should be housed in the Acropolis Museum, where there is an empty space kept for them as part of a display. Here's more from @ArtNews.

https://flip.it/mJjl1r

#Art #Culture #History @histodons #ElginMarbles #ParthenonMarbles #UK #UKGovernment #BritishMuseum #Greece

We're a nation of Thieves, but the Far Right don't understand Consent or Law so they're having a hissy fit.

#UKPOL #Ukpolitics #ParthenonMarbles #BritishMuseum

Chinese artefacts in repatriation row were ‘given willingly’ to British Museum https://www.theguardian.com/culture/article/2024/jul/20/chinese-artefacts-in-repatriation-row-were-given-willingly-to-british-museum #Parthenonmarbles #BritishMuseum #AsiaPacific #Archaeology #Heritage #Culture #China

Stephen Fry likens removing Parthenon marbles to Nazi Germany taking the Arc de Triomphe https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/article/2024/jun/17/stephen-fry-parthenon-marbles-british-museum-returned-greece #AustralianBroadcastingCorporation #Parthenonmarbles #BritishMuseum #Artanddesign #StephenFry #Heritage #Culture #Museums #UKnews

Classy ain't this nation sadly.
Petty is.
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/article/2024/jun/17/stephen-fry-parthenon-marbles-british-museum-returned-greece
#StephenFry #ParthenonMarbles

Turkey rejects claim Lord Elgin had permission to take Parthenon marbles | Parthenon marbles | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/article/2024/jun/07/turkey-rejects-claim-lord-elgin-had-permission-to-take-parthenon-marbles

Hugely important in Greece's quest to get them back!

#Greece #Parthenon #ParthenonMarbles #BritishMuseum

A trickle of repatriation of artifacts of particular value has already started. That is where the museums of the west and in particular Europe give back artifacts that are known to be from other countries. Because of this we are also learning more about some artifacts.

Before returning a mummy now believed to be Rameses I, there were tests conducted on the artifact. The Atlanta museum that purchased it from a museum from Niagara Falls agreed to return it if the evidence agreed. It did, so Egypt got their Rameses I mummy.

There are many more valuable artifacts to be returned. Egypt wants its Rosetta Stone that was instrumental in translating the ancient hieroglyphs. Famously it has a long passage in Greek and the same passage in Egyptian hieroglyphs. When discovered, this led to the deciphering of a lot of Egypt’s past.

Greece wants its Parthenon Marbles back. These sculptures once stood on Athens’ acropolis and at the Parthenon. There is a deal to exhibit them in Greece. But many Greeks want full ownership. And eventually, I think they are going to get it. And stop calling them the Elgin Marbles, Britain. Elgin wasn’t responsible for any of the creating of these artifacts. Elgin just took them. He didn’t uncover them as they stood for millennia on the famous acropolis.

Which brings about the prime lesson of plundering from others. Just take silver and gold and other hard to claim valuables. Why? So you can melt them down and otherwise make them untraceable. With jewels you can cut them in pieces. Which may not be as valuable as they were originally, but this makes them very hard to trace back and have it repatriated from the injured country.

This is all on you, the west, if you wanted to preserve the culture for the future generations. You must realize by now that you were also preserving it for the future generations of the country that had it taken from. It’s time to give this easily traceable loot back. However I wouldn’t do this all willy-nilly. Make sure the looted country is going to preserve it as well as you would have.

https://larryrusswurm.com/2024/03/16/plunder-wonder/

#acroplis #Athens #AtlantaMuseum #Britain #Egypt #EgyptianHieroglyphs #Elgin #gemStonesCanBeCutToMakeThemUntraceable #Greece #Greek #mummy #NiagaraFalls #ParthenonMarbles #RamesesI #RosettaStone #silverAndGoldCanBeMeltedDownToMakeUntraceable #theWestSavedItForFutureGenerations

The heart too heavy.
The sadness is always there.
But all of our hearts love you so much.
More than you can ever imagine...

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#parthenonmarbles #parthenonfreeze #love #bringthemhome #greece #history #bringthemhome #parthenonsculptures #britishmuseum #britishmuseumlondon #inthebritishmuseum #thebritishmuseumofstolenthings

Das Herz zu schwer.
Die Trauer immer da.
Doch unser aller Herz liebt euch so sehr.
Mehr als ihr euch je vorstellen könnt...

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#parthenonmarbles #parthenonfreeze #love #bringthemhome #greece #history #bringthemhome #parthenonsculptures #britishmuseum #britishmuseumlondon #inthebritishmuseum #thebritishmuseumofstolenthings

Though it might not be immediately visible along the surface, the deities and mythical creatures depicted in the Parthenon Marbles were once painted in bright Egyptian blue, white, and purple hues

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/parthenon-marbles-paint-hidden-colors-study-1234682322/ #Greeks #sculpture #ParthenonMarbles #BritishMuseum #museums #colour #color

Gotta love Charles. Barred by snivelling UK government last year from attending COP27, he throws a big pre-COP party for environmentalists. This year, after pathetic government orchestrates distracting row with #greece over #parthenonmarbles marbles, he addresses #cop28 with a Greek flag tie. #brokenbritain #tories #environment

Do any of these people understand how laws work??
The same country that thinks European laws don't apply to it anymore thinks Greece is beholden to English law
#ParthenonMarbles
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/dec/01/sunak-parthenon-marbles-matter-of-law-denies-hissy-fit

'both parties accept the law forbids their return'
Yeah, the law YOU MADE. Not even a treaty you forced Greece to sign, but literally just the thief unilaterally proclaiming he does not feel like returning his loot
#ParthenonMarbles
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/nov/29/sunak-accuses-greek-pm-of-grandstanding-over-parthenon-marbles

Just reading #Asterix and the Olympic Games in which the Gauls visit Athens and conclude that the complete #Parthenon, pre-Elgin, is “not bad, if you like columns” and “quite good, for foreigners”.

#ParthenonMarbles #ElginMarbles #BritishMuseum

With imposed Prime Minister @RishiSunak's record on announcing something, then doing the opposite (mostly through fear, favour or failure), what's the betting he's already ordered bubble wrap and parcel tape for the #ParthenonMarbles?

Release them at last.

Every day you desecrate them and take away the freedom they have stood for, for thousands of years!

Can't you see that?

Send them home

#parthenonmarbles #greece #britishmuseum

Photos are mine
First and last time I was at the BM until they send them home

Sunak and the Tories proving how pathetic they are.

Just give the marbles back. It's that simple.

There's a reason the joke is "Why are the pyramids in Egypt? Because the British couldn't carry them."

We need to fix our past mistakes, not just carry them on and make new ones.

#UKPolitics #UKPol #ParthenonMarbles

Parthenon marbles row raises fresh fears over fraught UK-EU relations
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/nov/28/parthenon-marbles-row-raises-fresh-fears-over-fraught-uk-eu-relations?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other