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Greece renews its calls for British Museum to return Parthenon Marbles in wake of priceless thefts (www.euronews.com)

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[-] silvercove@lemdro.id 24 points 1 year ago

is there anything in the British Museum that is not stolen?

[-] hoodatninja@kbin.social 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Why are the Pyramids in Giza?
They couldn't fit in a British museum.

[-] silvercove@lemdro.id 3 points 1 year ago

They were too big for the ships.

[-] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago

Only the things they couldn't carry. There was a colossal head and arm of an Egyptian statue in the British museum, and a plaque saying the rest of the statue (body and legs) were still where they found it. Presumably because they were to heavy to take back.

[-] Calanon@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

There are some things - there are quite a few things that were either gifted by ambassadors or legitimately bought (as opposed to the dubious purchase of the Partheneon marbles) and also British artefacts.