Despite the fact that they were legally acquired from the then owners, the Ottoman empire. That is quite a loose thread... (Note that the biggest flaw in the moral argument for repatriation is that they wouldn't be restored onto the Parthenon but would instead end up in a Greek museum and would thus see fewer visitors than they would in the British Museum).
On 30 Apr 2014, at 3:20 am, Darren Addy <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 12:00 PM, Daniel J. Matyola > <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 10:58 AM, Darren Addy <[email protected]> wrote: >>> In fact, the more "ethical museums" have been returning items for some >>> time now. >> >> Were are the "Elgin Marbles"? > > They are considered in the Top 10 of plundered artifacts: > http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1883142_1883129_1883001,00.html > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
