jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de to Europe@feddit.deEnglish · 5 months agoTurkey rejects claim Lord Elgin had permission to take Parthenon marbleswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up1100arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up198arrow-down1external-linkTurkey rejects claim Lord Elgin had permission to take Parthenon marbleswww.theguardian.comjmcs@discuss.tchncs.de to Europe@feddit.deEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square22fedilinkfile-text
Official says no sign of permit in Ottoman archives, in blow to British Museum, which defends legal right to statuary
minus-squareRunawayFixer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·5 months agoTotally, in the end it boils down to that. England holds cultural heritage treasures that were undoubtedly stolen/robbed and they have no intention of giving those back either. An example is this Portugese book collection: https://www.sulinformacao.pt/en/2013/12/associacao-«faro-1540»-quer-que-inglaterra-devolva-colecao-de-livros-roubada-em-1596/
Totally, in the end it boils down to that. England holds cultural heritage treasures that were undoubtedly stolen/robbed and they have no intention of giving those back either.
An example is this Portugese book collection: https://www.sulinformacao.pt/en/2013/12/associacao-«faro-1540»-quer-que-inglaterra-devolva-colecao-de-livros-roubada-em-1596/