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Re: An Article on Repatriation of Artifacts
Posted: Mon May 16, 2011 6:22 pm
by Minimalist
As I recall, Lord Elgin sold them to the Crown and the Crown sold them to the British Museum but I don't see the Greeks offering to buy them back....plus interest!
Re: An Article on Repatriation of Artifacts
Posted: Tue May 17, 2011 4:13 pm
by Barracuda
About the Lanapes "owning" Manhattan....The story I heard was that they were just visiting the island. It was traditionally the territory of another tribe...
As far as the Elgins go, I agree they were acquired legally, and that probably would not have survived, or at least not as well, in Greece.
If England wanted to give them back, I could see the justicie in that, but Greece has no real legal right to demand it