US Congress lobbies for the return of the marbles of Parthenon to Greece.

[aaglo]

Hmmm... I didn't know that the marbles of the greeks were lost

[Bereta_Eder]

ahahaha.

would help to know what country you are in. the flag is too unknown.

[Az]

It's not. Things happened , and it was on a nationalist basis.

[Bereta_Eder]

irrelevant

Dal, what have you been eating?
You look scary.

[Az]

you mean my picture in the avatar?

[Bereta_Eder]

Two words: become a basketball player.

(you'll earn sums! - If you're lucky you could even play for Panathinaikos - but I doubt it 'cause only elite play for that team )

[Faeelin]

Speaking of construction workers, weren't the marbles, in greece, going to be used for cement before the english guy (in the 1730's) bought them?

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by Faeelin
Speaking of construction workers, weren't the marbles, in greece, going to be used for cement before the english guy (in the 1730's) bought them?

Yes, that's true.

[Bereta_Eder]

Not likely. Although the Ottomans are known for selling the Collossus for scrap. And he didn't exactly buy them from them. Still the marbles have been already partially destroyed

But now, to Britain's embarrassment, it appears that the British Museum in London--where the Elgin Marbles have been lodged since 1816--has not looked after the Greek treasures very well after all.

Museum curators caused irreparable damage to the 2,500-year-old marbles by scrubbing them with metal scrapers in the mistaken belief that they should be white to appear more authentic. The statues' original paint and patina were removed in 1938 under orders from millionaire art patron Lord Duveen. The misguided project was halted after 18 months, when museum director John Fors**** inspected the work and the extent of the damage became clear. An internal museum inquiry began.

According to art expert William St. Clair, who next week will publish new research on the botched conservation operation, a government cover-up was organized and all evidence from the inquiry suppressed for nearly six decades.

[MarkG]

1730, right...

[Winston]

I love this cosmopolitan nationalism. As opposed to the hermetic, racist one of course.

[Bereta_Eder]

Originally posted by Winston
I love this cosmopolitan nationalism. As opposed to the hermetic, racist one of course.

As you should

[Alex]

I think the marbles should be returned. They belong to Greece.

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by Alexnm
I think the marbles should be returned. They belong to Greece.

They belong to Britian according to European law. Greece is appealing to idiotic sentimentality in an effort to avoid that reality.

[Bereta_Eder]

I'd be surpised if that law has binding force or if it is in the same scope as the European Court of Human Rights. Even if it does, which I highly doubt, laws are meant to be changed sometimes.

And it should do good on your quest to become eventually civilized if you didn't swear.

The only thing keeping the UK from returnign the marbles immidieatly is stuborness and fear that the british museum will be empty if people start demanding their heritage back.