#elgin marbles

[everything-maxriemelt]

the Greeks are fairly direct 😝

#i feel greek #uk politics #elgin marbles #return what you stole why is it even controversial? #sunak is so thin-skinned and incompetent

[blatantescapism]

Did you see the news about the artifacts stolen from the Stolen Artifacts Museum?

Someone working on the inside of the British Museum has been stealing artifacts from their vaults since at least 2016.

More than one expert recognized artifacts being sold on EBay and alerted the British Museum upper management, but they ignored and gaslit the whistleblowers- for two years.

The British Museum uses the excuse of “protecting” artifacts to justify its refusal to repatriate stolen treasures. The news has reinvigorated many campaigns for repatriation. Especially for the looted pieces of the Parthenon, aka the Elgin Marbles.

The main suspect, the guy who was recently fired, the guy whose name was on the EBay account fencing the artifacts,

was the acting keeper of the Elgin Marbles.

The museum officials and the BBC are giving slanted updates to try to make it seem less bad than it actually is, but it’s bad:

#british museum #stolen art #stolen artifacts #the british museum #art news #museum #museum news #elgin marbles #parthenon #greek art

[dailyhistoryposts]

Why don't you bully the Nazi's and bully Japan's Empire in World War 2 if you know any of their war crimes.

Me: The British Museum should return the Elgin Marbles to Greece.

Anon: This makes you a Nazi apologist

#tw nazi mention #elgin marbles #war crimes

[fatefulfindings]

as someone who is half greek and half brit, the current state of the parthenon marbles row is kinda hilarious. both prime ministers are terrible. this time mitsotakis has some good points. but greeks are all surprised pikachu face when the uk's conservative government doesn't change the same position it's had for 200 years.

"he's an indian PM surely he would understand!" my friends let me introduce you to some politicians called priti patel and suella braverman

#ukpol #uk politics #elgin marbles #greekposting

[museeeuuuum]

New video is live! Today, I am talking about the recent thefts from the British Museum, where I hope to offer a slightly different perspective on this whole debacle. Let me know what you think! Tell your mom!

#history #museum #youtube #british museum #elgin marbles #benin bronzes #rosetta stone

[foone]

RETURN THE MARBLES!

#Elgin marbles

[athenepromachos]

Rear views of Lady Demeter and Queen Persephone from the east pediment of the Parthenon. Both goddesses sit on boxes which may be linked to the Eleusinian mysteries 🏛

#demeter #persephone #parthenon #east pediment #british museum #marble #elgin marbles #phidias #birth of athena #eleusinian mysteries #🏛🏺

[ancientorigins]

The British Museum houses one of the biggest artifact collections in the world. The problem is not many of them are British and the original owners would like them back.

#Colonialism #British Museum #Benin Bronzes #Controversy #British Empire #Artifacts #Theft #Repatriation #Elgin marbles #ancient #history #ancient origins

[just-timewasting]

We just need to convince the government that the Elgin Marbles are immigrants, then they wouldn't be able to send them back fast enough.

#uk politics #elgin marbles

[eucanthos]

eucanthos

Pheidias: Head of horse of Selene, Parthenon East pediment, 438-432 B.C

Nobuyoshi Araki Kinbaku 2007

Herb Ritts: Jacqui Agyepong 1997

#eucanthos #collage #parthenon #elgin marbles #slavery #Nobuyoshi Araki #Herb Ritts #horse

[soulinkpoetry]

Amazing mural being created in Athens Greece of one of the karyatides. The one that is missing from the Acropolis museum in Athens Greece. It’s being held hostage by the British museum. They will not return what Elgin stole from the Greek heritage since the Ottoman Empire occupation of Greece . Our hearts will forever cry until all the Elgin marbles have been returned from the British museum.

Please support the return of the Elgin marbles to their rightful owner.

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The term Parthenon Marbles or Parthenon Sculptures (Greek: Γλυπτά του Παρθενώνα) refers to sculptures—the frieze, metopes and pediments—from the Parthenon held in various collections, principally the British Museum and the Acropolis Museum in Athens.[2]

From 1801 to 1812, Elgin's agents removed about half the surviving Parthenon sculptures, as well as sculptures from the Erechtheion, the Temple of Athena Nike and the Propylaia, sending them to Britain in efforts to establish a private museum. Elgin stated he removed the sculptures with permission of the Ottoman officials who exercised authority in Athens at the time.[3] The veracity of Elgin's claim has been disputed.[4]

Their presence in the British Museum is the subject of longstanding international controversy. In Britain, the acquisition of the collection was supported by some,[5] while others, such as Lord Byron, likened Elgin's actions to vandalism or looting.[6] A UK parliamentary inquiry in 1816 concluded that Elgin had acquired the marbles legally.[7] Elgin sold them to the British government in that year, after which they passed into the trusteeship of the British Museum. In 1983, the Greek government formally asked the UK government to return them to Greece, and subsequently listed the dispute with UNESCO. The UK government and British Museum declined UNESCO's offer of mediation. In 2021, UNESCO called upon the UK government to resolve the issue at the intergovernmental level.[8]

The Greek government and supporters of the marbles' return to Greece have argued that they were obtained illegally or unethically, that they are of exceptional cultural importance to Greece, and that their cultural value would be best appreciated in a unified public display with the other major Parthenon antiquities in the Acropolis Museum. The UK government and British Museum have argued that they were obtained legally, that their return would set a precedent which could undermine the collections of the major museums of world culture, and that the British Museum's collection allows them to be better viewed in the context of other major ancient cultures and thus complements the perspective provided by the Acropolis Museum. Discussions between UK and Greek officials are ongoing.[9][10]

Source: Wikipedia

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# return the Elgin marbles

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Video by Constantino Mass

#return the Parthenon marbles #elgin marbles #Phidias #Acropolis #museum #Greece #mural #καρυάτιδες #τα μάρμαρα είναι δικά μας #soulinkpoetry #Ελλάδα

[wintercorrybriea]

Elgin Marbles

#Elgin Marbles #art #history

[homerstroystory]

Parthenon Marbles; East Pediment D (mid-5th century BCE)

The Parthenon Marbles are currently housed in the British Museum in London, United Kingdom. There is an ongoing Greek effort to have the Marbles repatriated.

#isaac.jpg #archaeology #greek #classical archaeology #parthenon #parthenon marbles #elgin marbles #acropolis #classical greece #phidias #british museum

[dailyhistoryposts]

You bully Britain for our mistakes You bully Britain for our mistakes You bully Britain for our mistakes You bully Britain for our mistakes You bully Britain for our mistakes You bully Britain for our mistakes You bully Britain for our mistakes You bully Britain for our mistakes You bully Britain for our mistakes You bully Britain for our mistakes You bully Britain for our mistakes You bully Britain for our mistakes You bully Britain for our mistakes You bully Britain for our mistakes You bully

I woke up to 8 anon messages in my inbox mad that I said the British Museum should return the Elgin Marbles to Greece. Kinda torn between posting all 8 because I think they're funny (some of them mention Japanese war crimes) or not bc I don't want to clog feeds.

#elgin marbles #put that thing back where it came from or so help me

[fatefulfindings]

I don't have the words rn somebody else say something witty

#uk politics #greece #elgin marbles

[museeeuuuum]

We have come to the end of another year so I thought it would be a great time to discuss everything that happened in the museum world in 2022! We have a new museum definition from ICOM, repatriation efforts from the Smithsonian, some of the Parthenon Marbles are headed home, and protests that resulted in soup being thrown at a Van Gogh painting. If you haven't already, please be sure to like this video and subscribe

Let's dig in!

#happy new year everybody! #museums #icom #repatriation #archaeology #history #elgin marbles #british museum #the smithsonian #vincent van gogh