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submitted 5 months ago by jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de to c/europe@feddit.de

Official says no sign of permit in Ottoman archives, in blow to British Museum, which defends legal right to statuary

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[-] ZC3rr0r@lemmy.ca 27 points 5 months ago

I'm happy to hear England's argument is crumbling before their eyes. These statues belong in Greece.

[-] echodot@feddit.uk 22 points 5 months ago

No one in England even cares about this. It's literally just the government making random arguments up to throw at the right wing groups, it's all political. Pretty much everyone would be absolutely fine if we gave them back.

The only people that care about any of this are basically fascists anyway and they won't go and look at them they just want no one else to have them.

[-] yetAnotherUser@feddit.de 14 points 5 months ago

Even if they had permission from the Ottomans - it's beyond meaningless.

It's like arguimg Britain had permission from France to take [random African artifact located im a French colony] and therefore any and all claims by the affected country are now void.

[-] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 7 points 5 months ago

I doubt the Ottomans had permission to take them from the Romans

[-] ZeffSyde@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

I wonder if there is a statue of limitations for situations like this...

[-] Cort@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

How big is your army?

[-] MrMakabar@slrpnk.net 4 points 5 months ago

The Brits are claiming that they had permission of the sultan, the governor and the city of Athens. However somehow no documents proving any of that are available in Turkey or Greece.

However Athens was part of the Ottoman Empire for 350 years and they had a lot more influence over it, then France had in Africa. It really is more like the Tsar giving permission to sell some mosaics from the Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv.

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