Turkey rejects claim Lord Elgin had permission to take Parthenon marbles (www.theguardian.com)

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

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[-] MrMakabar@slrpnk.net 4 points 6 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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