By: Maria Koutsikou
Great story guys! Here’s a follow-up on the lecture! http://www.marblesreunited.org.uk/news/lecture-antikythera-shipwreck
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For those who consider the material looted, the materials were removed with the approval of the Turkish government who ruled Greece at that time. As repugnant as that may be to us today, they were...
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The antiquities were saved from the Athenians whether Turk or Greek. The so called Hellenic nation did not exist at the time. I lived for 13 years in both Greece and Turkey during the 70′s and...
View ArticleBy: Adriaphoebe
Both you and pyramos are ignorant of the facts, what Elgin did is most disgusting. We don’t consider it looted, it WAS looted. Educate yourselves and stop repeating the official propaganda. Shame on...
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“He obviously had a lot more respect for the items than the Turks did.” Oh, really? Because he wanted them for his house? In a letter to Lusieri, July 1801:”The plans for my house in Scotland should...
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if the “loot” wasn’t in Brittan it would have been in mortar mix. quit crying acres of Hellenistic culture are destroyed each year in Greece and Turkey, although in the last two decades a large part...
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How much did the Greeks steal from Egypt, Asia Minor and lands all the way to the Indus by Hellenistic concurring occupiers? I’ve been through museums throughout the eastern Mediterranean they all...
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Let’s follow the logic here a little. How much did the Greeks steal from Egypt, Asia Minor and lands all the way to the Indus as Hellenistic conquering occupiers? I’ve been through museums throughout...
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Pyramos has amplified on my comment, and I feel perhaps should be clarified even more. The Muslim Turks abhorred statues since their religion forbad graven images. They frequently burned the statues...
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