Is George Clooney right???? ( Archived) (845)

Nobody is saying the British Museum hasn't done a good job preserving them.But after 25 years ago,since Greece officially pleaded for their return,the voices of reason, within the UK,for their return,gets more louder every day.- If and when,the 2 governments reach an future amicable agreement,time will tell.-

The fact remains, if it had not been for the British and the British museum looking after these relics, you country would have sold or destroyed them long ago, to the detriment of the world, be grateful that they have been preserved and are viewable to anyone.
Maybe when your country is stable, with a financially sound government, they is a chance they will be lent to your museum, but they will always belong to the UK.

Sypply proof of your accusations, that deliberately we """Would have sold or destroyed them"""...

The "Proof" is all over Greece and the Greek Islands, where so much of your ancient history has been destroyed, used in building peasants homes, sold to anyone who offered a few coins, I guess you haven't visited Rhodes recently and seen what your "museums" have done to Roman artefacts, poorly kept and so now decayed beyond recognition.

The proof you ask for is right in front of your eyes Chris, but you are blinded by your insular and short sighted views.

Greece is one of the most wonderful counties in Europe, but sadly few who live there have done anything to maintain it or secure this amazing historic past for their future generations, thankfully, other counties valued the Greek history and so, much was rescued and is still available for the world to see and understand.

Robin Symes,ring a bell??? Brit archaeologigal dealer,narrow escaped arrest,for illegal possession of Greek artifacts,in one of the Greek island, with his now murdered Greek partner Michailidis.-What you expect,if you have those illegal dealers roaming the Greek country side,offering huge amount of money,for priceless antiquities. In the other hand we have the collectors,who they don't ask,if the artifact is legal for sale or not. By the way,how many archaeological museums you have in UK,in Greece nearly every big town and one.Even in this small island called IOS there is one.- Everywhere someone digs in Greece, to build a house,roads, etc,finds ancient artifacts,unlikely in the UK.-

Now you're just showing your ignorance Chris, the UK is hardly a child historically speaking, Stone henge is more than 6000 years old at the latest estimate and almost intact, Bath city pre-dates the Roman era and yet we can still use the facilities the Romans built,I cannot think of a town or city in the UK that does NOT have a museum and yes, we also dig up ancient relics from pre-Anglo-Saxon to medieval times and newer, so don't think Greece has the monopoly of ancient culture, architecture or history, however wonderful your history is, there are other countries with older and possibly more colourful histories than yours. Like I said, stop being narrow minded and open your eyes to the whole world.

Under water specialists have found the spot where,one of Elgin boats captised and sank. When recovered. we'll charge you with the following::::laugh: 1) Illegally ripping off sculptures from the Parthenon,illeggally without permisssion transporting them,the cost of the recovery,etc,etc,etc.-And the cost for UK is trillions of pounds.. Either pay up, or return the Elgin sculptures for FREE.

Stone henge, You compare ART with huge stone?????

Where did i say Greece has the monopoly of ancient culture.????