Cultural Property Repatriation News and Issues

A blog about the return to the 'source country' of cultural property removed before the implementation of the 1970 UNESCO Convention, treated separately from the issue of ongoing looting and theft.

Sunday, August 23, 2015

'Saving' the Marbles

 
"Perhaps Elgin did save them," said Eddie O'Hara, the chairman of the British Committee for the Reunification of the Parthenon Marbles. "But that's a bit like taking someone's washing in because it's raining and not giving it back."
Paul Barford at 5:12 AM 1 comment:
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British archaeologist living and working in Warsaw, Poland. Since the early 1990s (or even longer) a primary interest has been research on artefact hunting and collecting and the market in portable antiquities in the international context and their effect on the archaeological record.
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