#Parthenon Marbles

[metis-metis]

When life imitates art

Have I ever posted my horses on here before? If not, this is my chestnut TB mare (no surprises there), Starla!

#horses #tagamemnon #classics #ancient history #archaeology #history #ancient greece #Parthenon marbles #horse #horseblr #art #sculpture

[dduane]

#parthenon marbles #art and design #culture #heritage #british museum

[gemsofgreece]

British PM cancelled the official meeting with Greek PM after the latter’s interview in BBC about the return of the Parthenon marbles lol… one would think a guy with an Indian background would be more understanding and sensitive and an advocate for justice in such matters 🙃

#Greek news #Greece #Parthenon marbles #british museum #anti British museum #bbc

[indelibleevidence]

Can you imagine the right-wing outrage if the Greeks had taken pieces of Stonehenge or Whitby Abbey or something, and refused to give them back? Funny how they only care about historical importance when it's about keeping statues of slavers standing.

#uk politics #parthenon marbles

[fixomnia-scribble]

Oh DANG.

#archaeology #parthenon marbles

[alatismeni-theitsa]

This whole Parthenon marbles situation has gone very tiring in my opinion. What i mean is that the museum has 8 million artifacts and could make the museum a new change by showing the ones people haven't seen already.

Or simply make copies of them and return the marbles in Greece at last. Idk the museum has already have a bad reputation by many so returning them could be a first positive step to restore their image.

If only they were thinking like you, anon.. Instead they want to hold on to whatever precious they've ever stolen

#answered #parthenon marbles #antiquity theft #british museum

[nireis]

today i’m thinking about the caryatids mourning the loss of their sister

#my heart goes to them #🐚 #nireis #greek mythology #dark academia #light academia #romantic academia #literature #poetry #mythology #books #ancient greece #ancient greek #greek myths #caryatid #parthenon #british museum #greece #parthenon marbles #marbles of parthenon

[blueiskewl]

Vatican Returns 2,500-Year-Old Parthenon Sculptures to Greece

The Vatican has signed an agreement to return three sculpture fragments that have been part of the Vatican Museums' permanent collection for the past 200 years. Holy See officials have also indicated a timeline for their repatriation later this month, according to a press release. The move could ramp up the pressure on the British Museum to return the Parthenon marbles in its possession after decades of wrangling with the Greek authorities have shown signs of resulting in an agreement in recent months.

Officials signed off on the "donation" of the 2,500-year-old fragments — which show the heads of a horse, a bearded man and a boy — in a special ceremony at the Vatican on Tuesday attended by figures including Barbara Jatta, the director of the Vatican Museums. The Vatican previously announced plans to return the sculptures in December, shortly after Pope Francis met with Ieronymos II — the archbishop of Athens and Greece, and the head of the Greek Orthodox Church — in 2021.

The fragments will be definitively transferred to Athens on March 24 with a special ceremony planned to receive them, officials said in the press release.

Papamikroulis Emmanouil, who attended the signing ceremony on behalf of Ieronymos II, said in a statement that the agreement marked "a historic event," adding that he hoped Pope Francis' gesture would "be imitated by others." He also suggested the move "partially compensates for" traumas resulting from injustices of the past.

Setting a precedent

Sculptures and friezes previously removed from the Parthenon — a former richly-decorated temple on the Athenian Acropolis built by Pericles between 447 and 432 BC — are currently displayed in museums including the British Museum in London, the Louvre in Paris and the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. Italy set a precedent for their return last year, when Palermo's Antonino Salinas Regional Archaeological Museum transferred a fragment to Athens showing the foot of a goddess peeking from the bottom of a tunic.

Debate over the Parthenon marbles currently displayed at the British Museum, which are known as the Elgin Marbles after the British ambassador who removed them in the 19th century, has intensified in recent months. Following initially secret talks between Greek officials and the British Museum, Jonathan Williams, the museum's deputy director, told The Sunday Times in August that they were "calling for an active 'Parthenon partnership.'" Last month, George Osborne, the chairman of the British Museum, hinted on BBC Radio that the marbles would be shared by and exhibited in both Greece and the UK.

Speaking at Tuesday's signing ceremony, Cardinal Vérgez claimed that returning the marbles would help countries build stronger ties.

"This gesture aims to build bridges of fraternity and show the world that a road of dialogue and peace always exists, as we hope will happen in the ongoing conflict in Ukraine," he said. "The Pope's art collection must become an important point of contact between peoples, faiths and the churches, overcoming every barrier."

By James Imam.

#Vatican Returns 2500-Year-Old Parthenon Sculptures to Greece #parthenon marbles #archeology #archeolgst #ancient artifacts #history #history news #ancient history #ancient culture #ancient civilizations #ancient greece #greek history #greek art

[homerstroystory]

Parthenon Marbles; East Pediment D (mid-5th century BCE)

The Parthenon Marbles are currently housed in the British Museum in London, United Kingdom. There is an ongoing Greek effort to have the Marbles repatriated.

#isaac.jpg #archaeology #greek #classical archaeology #parthenon #parthenon marbles #elgin marbles #acropolis #classical greece #phidias #british museum

[ltwilliammowett]

The Wreck of the Mentor

In September 1802, the brig Mentor sank during a storm near the port of Avlaimonas in the bay of Agios Nikolaos, in the southeast of the island of Kythera, Greece.

The wreck at a depth of 23m (x)

The ship, owned by the Earl Elgin (Tomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin & 11th Earl of Kincardine), had sailed from the port of Piraeus two days earlier, having circumnavigated the eastern Mediterranean under the command of Captain William H. Eglen, with the intention of bringing antiquities to England. These had previously been removed by Lord Elgin's team from various monuments of the Acropolis and Athens, including the Parthenon, and loaded onto the ship in 17 crates.

Small finds from the wreck (x)

At the time of the accident there were 12 people on board and this crew consisted of Captain William H. Eglen, accountant or freeman John Macpharlan (or Macfarlan), navigator Manolis Constantine Malis and three sailors: John Wigton, Ross (surname only known) and a third whose name is not preserved and who was supposedly from Gibraltar. Accompanying Lord Elgin as passengers were his secretary William Richard Hamilton, the topographer and archaeologist Captain William Leake, the captain of artillery Lieutenant John Squire, and three other men listed as servants of the above passengers, and of course the cargo on board.

List of Elgin Marbles on the Mentor brig, in : Lord Elgin and His Collection, by  Smith, A. H. The Journal of Hellenic Studies, vol. 36, 1916, pp. 163–372 (x)

When Lord Elgin was informed of the incident, he instructed his secretary to remain on Kythera until the ancient cargo was recovered. A team of sponge divers, who were active in the area at the time, was hired for the salvage. For this purpose, a large part of the ship had to be destroyed to allow access to the interior. In the course of the operation, much of the ship's equipment (auxiliary boats, sails, ropes, cannons, personal effects, etc.) was also recovered.

The wreck (x)

But it was not until three years later on 16 February 1805 that the last missing boxes were brought to England by order of Admiral Nelson with the British-flagged Lady Shaw Stewart, commanded by Captain George Parry, and the schooner Reynard.

A pair of earrings and a gold ring (x)

Modern excavation campaigns in 2013, 2015 and 2019 provided new insights and even revealed new finds that were not recovered at the time. Besides gold jewellery, ancient coins, Rhodian amphora stamps, fossils, a part of an Egyptian pharaoh statue and a fragmented Egyptian marble inscription were found.

#naval history #shipwreck #mentor #brig #parthenon marbles #early 19th century #age of sail

[willtheweirdrat]

Sunak and the whole UK government fuck yourselves upside down and inside out and give us back our fucking marbles challenge

#unironically kinda pissed about that #wills mumbles #rishi sunak #sunak #british museum #parthenon marbles #anti british museum #greece

[gemsofgreece]

Γειά σου! Do you remember how Italy temporarily gave back to Greece a fragment of the Parthenon marbles? Well, a few days ago the restitution has been declared for ever :D (sorry if I keep bothering you with this, I'm happy about it and I thought you'd be too)

Oh yes I read about it :D Here's a photo when they add it to the rest :)

It's important that Italy sets a positive precedent, especially in light of the recent discussions between London and Athens where the British literally came up with the argument "we didn't cut them from the temple, we found them lying on the ground (waiting for us)". Imagine saying this on an official level. Talk about lowest of lows, for real.

#parthenon marbles #greece #italy #acropolis museum #mail #elettradarkness

[ancientstuff]

Fascinating.

#ancient Greece #Parthenon marbles #archaeology #colourful #scanning technology

[polychroniadis]

Workers at the British Museum unloading a fragment of the Parthenon Marbles, 1961. @gettyimages

#bring them back #parthenon marbles #elgin marbles #antiquity #sculpture #Greece #art

[elladastinkardiamou]

This week's newsletter from AthensLive is out:    

*     The Parthenon Marbles: An Old Story served anew

*     Blame it on the parents, the doctors, the stars - just not the government

*    Becoming an ND MP could make your business successful

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[alatismeni-theitsa]

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm

#Koulis do iiiittt #the only good thing you'll ever do #Parthenon #ancient Greece #Parthenon marbles #antiquity theft