It strikes me that there is some inconsistency in the way the BM is treating the Parthenon Marbles. If, instead of flogging them off, Lord Elgin had used them to embellish his orangery and carriage house and they'd got buried as the latter fell down, dug-up, they'd not qualify as Treasure. They'd most likely end up on eBay. The same would apply if they'd been nice Roman sculptures on a nice Roman temple of the deified Claudius or whatever. So, if like millions of artefacts dug up by artefact hunters, they do not qualify under English legislation as fit for public display in a public institution, why is the BM so keen to hand onto them?
Wednesday, 6 March 2013
The Parthenon Treasures?
It strikes me that there is some inconsistency in the way the BM is treating the Parthenon Marbles. If, instead of flogging them off, Lord Elgin had used them to embellish his orangery and carriage house and they'd got buried as the latter fell down, dug-up, they'd not qualify as Treasure. They'd most likely end up on eBay. The same would apply if they'd been nice Roman sculptures on a nice Roman temple of the deified Claudius or whatever. So, if like millions of artefacts dug up by artefact hunters, they do not qualify under English legislation as fit for public display in a public institution, why is the BM so keen to hand onto them?
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