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minus-squareScrollerBall@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31·edit-22 days agoWell Greece wasn’t ever a British colony, so they didn’t have as many opportunities to steal artifacts and culture as they did with, say, Egypt or India
minus-squareTheTechnician27@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·2 days agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elgin_Marbles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Ancient_Greek_and_Roman_sculptures_in_the_British_Museum
minus-squareslartibartfast@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up15·2 days agoI’m sure they had ample opportunity to steal Greek artefacts from when Greeks invaded Egypt and India.
minus-squareShiggles@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agoAlso see: the Ionian Islands from 1815 to 1862
Well Greece wasn’t ever a British colony, so they didn’t have as many opportunities to steal artifacts and culture as they did with, say, Egypt or India
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elgin_Marbles
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Ancient_Greek_and_Roman_sculptures_in_the_British_Museum
I’m sure they had ample opportunity to steal Greek artefacts from when Greeks invaded Egypt and India.
Also see: the Ionian Islands from 1815 to 1862