http://www.elginism.com/20091014/2433/ Elgin Marbles (Parthenon Marbles or Sculptures) Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:10:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.elginism.com/20091014/2433/comment-page-1/#comment-5650 tizab Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:26:13 +0000 http://www.elginism.com/?p=2433#comment-5650 From what I am reading, it seems that this has already a political taste and smell. Although Iran is not claiming the ownership of the clay cylinder, in reality, we should all think and want that the historic artifacts to be left and displayed at the homeland they are found. What is the connection between the British history and the cylinder? I ask.The British and other Western musem have not contributed posively, by the modern International standards, to the richness of the other cultures and societies by removing artifacts from their home lands.. In other words, we keep on leaving those countries poorer. Yet, we display these rich items in the British Museum and feel rich when we use the items as political tools for propeganda purposes. And, it is outrages that a section of Iranians abroad are barking off the wrong trees "when they fight the thief, leaving the door open for the third thief to walk in and take the so called stolen donkey away. Regards, Tizab From what I am reading, it seems that this has already a political taste and smell.
Although Iran is not claiming the ownership of the clay cylinder, in reality, we should all think and want that the historic artifacts to be left and displayed at the homeland they are found. What is the connection between the British history and the cylinder? I ask.The British and other Western musem have not contributed posively, by the modern International standards, to the richness of the other cultures and societies by removing artifacts from their home lands.. In other words, we keep on leaving those countries poorer.
Yet, we display these rich items in the British Museum and feel rich when we use the items as political tools for propeganda purposes.
And, it is outrages that a section of Iranians abroad are barking off the wrong trees “when they fight the thief, leaving the door open for the third thief to walk in and take the so called stolen donkey away.
Regards,
Tizab

]]> http://www.elginism.com/20091014/2433/comment-page-1/#comment-5588 Chuck Jones Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:40:05 +0000 http://www.elginism.com/?p=2433#comment-5588 This situation echoes the Egyptian dispute with the Louvre in a sense, except that the Iranian authorities make no claim of ownership over the Cyrus Cylinder, only the desire to exhibit it as a part of a loan of objects from the British Museum. This situation echoes the Egyptian dispute with the Louvre in a sense, except that the Iranian authorities make no claim of ownership over the Cyrus Cylinder, only the desire to exhibit it as a part of a loan of objects from the British Museum.

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