• Flying SquidM
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    327 months ago

    Cool. Now do the British Museum.

    • @QuantumSpecter
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      77 months ago

      Nah, you have to steal stuff back, take the stone of destiny for example.

      • SeaJ
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        27 months ago

        The plan for stealing the Stone of Scone was hatched where all good plans come about: a pub.

  • @Wogi
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    177 months ago

    Interesting… So do countries of origin suddenly have a claim on artifacts that were plundered and shipped to foreign countries? Asking for a friend.

    • @[email protected]
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      67 months ago

      In this case it was found in the 60s in Italian waters by a fisherman and illegally sold on the black market while a law enacted in the 40s stated that all cultural treasures found under ground or under water belong to the government, with up a 25% reward to the finder

      Not the usual “we stole it 200 years ago during imperialism so it’s legitimately ours now”

      • @Wogi
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        17 months ago

        Every case is unique in one way or another.

        The irony here is that the statue isn’t even Italian, is Greek. It was just found in Italy.

    • @Stovetop
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      They have a claim. Whether the country, organization, or individual in possession of said artifact(s) chooses to recognize that claim is another matter, however.

  • AmidFuror
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    127 months ago

    Hopefully from Italy it finds its way to its rightful place in Greece.

    • @makyo
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      97 months ago

      Seriously, how is that not the answer to all this. This world is batshit crazy.

      • @[email protected]
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        77 months ago

        It was lost in a shipwreck 3000 years ago when Greece was ruling the Italian south, not stolen like the Acropolis in the British museum

  • BigFig
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    97 months ago

    Good luck. The Getty Museum being in California probably doesn’t give a shit what a European court has to say

    • @SMillerNL
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      257 months ago

      Seeing how they presented arguments in court, they seem to care a little bit

  • FreshLight
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    77 months ago

    Aaahh! So that’s where all the Getty Images come from!

  • @mkwt
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    27 months ago

    So do you hire a repo man for that kind of thing?