@tuban_muzuru @codewizard @skinnylatte

Oh look, a text by the British Museum itself that claims it's completely okay they own another country's cultural heritage, well I'm sure the museum is entirely objective here!
They even have a carefully worded statement about Elgin acting "with the full knowledge and permission of the legal authorities of the day in both Athens and London".
The legal authorities of that day being the Ottomans, just because one colonizer sold cultural heritage to another colonizer doesn't mean we have to be okay with it.
The museum trustees have no shame and even argue that back in 1816 the colonizers themselves declared everything to be legal. How convincing.

#Parthenon #BritishMuseum

@tuban_muzuru @skinnylatte

a round of applause??
The British "cleaned" the Parthenon scupltures too invasively, thereby damaging them, and we're supposed to applaud them?!

#Parthenon #BritishMuseum

Der Parthenon dominiert die Akropolis von Athen. Der Tempel ist der Göttin Athena, der Schutzgöttin der Stadt, geweiht und ersetzte im 5. Jhd vChr einen älteren Athenatempel, den von den Persern zerstört worden war. Im 6. Jhd nChr wurde der Parthenon in eine Kirche umgewandelt, in osmanischer Zeit diente er als Moschee und wurde 1687 bei einer Explosion schwer beschädigt.
Architektonisch ist der Parthenon ein dorischer Peripteros mit 8 Säulen an den Schmalseiten und 17 Säulen an den Längsseiten, der klassische dorische Formen mit ionischen Elementen wie einem umlaufenden Fries verbindet.
19.02.2026, #Greece #Attica #Athens #Acropolis #Parthenon #AncientGreece #architecture #history #ruin #temple [4]
The Parthenon Sculptures

Find out more about the complex history of the Parthenon and its sculpture.

The British Museum
athens, greece
may 1959

the parthenon

https://www.flickr.com/photos/dboo/53646499707
https://www.flickr.com/photos/dboo/6769132907/

part of an archival project, featuring the photographs of nick dewolf

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athens, greece
may 1959

the parthenon

https://www.flickr.com/photos/dboo/53647589343
https://www.flickr.com/photos/dboo/6769133793/

part of an archival project, featuring the photographs of nick dewolf

© the Nick DeWolf Foundation
Image-use requests are welcome via nickdewolfphotoarchive [at] gmail [dot] com

#photography #film #bw #blackandwhite #mediumformat #greece #greek #athens #acropolis #parthenon #ruins #1950s
athens, greece
may 1959

the parthenon

https://www.flickr.com/photos/dboo/53647589348
https://www.flickr.com/photos/dboo/6766632557/

part of an archival project, featuring the photographs of nick dewolf

© the Nick DeWolf Foundation
Image-use requests are welcome via nickdewolfphotoarchive [at] gmail [dot] com

#photography #film #bw #blackandwhite #mediumformat #greece #greek #athens #acropolis #parthenon #people #1950s

Photo of Ahtens and Parthenon dated 1860, by Jakob August Lorent.

#athens #greece #parthenon #OldPhoto #HistoricalPhoto #Lorent #JakobAugustLorent