How many of the 10 greatest art museums in the world have you visited?
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Having the Rosetta Stone in London as opposed to Cairo makes me proud to be an (25 percent) Englishman.
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That has changed. The cask (with the atomizers) are still in the cellar and I hope that never dies. But, kegs (on air) are becoming as common as they re in the US.
There is a Brew Dog Restaurant/Bar between British Museum and West End - just sayin'.
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Yella you are spot on mate. I don't give a fuck what the Romans, the Greeks, or the Egyptians say either. They didn't give a good-god-damn about any of that until the Germans and the Brits decided to save and conserve a lot of it. They should be grateful, honestly. We celebrate the ancients because of western archeology. Everyone else loots it or let's it just call into disrepair. Which is not to say it didn't have issues.
That sort of amazing stuff belongs to humanity. It should not be all in Athens if it's getting blown up (which, for the Eglin marbles, was the case). Look at how ISIS fucked up all of it:
Destruction of cultural heritage by the Islamic State - Wikipedia
Look, the Romans in 200AD basically "owned" good portions of Europe and the Middle East. Does that mean that Italy can tell Croatia to give them statues from the ancient Roman cities? It belonged to Rome in 200AD? Modern Borders (which were not the borders 2000 years ago) now dictate human history. Your "turf" is a temporary piece of the Earth. It will not last.
The Greeks are the only one where it is not a white man screwing the brown man argument, which is probably why no one really cares. Fuck Off.
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So a day after posting, where do I end up but at an art exhibit.
I lived in Chicago for 18 months. The art museum was not a priority nor would any of the other places be a priority if I visited those cities.
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thx @ukdawg, I’m saving these notes.
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I think at a certain point @ukdawg the great historical artifacts belong to humanity as whole as well who's best equipped to preserve and display them. It's not like the Greeks or the Egyptians were super interested in preserving ancient artifacts from civilizations 2500 to 4500 years prior. So much of it ended up in the British Museum which did preserve things well an displayed them for 6.5 million visitors last year.
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And we have Indiana Jones and his father to thank for much of that.
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This stuff belongs in a museum!
