RB>WD> The "local authorities" were the "Ottoman occupiers", not the Greeks.
RB> That's like saying the "local authorities" in anciant times were the RB> Roman "occupiers" of Gaul, not the French.
RB> Greece was part of the Ottoman Empire at the time.
It was a military occupied territory, the Greeks never accepted it and when they had the opportunity and (finally) support, overthrew the oppressor.
Occupied Netherlands, Belgium and France were never part of the "Third Reich" ... it's the same.
You were wrong on the date of the explosion, on the date of the Greek Revolutionary war and on the reason why the artworks were stolen.
RB>WD> How many times have you been to Greece to visually see for yourself RB>WD> what the condition is of several sites?
RB> Around 4-5 times in earlier years. How about you?
10-12 I guess. Always liked the country. Worked with Elliniki Etairi in Athens which was remarkable ... put a shovel in the ground and it's an excavation ... anywhere.
RB>WD> My source is my friend professor Michael Scoullos from the university RB>WD> of Athens who guided me around on several occasions.
RB> And is "naturally" neutral on the subject, which we should now drop, as RB> we're not going to solve anything. Think what you like, and I'll do the RB> same.
Michael is absolutely neutral, he didn't even mention the Elgin Marbles. But he took me to the phosphate mines outside Athens where slaves were put in a tunnel in a gigantic pit. They were worked to death and then replaced by another slave. It gave a complete different perspective on Hellenic culture.
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