You know the old saying, "never ask a woman her age, a man his salary, or a British museum how it got its historical artifacts."

@mija1570

2 жыл бұрын

lol

@Chupa617

2 жыл бұрын

😂

@skarverse

2 жыл бұрын

Wow i never knew the third part thanks for the enlightment 😂😂

@get_yo_facts_ryt

2 жыл бұрын

And A Student His Marks

@TheOfficalYeah.

2 жыл бұрын

I think that all the colonial powers should have to give back everything they stole from the people who where affected by this including the 45 trillion usd that uk stole from india!'

Tourists visit this foreign museum to see their own cultural history

@eduardosalamanca3808

3 жыл бұрын

No jokes you're literally correct, Egyptians literally visit it just to see the Rosetta stone

@andresjrz99

3 жыл бұрын

It’s much easier for people to visit one museum and appreciate these artifacts, than visiting multiple.

@shaswatichakraborty1006

3 жыл бұрын

Yep... You're right...

@rohanbanerjee_

3 жыл бұрын

@@andresjrz99 ofcourse it is, but would you want to keep a medal of yours (suppose) in a convenient public place rather than at home?

@koushikvijayakumar7924

3 жыл бұрын

@@andresjrz99 but it's difficult for everyone in a country to get a visa to uk . Not so easy.

In India,we often refer to this museum as "Chor bazzar" or "Market of theives"

@JustinHH22

Жыл бұрын

Why do Indian people visit?

@rushikeshdongare2754

Жыл бұрын

😂😂

@haziq0007

Жыл бұрын

perfect depiction!!

@krishankumarmeena2882

Жыл бұрын

​@Flicks we are upset but not longer...

@janeslater8004

Жыл бұрын

Britain should stop donating millions in aid to India each year

In honesty,secretly appreciating others artifacts while calling them uncivilized is the most European thing ever

@galaxys6071

Жыл бұрын

Lol ..... yup

@frankvilla4298

Ай бұрын

Sure honey

@jonasweber9408

17 күн бұрын

The most *human thing

@shamay7997

4 күн бұрын

Exactly

The only reason why the Great Pyramids of Giza are still standing is because it was too big to ship it back to a British Museum

@benjaminwilliams41

2 жыл бұрын

They're not, they're a shadow of their former glory because your ancestors didn't appreciate their heritage and wrecked them. "Please give us back our artifacts so we can fail to maintain the properly and lose them to history"

@kaijuoncrack6198

2 жыл бұрын

@@benjaminwilliams41 r/woooosh

@benjaminwilliams41

2 жыл бұрын

@VVA 11 where are you from?

@definitelyaverysensibleperson

2 жыл бұрын

@@benjaminwilliams41 idk, somewhere that isn't England??

@cat-le1hf

2 жыл бұрын

@@benjaminwilliams41 They've been wrecked by Europeans for hundreds of years.

"The British Museum is full of stolen artifacts" *pretends to be shocked*

@sosopwsi829Jjw9

3 жыл бұрын

Your name is "Roman" Just saying an roman emperor personally owned all of egypt

@RomansVault

3 жыл бұрын

@@sosopwsi829Jjw9 okaay ...?

@user-bm9rk9lp5p

3 жыл бұрын

@@sosopwsi829Jjw9 but did he put egypt in a museum tho hmm

@RomansVault

3 жыл бұрын

@@richardw6859 how very insightful. thank you for your wise words i guess

@orangeyellow9695

3 жыл бұрын

GASP!!

Maybe I can find my lost childhood bicycle there

@Zapatero078

2 ай бұрын

and my basketball 🏀😂

@touchyfeelymess

28 күн бұрын

maybe i could find the pen that some kid stole

@pcs4484

6 күн бұрын

😂😂😂

Someone said "Egypt doesnt know the true value of the stone". Its like breaking into someones house and take things from them because they rarely use it

@janeslater8004

Жыл бұрын

No its not the same. The british archarologist are responsible for the eygptian history we now have as they were ones that discovered it tutankhamen tomb and the others and many had been and continue to be vandalised like the sphinx.

@tourhet

Жыл бұрын

​@@janeslater8004 and so with this mentality we should be able to FORCEFULLY take your kidneys to but it in a better use, Like saving Selena Gomez or something

@tourhet

Жыл бұрын

​​​@@janeslater8004 the Egyptian history wasn't All discovered by the British. They have their share but the Egyptian history has always been dug out by all nations The Greeks, the French, the Arabs, the Egyptians themselves and even Persians had some share in discovering Egyptian artifacts including the Rosita stone itself which the video mentioned, it wasn't discovered nor studied by the British

@tourhet

Жыл бұрын

​@@janeslater8004 Also unlike alot of ancient nations ancient Egypt wasn't as ambiguous as you can say "most of what we know now" is from that source, For example the list of all the kings of Egypt all over the 3,000 years and the 30 dynasties was already known from manuscripts written in koine Greek copies of the list of Manethon, who was an ancient Egyptian priest, that is among a lot of endless other stuff that didn't need to be discovered about ancient Egypt.

@_JohnDoe

8 ай бұрын

"Rarely used" like the Library of Alexandria?

"Disputed ownership" is a typically British way of saying something is stolen.

@nostro1940

3 жыл бұрын

Because no other empire in human history has ever stolen something. The british were just better equipped and that drives u mad

@sonicblare

3 жыл бұрын

@@nostro1940 Why don't you go on to say that, if not for british these items would have fallen into wrong hands and destroyed. We made the railways.. we gave the world english.. common man..

@abhisheksoni2980

3 жыл бұрын

@@nostro1940 "we were better equipped thieves" what a strong argument man! I'm sold man.. Please take money from my wallet, too..

@nicolasdeandrade849

3 жыл бұрын

@@sonicblare So why cannot British Museum return for example Partenon Marbles to Acropolis Museum in Athens?

@Elijah-zy6ce

3 жыл бұрын

Nostro 200 so if we have a fist fight and I win I can go to your house and take any of your valuables that I fancy

Rock: 'exist' British: that's mine

@nolancummings9590

Ай бұрын

As it should be

When anyone tells you that the British Museum should keep the items because it's the best place to preserve them, just remind them that the museum used corrosive chemicals and metal tools in the 30s to "clean" the Parthenon marbles (from all the smog that accumulated on them in London), making them lose much of their original detailing.

@pedrozatravel

7 ай бұрын

Not to mention the methodology used was often destructive. One of the stolen items are lintels 24 and 25 from Yaxchilan, Mexico. The British guy who stole those stones destroyed a whole building that was 3,000 years old to extract those stones from the site.

@andrewwilliams3137

3 ай бұрын

"American archeologist Dorothy King, in a newspaper article, wrote that techniques similar to the ones used in 1937-38 were applied by Greeks as well in more recent decades than the British, and maintained that Italians still find them acceptable*. wiki

@andrewwilliams3137

3 ай бұрын

"The west frieze was largely left intact by Elgin’s workmen, but they did take moulds of it; comparison between those and the next set of moulds, taken in the early 1870s, shows significant damage to the surfaces, as well as the loss of some distinct features, such as heads, which may have been caused by the bombardments of 1821 and 1826-7".The Elgin Marbles, Keep, Lend or Return? An analysis by Sir Noel Malcolm 2023.

@freddiemedley5580

3 ай бұрын

In the 30's, nearly 90 years ago

@saibot7218

2 ай бұрын

Why should turkey have Parthenon when it was Greek history?

''Most Nigerians will never see them'' that's really heartbreaking.

@timothystrong7545

3 жыл бұрын

@Joey Two Chins lol you mad

@supremediscordmod5744

3 жыл бұрын

Britain should suffer for its atrocities

@supremediscordmod5744

3 жыл бұрын

They must pay to its former coloinies

@tumainitiger4655

3 жыл бұрын

@@supremediscordmod5744 how so? I'm in my 20s, I had nothing to do with anything before the 1980s.

@dyaaelabasiry

3 жыл бұрын

@@tumainitiger4655 you are holding our stolen things and you refuse to give it back so you are in a way responsible for this

"The British Museum‚ The only museum that has nothing British"

@legalize.brokkoli

3 жыл бұрын

@Indian Atheist Maybe you should educate yourself regarding the history of what is india today, before the british. The prototypical exploitation culture.

@kp5602

3 жыл бұрын

@Average Soviet Gamer Its not

@slavenarkaimovski3897

3 жыл бұрын

Their is no 'godess shiva'only godess zhiva,'godess shiva'is missprounantion of slavic name ziva,and the name ziva comes from slavic word zivot=zhee.wot.=life.

@whatsgoingon07

3 жыл бұрын

Because they stole everything, from silk to tea

@bpdbhp1632

3 жыл бұрын

This sentence doesnt add up. Out of which museums?🤣 i know a ton that dont have anything british

7:40 “You cannot claim to be an encyclopedic collector of stolen objects.” ☝🏾

@silasbrailey2445

Жыл бұрын

yes you can

@rankepicdino8194

9 ай бұрын

I'm a collector of stolen Television screens

I'm a brazilian of mixed race, a descendant from the Benin people. Last year, i got a free scholarship on England and managed to visit the British Museum 6 times - which wasnt nearly enough to get to see half of it -, and the moment i saw the Benin bronzes i just. cried. my ancestors, stolen from their land, taken to Brazil as slaves, their beautiful culture stolen and taken to England, and somehow I managed to unite both of these things and get to see them. It was an emotional roller coaster!

@BlitzOfTheReich

2 ай бұрын

who sold you? I am also mixed race and a descendant of Nigerians. I want nothing to do with that part of Africa because they sold my ancestors as slaves to the Spanish and British.

@debochando

26 күн бұрын

​@@BlitzOfTheReichwho brought them as slaves to Brazil? Portugal. Who manipulated the tribes in Africa so they would give each other to the colonizers? Also Portugal!

Imagine robbing someones house and displaying their stolen stuff in your house

@tobz4403

3 жыл бұрын

Flex 😎

@casinoroyal93

3 жыл бұрын

To be honest they are doing a great job at preserving artifcats ( that is what is most important) and until they are public domain the place of storage is not really important

@MrTitanRed

3 жыл бұрын

They should of bought an alarm and won the fight.

@johnubal2825

3 жыл бұрын

@Koolkid The British Museum has done an exceptionally good job at preserving all the artifscts it is home to. Many of these would have ironically been destroyed in their "countries of origin" because many of these artifacts simply were created by people who no longer live in the countries they were created. Many are provocative symbols that pose an affront to the cultures established in the lands which they "should" have been. There is absolutely no doubt that many, if not most, of the artifacts in dispute would have not existed now hadn't they been taken by the English. Paradoxically neither you or I would have ever heard of the Rosetta Stone, or the Parthenon Marbles, among many others if it wasn't for the fact that they were kept, safe and sound, in the British Museum.

@magtovi

3 жыл бұрын

And then telling them that if they behave there may be a slight chance of lending them back some of the stuff for a little while.

Probably didn't steal the pyramid because it was too heavy

@dw7312

3 жыл бұрын

Lol right! But if they were able to move them they would have!

@smljnsn65

3 жыл бұрын

Vector did...

@manal5857

3 жыл бұрын

Hahahah I’m sure they’ve taken artifacts inside of the pyramid

@sidharth1239

3 жыл бұрын

Same with taj Mahal that was to heavy 😂

@rocketfire8416

3 жыл бұрын

oh honey but they stole the mummy and its gold case

As a Sri Lankan it's sad to see our artifacts in British museum 😞 Those artifacts are not just things. It's our heritage. Our history 😢

@Therealferm

10 ай бұрын

Theyre our history now lol

@OCGangsta

9 ай бұрын

Finders keepers

@jerryjiang6009

9 ай бұрын

"Finders keepers" makes you a thief/burglar with a motto@@OCGangsta . It's not anything to be proud of

@rankepicdino8194

9 ай бұрын

@@jerryjiang6009 Well the Museum does make Money from donations or from the gift shops

@jerryjiang6009

9 ай бұрын

@@rankepicdino8194 Your point is? Objects should belong to the creators unless they were legally and lawfully purchased or inherited. Taking them without consent equals thievery

Imagine, stealing culturally significant artifacts that complaining about being asked to return it

@notrealname8635

Жыл бұрын

Because they’re safer in the museum 😂

@Spike-yc5gx

2 ай бұрын

The artefacts wouldn’t exist without the British custodianship.

"British museum still behaves like a colonial museum" That was some line😅

@marktn9851

2 жыл бұрын

Proven crimes but the brits never stop making accusation on others to this date.

@marktn9851

2 жыл бұрын

@@Shane9251 Right, ISIS n all… a result of colonization n enslaving it’s population for generations, keeping them poor, uneducated, etc. No excuse for poor behaviour!

@marktn9851

2 жыл бұрын

@@Shane9251 Vibrant bcoz of trading from China, where true wealth lies till today, explained why the need to contain China for milking…

@marktn9851

2 жыл бұрын

@@Shane9251 HK has more freedom than US b4 recent sabotaged episode, abusing those freedom resulting in Beijing’s reaction. They r doing the same towards Taiwan. I don’t promote violence, worse, war. Going to the source is the right way, not beating around the bushes.

@marktn9851

2 жыл бұрын

@@Shane9251 HK was nvr a choice. There was a contract. That’s what I meant, beating around the bush.

There is a famous traditional tower in South Korea and it used to be surrounded by four stone lions which are represented to protect the tower. However, out of the four, one is missing. And the last time I visited the British museum, it was literally sitting behind a glass pane.

@candygirl20048

2 жыл бұрын

Wow!

@prajwalj9024

2 жыл бұрын

How did it reach there.

@britishvader2438

2 жыл бұрын

@@prajwalj9024 Its called being a strong country that isnt invaded 😊

@prajwalj9024

2 жыл бұрын

@@britishvader2438 I meant except japanese colony, no other colonizers were there in Korea. So how did it reach there.

@britishvader2438

2 жыл бұрын

@@prajwalj9024 Korean war?

I’m Iraqi and some of our stuff is at the British museum, even tho I might never get to see it face to face and that the British (army, rulers, etc) who divided us are the ones to own it but I’m still glad they have it. I know my government would never be able to take care of anything which is honestly sad

@user-yu2cl6xs3p

7 ай бұрын

يي صح مافي تقدير للفن هنا بس السرقه تبقى خطا

@benjeffery9958

5 ай бұрын

Where you all go wrong in life is by saying the British... we didn't and don't have any say in what our government decide... similar to the people of palestine, they voted in hamas and that doesn't yield great results for them.

@malasahiii27

4 ай бұрын

@@user-yu2cl6xs3p صح والله مع العلم اني اكره الغرب كره ما يعلمه إلا الله

@malasahiii27

4 ай бұрын

@@benjeffery9958 sorry about that I meant it as the British rulers and army (and those who stand with them)

@paulofassman5657

3 ай бұрын

thanks for being honest, instead of just blaming or whining

I believe California had recently just returned a bunch of museum artifacts that were stolen from different places. The British museums should do the same thing and return what they stole.

@JustinHH22

Жыл бұрын

Will the US return stolen land to the natives?

@tru_710

Жыл бұрын

@@JustinHH22 Nobody out here speaks face to face unless they're lying and acting. They won't even talk about the secret microchip implants. They're trying to own the thoughts in our heads now.

@harummelur860

Жыл бұрын

Netherland too

@grilledflatbread4692

11 ай бұрын

the brits are still bitter they had to return the land, you're asking for too much

@hugobossman1509

9 ай бұрын

@@grilledflatbread4692 Are we? I don't think anyone in the UK cares.

So ancient artifacts to the British is like oil to Americans.

@NextFuckingLevel

3 жыл бұрын

yes and those artifacts worth higher than oil

@flashstar1234

3 жыл бұрын

Fax

@niksato5210

3 жыл бұрын

Double shots fired

@jwb2734

3 жыл бұрын

difference is the US actually produces oil

@shaider1982

3 жыл бұрын

@@jwb2734 yup, it used to be like Saudi Arabia and China combined.

one of the weirdest experiences ive had was back when I lived in Nigerian I had a school trip to the uk to see nigerian artifacts because of a history unit. I had to travel to see my own countries artifacts .

@hrivaansahani1750

3 жыл бұрын

How sad is that 😞. Hope one day it gets back to the negerian soil 🙏🏼

@TheGreenlove87

3 жыл бұрын

You must be part of the elites. Not many Africans can afford to go to field trips abroad.

@zinn01hobissprite62

3 жыл бұрын

Thats how sad it is They have openly displayed the stolen objects and rightful owners can't do anything This is what the so called gentleman country is

@Mann_mit_Kaffee

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheGreenlove87 Not even some european schools can afford that...

@mcsquare4439

3 жыл бұрын

To see them in such well preserved and protected at a world class institution. Honestly tell me, how would've your national treasures fare in your country's third rate infrastructure? They would've been destroyed during war, famine or dictators would've been smuggled or sold them to fund wars.

I feel so enraged. Our history, our culture, our artifacts and our gemstones being represented as a 'public attraction' after being stolen. Why doesn't anyone speak out about this? All of the countries need their artifacts and pride back.

@vastrove7746

Жыл бұрын

Should Germany be given back its historical lands now that the war is over and we're all friends?

@waterman8859

Жыл бұрын

@@vastrove7746 Germany is a country and artifacts are different from countries. The comparison cannot be made

@maitreyeesingh5187

Жыл бұрын

I’ve been looking and it’s notoriously difficult to find any provenance information on these collections. These sick people don’t even display most of the collection. It’s just sitting in their storage. Sick

@janeslater8004

Жыл бұрын

There is no evidence they were stolen most were traded and there is only a handful that are dubious. The british discovered the eygptian artifacts the eygptians didnt know what they were many had been vandalised and still are. There would be no eygptian history like tutankhaman as it was the british archaelogists that discovered it. Same in crete with minoan but most is still in crete

@atomictiger4

9 ай бұрын

Many of these artifacts won’t even be in one piece in many of these countries, they would simply be sold to the highest bidder or horribly maintained. Furthermore, some of these relics really do have disputed ownership, as many countries can hold claim to it, as history and geography are two different things. Maintaining priceless history comes before all of this.

In 1972 while viewing the British Museum of Art I was astounded at the vast collection of Ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies that were on display. Back then I thought that these pieces should be returned to Egypt

Telling people that you'll lend them the objects you stole from them is such a slap in the face

@mydogsteppedona4431

2 жыл бұрын

So British indeed.

@leojrobison2102

2 жыл бұрын

Stole? When you conquer something you own it. At least back then

@shudhanshuverma8244

2 жыл бұрын

@@leojrobison2102 Still a thief lol

@axellfonzie9067

2 жыл бұрын

@@leojrobison2102 So in that logic, if me and my mates trespassing your house, killing your family members, and then enslaving you, it means that your house and everything inside it is legally mine now right?

@leojrobison2102

2 жыл бұрын

@@axellfonzie9067 Nope

" *They Destroyed our Future and stole our past* "

@Oynxqt

3 жыл бұрын

I wish this had more likes cause PREACH!!

@PIXELvoiz

3 жыл бұрын

great word!

@caroefron9424

3 жыл бұрын

TRUE

@Gambo517

3 жыл бұрын

Rule Britannia Britannia ruled the waves Britain never never never shall be slaves !!

@33sarveshr59

3 жыл бұрын

@@Gambo517 they made us slaves.

>"British" Museum >Looks inside >Non British artifacts.

@Joshpox

4 ай бұрын

60% of artifacts in the British Museum are from the British Isles

@Lucky04-23

4 ай бұрын

Let me guess You’ve never visited the museum, haven’t you?

@adrianopandolfo

4 ай бұрын

About a quarter of the museum's artifacts they present publicly are from Western Europe (British Isles, France, Germany, Scandanavia, Italy).

I think its better if its kept there, in my home country there's mountains with manmade holes in them where my ancestors lived and there were many precious artifacts. But locals and tourists took them and now they're essentially lost, it wouldve been better for them to be preserved in the museum for thousands to see.

The irony is that the British were so busy stealing other people's history that their own history cannot find space in London. I was shocked that London does not have a dedicated Anglo-Saxon history museum when I visited last year. Only small ignored corners of the British museum has things like the Sutton Hoo treasure being dwarfed under the glory of the Egyptian and Middle-Eastern collection. I was genuinely feeling sorry for them.

@RealMailou

3 жыл бұрын

@Peggy Wiley How is historic Britain somehow an enemy of god?

@khemistrycreators4845

3 жыл бұрын

@@RealMailou Yes, "historic" thieves.

@RealMailou

3 жыл бұрын

@@khemistrycreators4845 But still how are they an enemy of god...

@khemistrycreators4845

3 жыл бұрын

@@RealMailou When did I say they were an enemy of God?

@RealMailou

3 жыл бұрын

@@khemistrycreators4845 And did I say that you did call them an enemy of god??? I want an answer from the other guy, yet you responded to me.

What I understood from the comments is that the British people are proud of their legacy of colonialism. They see nothing wrong with how these articles were acquired. A vast majority still believe that they are superior to other cultures. They think that developing countries can't be trusted with preserving their own heritage. Their mindset is still colonial.

@sparks1792

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly it’s so weird that they think this is ok

@seminky5341

2 жыл бұрын

Stealing is ok right? But i get your point they cant preserve their own cultural history.

@indianman7458

2 жыл бұрын

@Edward Shearmur Promoting Culture is not Colonising India is not better than English in cricket We are nowadays doing good and We were always Rich We were the richest during mughal empire

@sokapokvic2514

2 жыл бұрын

Thief generation to next generation.

@kiraamv5507

2 жыл бұрын

@Edward Shearmur See this is the attitude people have Problem with, The Soo called Royal Family should acknowledge that they were no colonizers, they were just another Brutal Monarchy who left countries in Pieces, The Amount Money stolen By Britain, Thry won't be able to pay back in 100 yrs soo there's no point in that, People just want they stop calling themselves Great, They were just one of worst people May be not as Bad as German or Japanese but that doesn't make them Good

If these artifacts were not stored in the British museum, its likely that nobody writing these comments would even know about them.

@rohitkamble3568

Жыл бұрын

🤓

@NubiansNapata

Жыл бұрын

Something a thief with no history would say

@oceanthing9901

Жыл бұрын

I completely agree with this statement.

@randomdude6441

Жыл бұрын

You must be South African .

@SimonGoodmen

9 ай бұрын

@@NubiansNapataI ain’t gonna disagree on the thief part but no History?

They better not charge entry fee for anyone to see these beautiful works of arts from around the world.

@jackjackmillar

2 ай бұрын

to be fair, it is free entry for all

Some Country: *Has some Ancient History* Britain: is for me?

@ae4042

3 жыл бұрын

Your pfp describes what the British thought when they saw those artifacts

@Ansh77K

3 жыл бұрын

Lul

@Techion

3 жыл бұрын

@@ae4042 bruhh

@zackiechan2601

3 жыл бұрын

☺ 👉👈 Is for me?

@ioanalazar2114

3 жыл бұрын

why do you have a an interrogation sign. I think it is in fact: british:it is for me! 👿

They have even looted the word “loot” itself.

@kkayy4

3 жыл бұрын

Lol... so apt .

@amitprasad7113

3 жыл бұрын

Loot Crate

@dw7312

3 жыл бұрын

Lol. I couldn’t help but to laugh 🤭

@WarisMalik-lo3gj

3 жыл бұрын

So u came here after watching Shashi tharoor on Oxford union

@TracyOjeabulu

3 жыл бұрын

Honestly!!!

I didn't realize museum artifacts had stories like this behind them. I thought they were discovered on archaeology digs and such, so I didn't get why people were demanding them back. But in this case you have this man who never saw his country's artifacts until he went to a different country. That is kind of sad.

@mohakjain5802

10 күн бұрын

I am an Indian and British literally stole all our precious artifacts. Even the crown that queen proudly used to wear was "Kohinoor" which the British forcefully took from us. But one day, one day we take it all back.

When I travelled to the British museum for the first time in 2016, I was stunned to find out it had an entire collection of Chinese artifacts that spanned the entirety of the Chinese civilization, from Neolithic Age to 1949, some of the items were so rare that you can't even find in China. and in showroom No.95, an astonishing display of all the Chinese porcelain they looted from imperial China during the opium war, including the rarest Yuan Blue and white porcelain dragon vase. it was a very disheartening visit, I left with tears on my face

@Finnbobjimbob

5 ай бұрын

Well they exist today for a reason, the British museum.

@Zelenskyy9

4 ай бұрын

These items will remain there to shame the Chinese how silly and weak their forefathers were.

@_hhbk2128

4 ай бұрын

@@Zelenskyy9 Preserving stolen artifacts to shame a nation is hardly a noble cause. Let's focus on understanding history and fostering mutual respect, acknowledging that past actions don't define the strength of a people. Museums should be spaces for cultural exchange, not perpetuating narratives of conquest and humiliation.

@Snkbee

3 ай бұрын

Sorry 😢

@SD-tq1pl

2 ай бұрын

Thankfully the British museum saved those Chinese artifacts from the cultural revolution.

As John Oliver once said: "The British Museum is basically an active crime scene"

@fardimnazir666

3 жыл бұрын

@chris muller Comparing people to artifacts that were forcibly taken from people under oppressive regimes? Great thinking,pal.

@fardimnazir666

3 жыл бұрын

@Leo Maunsell I couldn't be more clearly talking to that guy

@fardimnazir666

3 жыл бұрын

@Leo Maunsell I didn't deny you anything in the first place. What are you on about

@Ludwig_Perpenhente

3 жыл бұрын

@chris muller so your plan is to bankrupt The British Economy?? Alrighty then

@sonofsea7933

3 жыл бұрын

Yes . Even they made their most valuable crown using a stolen diamond from India.

My boyfriend used to be one of the managers in security there, he told me they hid so many artifacts there in storage and he got to see them. He was told they’ll never been shown to people as it would cause a lot of controversy

@lisadietzel6133

3 жыл бұрын

But most museums do have storage areas that hold at least twice the amount of artifacts displayed to public. That’s not unusual but they need to have a register that should hold all information that should be accessible.

@deadlydude7354

3 жыл бұрын

That’s the artifact that they want us to see. God knows what else they have stolen they are afraid to show because that may start riots and hate toward england

@bob69927

2 жыл бұрын

Tf? You'd expect at least one guy to snap a quick pic and leak it .

@oscarosullivan4513

2 жыл бұрын

I reckon someday the contents will be leaked

@agaaboneface2332

2 жыл бұрын

Wow! The audacity of the men from the caucus mountain!

A thief can never have a title superior to those of the original owners

Britishers says== the British Museum. Indian says == Thieves Market 😂

@Joshpox

3 ай бұрын

Why would it be a market? We don't sell them, that's what corrupt countries do.

I still remember the words that my tourist guide in Athens said when she painfully had to show us the copies of the marbles of the Parthenon instead of the original ones, kept inside the British Museum. She said:"When I visited the British museum they called Lord Elgin an important archeologist for bringing the marbles to England, but I call him a thief."

@skywalker2837

3 жыл бұрын

@JHB Luck destroying a piece of history is *NOT* equal to the repatriation of stolen artifacts, and *you* as someone that has no first hand experience and coloring your glasses with emotions in something that happened over a 100 years ago has no right to feel angry about historical facts and depictions of such things, rather you should accept these things as facts and something to be viewed with an objective lens and be learned upon Tangina pare, ikinagagalit mo pa ung nangyari nung panahon ng kanununuan mo? Walang kwenta yang sintementong yan, sa halip na pagaralan mo dinadaan mo sa emosyon? Tsk

@lucagodina2237

3 жыл бұрын

@@zaneluman7573 you didn't understand anything. 1) I didn't say that these pieces shouldn't stay in a museum. 2) I said that the Greek museum had to show copies of the marbles of the Parthenon because the originals are inside the British Museum. Shouldn't the citizens of Athens and Greece be the first ones to have the right and the possibility to see the masterpieces that were created by they ancestors? 3) why are Greek people supposed to make the effort to travel all the way to England to see those masterpieces (which are as important as the naked structure of the Parthenon you see in Athens today)? My tourist guide was lucky enough to get to see them once in her lifetime in London, but who knows how many Greek people will never get a chance to see those sculptures, because those are in London.

@ceciliadupuypiquion7778

3 жыл бұрын

Luca Godina i love you😭 that’s exactly how i was gonna answer

@caradowland5530

3 жыл бұрын

I’m Greek and English and I’m sorry but the only reason the English took the marbles was because they were in danger of being destroyed, no one cared for the Parthenon until the English archaeologists can with was used as a store for weapons and destroyed multiple times, as someone who is fiercely proud of their Greek heritage I would much rather the marbles be safe in Britain than dust in Athens which they would’ve been without English intervention

@hello_world_0

3 жыл бұрын

​@@caradowland5530 Indeed, but now it's the time for Britain to return them back to Athens. Especially since the new Acropolis museum is now operating which is quite advanced and very capable of hosting those pieces and in perfect shape.

It’s a solid proof that Britain is not ashamed of its crime history.

@captainkenzie6873

2 жыл бұрын

why would we be ashamed we didnt do nothing

@UcJWRNkN27ah

2 жыл бұрын

@@captainkenzie6873 We didn't do anything either and yet we got pillaged, looted and killed 🤷‍♂️

@proletariat3106

2 жыл бұрын

@@captainkenzie6873 Did you failed history class?

@Jyoo609

2 жыл бұрын

@@captainkenzie6873 ahhh double negative …

@johannesziaether3916

2 жыл бұрын

@@captainkenzie6873 Britain are great now because all the crimes they did in the past lol But hey I'm not shaming you because now most people are good and have nothing to do with what their ancestors did

British museum ❌ Looters treasury ✅

The museum should be called the Raiders of the British Empire

Imagine having to travel to the other side of the world just to see a part of your own culture

@finnian3931

2 жыл бұрын

I thank the brits for preserving them, for most of my culture has been lost due to japanese occupation.

@siahenderson1490

2 жыл бұрын

@@finnian3931 you sound like you're suffering from Stockholm

@TheOfficalYeah.

2 жыл бұрын

I think that all the colonial powers should have to give back everything they stole from the people who where affected by this including the 45 trillion usd that uk stole from india!

@atyanthdutt6632

2 жыл бұрын

@@finnian3931 You need a psychologist

@bgggsht

2 жыл бұрын

Even worse, it's London 😰

"The sun never sets in the British Empire coz even god doesn't trust the British in the dark" - sashi tharoor

@robespierre466

2 жыл бұрын

Actually that a Spanish phrase so they stole that's too

@vijaykoul5147

2 жыл бұрын

@@robespierre466 it's not stolen it was mentioned by an indian in the debate over what Britishers did to india and its wealth.

@pend0825

2 жыл бұрын

U stole that from another comment

@pol_dat_boi459

2 жыл бұрын

@@vijaykoul5147 That phrase was first used by the Spanish.

@mrcool2107

2 жыл бұрын

Even india is bad

I recently learned about this in college. Because of how they removed them it’s most likely we won’t ever figure out what exactly they say or at least in what order. Really sad

This is so recent, 100 years ago. People were so mean and they called themselves civilized.

So basically the Indiana Jones series is about the greatest thief of all time.

@KCJbomberFTW

3 жыл бұрын

Not as bad as Taiwan

@Eddieyang69

3 жыл бұрын

“That belongs in a museum”

@xoltd69

3 жыл бұрын

always has been

@MalleeMate

3 жыл бұрын

Hate to hear it, but yes

@user-sf2if2df4n

3 жыл бұрын

@@KCJbomberFTW Taiwan actually saved those artifacts by stealing them, a weird twist of history.

Other countries: yes I have made this thing British: "our" thing

@tanvirbinlokman1476

3 жыл бұрын

Omg,i am dying

@ElGrandoCaymano

3 жыл бұрын

Did they really make it? Or does it date from a previous civilisation?

@ElGrandoCaymano

3 жыл бұрын

​@QE ornotQE I see what you mean! Yes, all made by earthlings! Alien civilizations were not involved in the creation of the Pyramids, Easter Island heads or Nazca lines.

@mcoates3649

3 жыл бұрын

“Oh don’t worry, maybe I’ll let you borrow back this item that I stole from you. Aren’t I generous?”

@majeedmamah7457

3 жыл бұрын

Comrade

Sadly, these items are probably safer in the hands of the british museum

When prof. Chika speaks I really feel him !

They came, they saw, they stole.

@WhatAreFingers

3 жыл бұрын

they conquered

@kolyxix

3 жыл бұрын

@@WhatAreFingers no, "they divided and conquer"

@chev3569

3 жыл бұрын

@@kolyxix that how they conquered

@urchhyy1253

3 жыл бұрын

@@chev3569 yep, they split india into 2 countries. India and Pakistan, ruining the entire country and creating more conflict.

@transparentguy9096

3 жыл бұрын

"Description of a thief"

"The sun doesn't set in the British empire because even god doesn't trust the British in the dark"

@thegreatafrican3367

3 жыл бұрын

Oh it's about to set

@fathy9787

3 жыл бұрын

so God trusted british in the light instead? that's nice

@kevinloftus4857

3 жыл бұрын

@Your Majesty, I'm British.

@akhileshap9439

3 жыл бұрын

That's hilarious.

@SK-ix8td

3 жыл бұрын

Wow, this line...

Well, other countries aren't exactly known for preserving theirs

All in all, the British just had a knack for collecting national treasures from people of countries they deemed as ‘not worthy’ of these artifacts. So British of them 🙄

Land: *exists* The British: Hippity hoppity this is my property

@tcw_6609

3 жыл бұрын

Oo ah up the ra

@averageGoat_meh_eh_eh_eh

3 жыл бұрын

How about you go after the CCP who are doing that at this very second?

@santhoshsridhar5887

3 жыл бұрын

@@averageGoat_meh_eh_eh_eh don't you think we are?

@barnythepurpledinosaur9689

3 жыл бұрын

@@averageGoat_meh_eh_eh_eh because, it was apart of China since the ancient times, but they only lost it due to wars and unfair treaties

@averageGoat_meh_eh_eh_eh

3 жыл бұрын

@@barnythepurpledinosaur9689 you don't get to destroy your own cultural heritage, through your pitiful "great leap forward", and then claim land that once belonged to a dynasty that has no relation to the cess pool that is the ccp.

If our "Taj Mahal" was movable, they would've shifted it to London.

@oscarosullivan4513

2 жыл бұрын

Britishers?

@usernever2739

2 жыл бұрын

😐

@mablehavaji89

2 жыл бұрын

@@oscarosullivan4513 yeah thats what indians call the british

@junaidquadri8678

2 жыл бұрын

they took the jewel from there

@bereal-dz8de

2 жыл бұрын

Kohinoor yea

However, it is also true if they have not kept them, they may have been destroyed.

Greece is calling, it wants it's statues back

The british museum to greece : we can't return the marbles of the parthenon to you because you don't have a museum to display them in Greece: *builds the acropolis museum * The british museum: ok yes BUT-

@thedstorm8922

3 жыл бұрын

Same thing with Egypt they built the biggest museum in the world

@martinmcnulty8155

3 жыл бұрын

If they thought the Greeks would return them they would no doubt regularly lend them to them...

@frostedcherrypie5440

3 жыл бұрын

@@martinmcnulty8155 why should greece return them?

@martinmcnulty8155

3 жыл бұрын

@@frostedcherrypie5440 Why should the British museum lend them to them? And I won't go in to the argument of Britain buying them from their legal owners at the time...

@frostedcherrypie5440

3 жыл бұрын

@@martinmcnulty8155does having parts of a singular temple scattered all around the globe make sense to you? They were stolen not legally bought

How many conflicts you wanna create? British history: yes

@Bacony_Cakes

3 жыл бұрын

HMMM I THINK WE CAN USE A STRAIGHT LINE TO CREATE A SINGLE COUNTRY OUT OF THESE MULTIPLE CONFLICTING GROUPS WE OWN

@abhirajarora7631

3 жыл бұрын

@@naur6972 Did you steal some artifacts or loot the entire continent of Asia?

@dhegadheer2600

3 жыл бұрын

What you looking at r u fr ? They killed the people they stole from did u even watched the video

@rob141

3 жыл бұрын

Interesting fact. America is stolen land

@3506Dodge

3 жыл бұрын

How many nations you wanna create? British History: 43

mental penjajahnya gak akan pernah hilang

I am African and let me tell you something about these objects ; These objects would’ve ended up in the same museums today anyway had any African found them , they would’ve sold them to the best offering price . So let’s not pretend that we would’ve kept them in our museums back then when we didn’t even have a piece of bread let alone museums. Respectfully.

@jbrown2037

10 сағат бұрын

And you honestly believe that?

"The British Museum is full of stolen artifacts" *Every sixty seconds in Africa, a minute passes*

@Joshisepic2222

3 жыл бұрын

But that minute belongs to the British

@isaaccervantesgarcia

3 жыл бұрын

Ah, yes.

@WrenchedAdvice

3 жыл бұрын

Should have done a better job protecting them I guess, it’s not like that’s a common theme throughout the entirety of human history

@Queengalexxi

3 жыл бұрын

@@WrenchedAdvice exactly its only the British how poor and low can you be to even go out and take what's not yours? Sadly enough you say my ancestors should have protected their OWN artifacts in their OWN land..smh. some ppl WILL NEVER get it

@WrenchedAdvice

3 жыл бұрын

@@Queengalexxi Why do you lot forget forget that humanity as always been like that, even African Empires conquered and took other people's stuff, the Zulus were far more brutal to other Africans than the British Empire ever was

Imagine if thousands of years ago someone stole the English crown and sceptre and put it in their museum and refused to give it up, poms would probably be livid.

@Panda-24

2 жыл бұрын

Let's do that.🤣

@w_ldan

2 жыл бұрын

They'll do anything to get it back, heck probably even start a war or something.

@bananaboiii9965

2 жыл бұрын

jokes on you, the diamond that adorns it was from India anyway!

@shivam_nagar69

2 жыл бұрын

lol it is from India😂😂

@friction5001

2 жыл бұрын

They would wage war for it 😂

The British museum is full of many protected and preserved artifacts. Fixed your title to make it more accurate.

@FraudVonSchitzypants

11 ай бұрын

The British museum is full of many protected and preserved artifacts stolen by the British criminals. How about that?

@rankepicdino8194

9 ай бұрын

@@FraudVonSchitzypants We didn't steal them, they drifted safely into our hands

Bro I'm an Egyptian I can bet you the only reason they didn't steal the pyramids is because their too heavy

@davidrichards8793

Жыл бұрын

I’m sure that they didn’t steal the Parthenon for the same reason.

@cosmicgigachad9289

Жыл бұрын

@@davidrichards8793 I'm surprised they didn't steal our ancient kings coffins and perserved bodies

@oceanthing9901

Жыл бұрын

No no no, your peoples would’ve destroyed all of those for being “Non-Islamic;” the preservation of the Rosetta Stone was most likely attributed to European ownership. Heck, even Egyptian-Muslims tried destroying the Great Pyramids but realized it was too much effort and couldn’t.

@davidrichards8793

Жыл бұрын

@@oceanthing9901 Source?

@weom1536

Жыл бұрын

@@davidrichards8793 Egypt only wanted the stone back once the British deciphered it.

When I visited Taj Mahal, all the engraved precious stones were missing, some of it were stolen by the locals, but most of it is in British museum.

@beautiful_sky111

2 жыл бұрын

If Britishers could they would have taken uprooted whole tajmahal as such and taken it to the London. if it was possible

@kkesarr

2 жыл бұрын

no, no they didnt

@kkesarr

2 жыл бұрын

@MsMissyand you get to decide what did and didn't happen?

@henry6591

2 жыл бұрын

@@kkesarr and you can apparently?

@jacobhenley8326

2 жыл бұрын

At least it’s the stones are in a place where people can see them rather them being sold on the black market.

so basically when the rich people steal something its not illegal and they aren't punished for their action.

@izmirs.

3 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately yes

@CEO_Of_Racism-fk3qv

3 жыл бұрын

there is a name for that its called capitalism

@alisonlopez4445

3 жыл бұрын

rich *white people

@thekhans2823

3 жыл бұрын

@ Alison Lopez , ?

@thibautnarme6402

3 жыл бұрын

Legality is only for those who don't have the power to make their own laws...

Like it or not, a lot of the cultures where these items were taken from didn't place a lot of value on those pieces, themselves. The locals were too busy surviving; they took it "for granted"; the (somewhat moer advanced) society of Victorian Britain took a greater interest in cultural heritgaes. (Because they "could afford" that type of "kuxury." Now, about 100 years later, when other cultures "caught up" / realized their artifacts are valued by others, now they want these items repatriated. For obvious reasons.

Do you know why pyramids were located in egybt ? Because they were too heavy to carry to the British museum

Everyone: why do you have so many artifacts? British museum: the secret ingredient is crime.

@rickbear7249

3 жыл бұрын

The so-called "British" Museum even steals artefacts from other parts of the United Kingdom. Whenever an important find is made anywhere in the UK, it automatically ends up in the storerooms of the British Museum. They have so avariciously grabbed anything and everything that they couldn't possibly display all of "their" artefacts if they began rolling displays for the next 1,000 years! This culture of "grabbing" anything and everything must end!

@monzorella1

3 жыл бұрын

Facts

@mswijn

3 жыл бұрын

@@rickbear7249 shouldve been called "the grinch's museum"

@GrungeIsN0tDead

3 жыл бұрын

Super Hans

@TheDennys21

3 жыл бұрын

@Charles conquest is theft so i'm not really sure what you're trying to prove here buddy...

The British Were Basically Like My 5 Year Old Nephew When He Visits My House.

@bastiantabaresdenim3141

2 жыл бұрын

LOL

@geetanshupreti4625

2 жыл бұрын

I still remember my limited edition meta Pikachu 😢

@journalsfromdavid

2 жыл бұрын

@@geetanshupreti4625 Nerd 😒

@samanthanope3296

2 жыл бұрын

He terrorizes everything and takes anything he pleases when he leave? 😂

@ShubhajitRoy

2 жыл бұрын

LOL🤣🤣

Giving back cultural artifacts is a must, but having the proper structure to preserve them and making them easy for other cultures to see them and learn their rich history is also a must. Sadly this second part seems to fail too

These stolen artifacts should all be returned to its origins. It's just a disgrace to showcase these in a museum by the people who stole it. Shows the low humanity can get.

Can we have our history back? British: But we are still looking at it

@Parsons360

3 жыл бұрын

If it was rightly purchased then no :)

@MrBronBeast

3 жыл бұрын

hahaha James Acaster

@tbz1551

3 жыл бұрын

At least credit Acaster sheesh...joke thief. The irony is palpable, at least the museum has a plaque telling you where it came from.

@DjAdam16

3 жыл бұрын

And who is "we" exactly ? ...

@thetruth9803

3 жыл бұрын

jokes are told to be retold, thats the beauty of jokes. Unless you are a professional comedian that charges people money to see an original program there is nothing wrong with "stealing jokes". Plus I wasnt even aware at the time of writing where I heard it before. But just so you can put your internet handcuffs away TBZ, yes it was james acaster that I got it from.

It’s so funny how British people still somehow find a way to justify this. So funny

@priestofronaldalt

2 жыл бұрын

Conquering is the 1 claim to fame that the British have without that history what are they? Funny sounding people who live on a cold, wet, miserable rock? Who knows, maybe they still keep them for attention?

@priestofronaldalt

2 жыл бұрын

@@louduva9849 if you like my tears, then you will definitely like my Bergers!

@priestofronaldalt

2 жыл бұрын

@@Raifesllangley that's what I'm saying! The British have achieved some genuinely great things! The industrial revolution, the technology's you mentioned, the first modern radar system, and so much more! So why do they only show off the parts the half the world hates?

@sathyansundar

2 жыл бұрын

@@louduva9849 Because you never learnt another set of a dialogue with your royal @$$ licking loyalty. So stop gloating ciint,,, Besides you know how many words you borrowed from other languages & dialects like a beggar tailoring . The priest was genuinely trying to correct you...

@Raifesllangley

2 жыл бұрын

@@priestofronaldalt we're really not proud of colonialism anymore, we were around 50 years ago true but in modern Britain its much more of a black mark against our history. Most young people are appalled by it.

"These items may be artificats or little trinkets to you people but to us they represent our history and culture a part of that we were robbed"

There is my great grandfather's underwear. He washed it and kept outside to dry. And gone.

@ishasiddiqui7255

2 ай бұрын

😅😂

the fact that an *Egyptian* museum exists in Berlin solely because of stolen artifacts just makes me wonder how many museums Egypt could open if they get their artifacts, from all over the world, back.

@darookmezd

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah... They could open as many museums as they want and break apart world's heritage with unprofessional practices. But good that those artifacts are kept safe in Germany for now.

@ElGrandoCaymano

3 жыл бұрын

Most of the Egyptian stuff was actually stolen by local people from the tombs, temples and graves. Why do you think the stuff Berlin has is stolen? The archaeologists had permits and were only allowed to take a portion of the finds out, hence why the King Tut mask is in Egypt rather than at Downton Abbey.

@SV-tz8do

3 жыл бұрын

@@ElGrandoCaymano First of all tutankhamun is not a king. Downton abbey is a drama not a place and again, the artifacts were stolen from Egypt. Putting in a musem doesn't justify stealth.

@ElGrandoCaymano

3 жыл бұрын

@@SV-tz8do King Tut's not a king? And Downton Abbey had no role? You've obviously never been there or else you seriously misunderstand satire...

@SV-tz8do

3 жыл бұрын

@@ElGrandoCaymano tutankhamun was a pharaoh not a king, two different titles. Downton abbey is a drama, not a real place. Maybe your refering to the real estate that inspired Downton abbey where the funding for the search of the mask came, but what does that have to do with satire exactly?

'If looting is an art: Britain is a Picasso...' 😆

@subliminaljuggernaut7278

3 жыл бұрын

are you indian?

@ricksanchez1472

3 жыл бұрын

I think they actually have a Picasso in their!

@wisdomelves5838

3 жыл бұрын

@@subliminaljuggernaut7278 he's a Malaysian. And many of our artefacts were stolen too. And we have to pay to British Museum if we want them back. And the biggest challenges is money of course because for a rapidly developing country Malaysia have other needs for her people too apart from getting back our native ancestors artefacts. Such a sad situation.

@Joe-nm2lm

3 жыл бұрын

@@wisdomelves5838 aww too bad😂 our stuff now.

@Joe-nm2lm

3 жыл бұрын

@@na8094 we don't care, cry all you want.

There are pros and cons on stolen artifact in the UK Museum.

That's why they say "Long Live British monarch" because all treasure are looted from their permission !

Disputed ownership" is a typically British way of saying something is stolen. And as John Oliver once said: "The British Museum is basically an active crime scene".

@lizfair5157

2 жыл бұрын

I agree

You call it a museum in Britain, We call it Chor-Bazar here in India....👍👍👍

@prashantyerpude5674

3 жыл бұрын

Why don't you have likes ? :v

@ApurvaGParanjape

2 жыл бұрын

Hahahhaha perfect 😂

@adityaaggarwal6735

2 жыл бұрын

Bilkul sahi kaha bhai

@tanvi3

2 жыл бұрын

Hahaha, good one

@klrstDOTA

2 жыл бұрын

I'm not Indian but I understand it and you did a good one on them XD

Egypt is too unstable to house such significant artifacts

Three of Cambodia lost antiquities were stored in the storage room of the British museum and was recently signed it off back to us, but in condition of only returning after 3 years of displaying there. We're slowly restoring our precious treasure back together again, piece by piece, and I’m very relieved by that.

British took the Ariana Grande song too seriously. "I see it, I like it, I want it, I got it!"

@shyamlal6730

3 жыл бұрын

But for free !

@nehathejedi4962

3 жыл бұрын

@@shyamlal6730 Lol yeah

@oscarosullivan4513

2 жыл бұрын

War isn’t free

@user-yf4tj8wy5y

2 жыл бұрын

Bruh copied comment

@pikachuthunderbolt3919

2 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

The British didn't just loot national treasures, some were also destroyed such as the Singapore Stone which had centuries old Javanese or Sanskrit inscription.

@mikerazor8246

Жыл бұрын

the british also destroyed the parthenon in athens, elgin stole the parthenon marbles and he also damaged part of the erechtheion so he can stole one of the original maiden statutes.

@aolson1111

Жыл бұрын

@@mikerazor8246 You're a liar. The Ottomans destroyed the Parthenon.

@eduardochavacano

Жыл бұрын

Singapore Stone sounds like something from a fiction novel written by an 8 year old Filipino.

@sirgo0se97

Жыл бұрын

Yeah the Parthenon information is incorrect, it was seen of little value by the Ottomans and actually damaged during a conflict with them and the Venetians, so this nobleman went through this long ordeal to acquire the pieces in order to spare them from the long period of dereliction that had occurred under the Ottomans

@kagurahonda

Жыл бұрын

The slab was blown up in 1843 during British colonial rule to clear and widen the passageway at the river mouth to make space for a fort and the quarters of its commander D.H. Stevenson. The Stone, now displayed at the National Museum of Singapore, was designated by the museum as one of 11 National Treasures of Singapore in January 2006,

Even the british queen use stolen diamond in her crown.

@POPE_FRANC1S

9 ай бұрын

It wasn't stolen

when you walk through there you really realize who ruled the wold.

@makellasafe

Жыл бұрын

Blacks

@bellabrieeee

Жыл бұрын

The nations the europeans looted

@turkye6739

Жыл бұрын

@@makellasafe blacks ruled mudhuts in sub-saharan Africa

@amazinggrapes3045

3 ай бұрын

The British, considering they collected these spoils of war and all the other countries can do it seems is beg for them back

Half the world: "You stole our artifacts!" British Museum: "oh no! Anyway."

@freeplex589

3 жыл бұрын

Britain didn’t steal anything

@joeym5243

3 жыл бұрын

@@freeplex589 mhmm. And I suppose the french never surrendered?

@deepspace385

3 жыл бұрын

@@freeplex589 and the sky is purple

@freeplex589

3 жыл бұрын

@@deepspace385 stop spreading lies Britain didn’t steal anything

@freeplex589

3 жыл бұрын

@@joeym5243 france has won the most victories ever. Look at napoleon

‘LENDING the bronze statues to the nigerians’ whew that sentence had me heated asf

@ElGrandoCaymano

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, one would think the country of Benin would have a better claim to the Benin bronzes than Nigeria.

@jackvan3997

3 жыл бұрын

@@ElGrandoCaymano the Benin kingdom where the artifacts were stolen from is in present day Nigeria, not to be mistaken with Benin republic a country that neighbours Nigeria.

@iutlu

3 жыл бұрын

i would be like... yeah lend them to us... we will return them cough cough

@bradavon

3 жыл бұрын

Where would they end up though? A rich man's private collection? Possibly, possibly not.

@RockmanYoshi

3 жыл бұрын

​@@ElGrandoCaymano Modern day Benin isn't actually the same Benin. What we know today as Benin used to be called Dahomey, while the historical Benin was in Southwest Nigeria.

When you visit British museum you will feel like home no matter where you came from

So is the Louvre, you know. the most visited museum in the world, but no one ever wants to have that conversation….

I visited The Egyptian Museum in 2019. I saw the Rosetta stone there and I was thrilled when I saw it. Then it felt weird that such an important piece was being mostly ignored by everyone and not well displayed... Then the guide told me of course it was a replica 😞 Same happened when I visited Athens in the Acropolis museum. It was like a joke that I had with my husband... Ah! Let me guess, the piece is in the British Museum, of course!

@namessteeth9818

2 жыл бұрын

I don't think there is one real artifact in Egypt.

@princessmanitari4993

2 жыл бұрын

@@namessteeth9818 the pyramids. That's it i think

@Redorgreenful

2 жыл бұрын

😔

@SA2004YG

2 жыл бұрын

The locals didn't care about that history at that time and most of those artifacts would of ended up in private collections. At least now the common people have a chance to see them

@sarasaeed6349

2 жыл бұрын

@@SA2004YG who gets decide that?