3 times the British Museum didn’t return looted artefacts

Yes they should be returned.

Thieving British Establishment ,makes me ashamed !! I'm so glad I'm Scottish

I’ve never been so proud of my country

I’ve never been so proud of my country

For us Mexicanos is the penacho of Moctezuma.......

Elgin didn’t steal anything he purchased them to save them as locals where breaking down the monuments to get lime etc out of them. Elgin paid a kings ransom for them. So jog on

Surely it’s better they are kept in a museum not just in Britain but anywhere in the world, than just left to turn to dust. Britain (and other western countries that have exhibits) actively invite students from around the world to view and research them. There’s no admission for any nationality to enter and enjoy them in Britain. Easter island, Greece, Nigeria, you’ve seen the state of the sights they were taken from. Surely better off displayed, preserved, studied and enjoyed than left in the dirt.

you snooze you lose.

The British empire nothing but thieves and scumbags

“One of its famous monolith” no it doesn’t belong to Britain, one of *Easter Island’s famous monoliths

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Okay so our empire took ALOT of stuff and sites like Brut and Vice are just thriving off anything slightly out of line with Britain as they have a left wing agenda which is fine. But let me ask you this. Would these countries who want there stones back still be begging if we gave there stones back and took away the MILLIONS in foreign aid we give each year that doesn’t even see the poor people in those countries it just goes straight to the government. Fuck off

Yeah but like it or not stealing things is part of our history hence why stolen artefacts are on display in our museums.

They belong to us now! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Well said. People should look into the history of the artefacts before getting on their soapbox.

What would you expect from the UK? The biggest terrorists in history

Foreigners think we looted their artefacts and displayed them in our museums to represent their history, when in actuality they're displayed to represent the proud British tradition of assuming that everything is ours unless it has a foreign flag bolted to it. It's our culture, you can't have it back.

Classic British taking things that doesn’t belong to them

cultural siphoning at its finest🤷🏼‍♀️

Finders keepers losers beg and cry haha