The “Elgin” Marbles and the Rosetta Stone - Repatriation and Justice

Greece may soon come into possession, however temporarily, of the marble friezes taken from the Parthenon in the early 19th century. This got me thinking: how similar is the story of Elgin and the sculptures he loved to the story of the Rosetta Stone? And can the story of the Marbles and their calls for repatriation give us any insight into what should happen to the Stone? TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Intro 01:16 The Rosetta Stone's story 02:57 The Parthenon Marbles' story 08:45 Legality & Property 10:49 Indigenous Artefacts 12:17 Justice 14:56 British "Help" 16:01 Conclusion 21:50 Thanks and Outro Enormous thanks to @LegalKimchi and @hootshootman for lending me their voices. Their work is amazing and you should go subscribe and watch! Further thanks to twitter.com/PraxisDescends for supplying some art for this video. Image attributions link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IGL-P6iEwGgBaacrVgREWP1PbfwJGIHTrUTZn3vFUVw/edit?usp=sharing Intro music: 'Crypto' by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) CC-BY-4.0 Conclusion music: 'Virtutes Instrumenti' by the same, on the same licence. I've done more about the Rosetta Stone. Start here: https://youtu.be/BK7u3kqc8ns Subscribe for more armchair Egyptology! ----- ☥ - https://patreon.com/ArmchairEgypt to support and collaborate 𓏊 - https://ko-fi.com/ArmchairEgypt to make a one-off donation 𓂀 - https://discord.gg/A4JttaK943 to chat and hang out 𓀀 - https://twitter.com/Armchair_Egypt ​to get updates and... memes? ----- Thanks to my backers on Patreon: PHARAOHS Edmund Kyberd and Jo NOMARCH Steph ARCHITECTS Ken Poyner, Michael Bowman, photosynthetic and Thinkcork SCRIBES Carly G, ITU Trash Crew, and Pete ----- Title card design by Lazy Hunny Bee https://twitter.com/LazyHunnyBee Character design by Praxis Descends https://twitter.com/PraxisDescends Intro theme & backing music by Sassyy Dragon https://soundcloud.com/SassyyDragon https://twitch.tv/SassyyDragon Writing by Lucas Justinian (me) Freelance enquiries justinianfreelance@gmail.com ----- All materials herein remain property of their respective owners. Material included is either with permission, by Creative Commons licence, is in the public domain, or falls under fair use. If you think you have copyright on anything used in this video and the above doesn't apply to your work, get in touch by email or DM me on Twitter. We are not a thief, and will only use something if we can prove it's justified.