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Re:Caring for the only known full kākāpō feather cloak in th... by PuppyTailWags on Tuesday September 20, 2022 @10:09AM (#32911860)
According to Wikipedia, the Parthenon marbles in Britain has been repeatedly asked (by the Greek government, then by UNESCO itself) to be returned to its original Athens, Greece location. They were literally taken out of Greece by an Earl of England claiming (with no paperwork!) authority from the empire occupying Greece at the time.

There is a literal museum in Greece containing every part that wasn't stolen this way, in their exact original placement, waiting for the stolen pieces to be returned to complete it. And the British are still resistant.

Re:Caring for the only known full kākāpō feather cloak in th... by Chris2048 on Wednesday September 21, 2022 @06:05AM (#32922887)
> from the empire occupying Greece at the time

Does this make it invalid?

For example the Koh-i-Noor diamond passed through many hands, often through conquest. And perhaps the ruler who originally owned it didn't obtain it through entirely fair means.

Re:Caring for the only known full kākāpō feather cloak in th... by PuppyTailWags on Thursday September 22, 2022 @12:36PM (#32941308)
There was no paperwork or anything to actually verify this claim, please note. The guy could've been lying.
Re:Caring for the only known full kākāpō feather cloak in th... by Chris2048 on Thursday September 22, 2022 @03:24PM (#32943493)
maybe, but that was said originally; but if it was verified, what difference would it have made that they where an occupier?