[blam]

GGG Ping.

Abandoned Ancient Chariots Found In Bulgaria

[weegee]

So what's on your land is not yours. Then it is not your land.

Walter Williams says that the proof of whether you own/control something is if you can sell it. He even extended that to his own organs (which he is prohibited from selling).

[AnAmericanMother]

Talk about your floodgates!

Probably 90% of the stuff in museums worldwide has doubtful provenance, if this is how one defines provenance.

The Elgin Marbles will have to be on the next boat to Greece, not to mention all the stuff in the Louvre . . .

This is a total waste of time. If the Elgin Marbles had stayed in Athens, they would be a puddle of calcium sulphate by now.

[RightWhale]

Very nice bronze piece. Look at the wheel bearings. What kind of grease did they pack those with?

[Herakles]

"Tito Mazzetta, a lawyer in Atlanta, Georgia, whose family came from Monteleone and who has taken up the case, said the Metropolitan Museum had so far refused to return the chariot, although it “has not produced any documentation to prove its legal provenance”."

Note to lawyer; if you don't have a title for the chariot with the correct VIN number on it, it doesn't belong to you.

Jeez, why don't you go sue a tobacco company, or chase an ambulance, or file malpractice suits for a living; that's about all you are good for. (These guys are like pigs looking for truffles.)

[Cacique]

As the old saying goes, possesion is 9/10th of the law. Or to quote Ghenghis Khan on the law of conquest. "You may have what you can take, you may keep what you can hold"

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Blam. These accusations of what was and wasn't stolen, exported illegally, etc, are getting ridiculous, and it reminds me of the No Gun Ri smear.

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