Comic 392 - The "Elgin Marbles" Situation
31st Jan 2019, 12:00 AM in Raiders of the Lost Apple
The "Elgin Marbles" Situation
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Microraptor 31st Jan 2019, 12:00 AM edit delete
Microraptor
The Elgin Marbles are marble sculptures that in the early 19th century where removed from the Parthenon in Greece by the Earl of Elgin (no, not that Elgin). They ended up in the British Museum, where they are to this day. This is seen as a notorious case of possible art theft - not just from the perspective of modern day ethics, but also because it's questionable if Elgin's permit he claimed to have from the Osman Empire was actually legit.
Being of partly non-European ancestry, Kanny is quite aware of such issues which are sorta related to colonialism. Furthermore she herself has a certain reputation to loose within the archeological community.
Also, I am sure that the real Greek ministry of culture is decidedly less laissez faire about giving out excavation permits to foreigners than I portrayed here. That's why Kanny thinks it's rather unusual after all. (And it has plot relevance of course!)

That panel with Wildebees as pilot kinda reminds me of Michelle Rodriguez' role in Avatar... She would also be a fitting actress for portraying Wildebees in live-action...
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lirvilas 31st Jan 2019, 9:42 AM edit delete reply
lirvilas
Last time I checked, the nation of Greece was so messed up that they'd probably be cool with any sort of excavation so long as those interested made sizable donations to their local/provincial/national "operations budgets".
Microraptor 31st Jan 2019, 11:08 PM edit delete reply
Microraptor
Yeah OK, if it boils down to rendering the government coffers of Greece a little bit less empty, ToyCo was certainly able to work out a deal here...
Taily 2nd Feb 2019, 8:15 AM edit delete reply
Taily
Oh! I learned about the Elgin Marbles in a college Archaeology class! Very frustrating story.

Also I hope that Tarik and Babette are having fun~!
Microraptor 2nd Feb 2019, 10:09 PM edit delete reply
Microraptor
Tarik and Babette are picking up where they left off the last time they saw each other! ;-D
AmeliaP 8th Feb 2019, 3:47 AM edit delete reply
AmeliaP
Suspicious XD
Microraptor 8th Feb 2019, 3:55 AM edit delete reply
Microraptor
Yes, indeed!

("Try your luck"? Hmmm... Why would they say something like that...?)
JammyTheBirb 26th Feb 2019, 8:16 AM edit delete reply
JammyTheBirb
Hah wow! I really wasn't expecting that, after Tarik just put his foot in it!
Microraptor 27th Feb 2019, 1:40 AM edit delete reply
Microraptor
Sure, their conversation didn't start that well earlier, but after that they had the whole flight to reconcile... ;-)
eekee 11th Apr 2020, 11:02 AM edit delete reply
eekee
Come on Soren, we've heard you talking about Ms Wildebees.

Her name scares me, by the way.
Microraptor 12th Apr 2020, 2:57 AM edit delete reply
Microraptor
So, you think he has the hots for her? ;-)

Her name is the Afrikaans word for... well, wildebeest. So, if one considers those animals scary...
eekee 14th Apr 2020, 7:31 PM edit delete reply
eekee
Eh, maybe. XD

Oh the terrifying gnu! Not really. I guess I was in a nervous mood the other day, because I wanted to read her name as "Wild bees", but wild bees aren't really all that scary either.
Microraptor 14th Apr 2020, 10:07 PM edit delete reply
Microraptor
Well, for people who are allergic to bee stings, I'd guess bees are quite scary.
Also, there are the bee hybrids known as Africanized bees, which are notorious for their increased aggressiveness...
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