Hello there, and welcome to a topic we hadn't dealt with in quite some time: culture, heritage, history and arts.
Many of you will be familiar with this situation: going to a museum in the UK, in France, in Spain, and walking around a section of Egyptian art. Or Greek. Or Persian. And the pieces on display are not minor: you will see in the video that some of the most representative works of art of certain civilizations are to be found in museums thousands of kilometres away from their land of origin.
This video is just a brief report, but it sums up many of the arguments in favour of and against showcasing foreign cultural heritage in museums. It has captions but they're not accurate at all and they're likely to confuse you.
Time for some questions, with their key here:
On display in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo: the tomb of Tutankhamon, and one of the _________________ artefacts in the ancient world: the Rosetta Stone.
How the Rosetta Stone ended up in Britain is a tale of imperialist _____________ : the French discovered it in 1799, and when they _______________ the British in 1801, they gave them the stone.
The reporter suggests there is an argument to be made that the stone is in __________________ in the British Museum, and that people from all over the world can see it there. The reply is simple: that's true, but it's not at home, and Egypt __________________ .
Turkey has demanded the return of antiquities, and threatened to withhold the loan of artwork to those museums until __________________ .
Museums return pieces of art when there are grounds for their __________________ , or when a court forces them to. The St Louis Museum of Art is being __________________ for the return of an Egyptian mask.
When works of art have been taken legally, they are great __________________ for their countries of origin.
In Greece they wonder who is authorized to __________________ a monument.
They display classical sculptures. The __________________ have been replaced with copies of the originals, the __________________ are in the British Museum.
It's difficult to decide how legitimate these claims are, because it isn't always clear whether something was __________________ .
The case of recently acquired pieces is different from that of pieces that have remained abroad for a long time, in that the latter have become __________________ of the countries they are currently in.
Security at the museums is also an issue. The Egyptian Museum, for example, was __________________ three years ago, and a human shield was the only thing that prevented a further __________________ .
It is argued that unstable governments are more likely to __________________ art repatriation.
What seems to be just bitter custody battles could __________________ more cultural exchange. In Greece the claim is becoming an opportunity for collaboration and sending more pieces to the British Museum for __________________ .
In Dallas, they're borrowing pieces from Italy and Turkey in __________________ of their return of pieces to them.
The looting of the Egyptian Museum is something that we witnessed here some time ago in one of our most popular posts.
"If something's been somewhere long enough it should stay there". Do you agree?
Many of you will be familiar with this situation: going to a museum in the UK, in France, in Spain, and walking around a section of Egyptian art. Or Greek. Or Persian. And the pieces on display are not minor: you will see in the video that some of the most representative works of art of certain civilizations are to be found in museums thousands of kilometres away from their land of origin.
This video is just a brief report, but it sums up many of the arguments in favour of and against showcasing foreign cultural heritage in museums. It has captions but they're not accurate at all and they're likely to confuse you.
Time for some questions, with their key here:
On display in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo: the tomb of Tutankhamon, and one of the _________________ artefacts in the ancient world: the Rosetta Stone.
How the Rosetta Stone ended up in Britain is a tale of imperialist _____________ : the French discovered it in 1799, and when they _______________ the British in 1801, they gave them the stone.
The reporter suggests there is an argument to be made that the stone is in __________________ in the British Museum, and that people from all over the world can see it there. The reply is simple: that's true, but it's not at home, and Egypt __________________ .
Turkey has demanded the return of antiquities, and threatened to withhold the loan of artwork to those museums until __________________ .
Museums return pieces of art when there are grounds for their __________________ , or when a court forces them to. The St Louis Museum of Art is being __________________ for the return of an Egyptian mask.
When works of art have been taken legally, they are great __________________ for their countries of origin.
In Greece they wonder who is authorized to __________________ a monument.
They display classical sculptures. The __________________ have been replaced with copies of the originals, the __________________ are in the British Museum.
It's difficult to decide how legitimate these claims are, because it isn't always clear whether something was __________________ .
The case of recently acquired pieces is different from that of pieces that have remained abroad for a long time, in that the latter have become __________________ of the countries they are currently in.
Security at the museums is also an issue. The Egyptian Museum, for example, was __________________ three years ago, and a human shield was the only thing that prevented a further __________________ .
It is argued that unstable governments are more likely to __________________ art repatriation.
What seems to be just bitter custody battles could __________________ more cultural exchange. In Greece the claim is becoming an opportunity for collaboration and sending more pieces to the British Museum for __________________ .
In Dallas, they're borrowing pieces from Italy and Turkey in __________________ of their return of pieces to them.
The looting of the Egyptian Museum is something that we witnessed here some time ago in one of our most popular posts.
"If something's been somewhere long enough it should stay there". Do you agree?
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I've found another quite similar you published in 2012, it was about Afghanistan.
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http://bri.mu/swNDFx
You're right, Encarna, that one was a delight to prepare. The one that sprang to mind was the one about Egypt, but there was the one about Afghanistan treasures, too! This is the link to the activity: http://videoactivities.blogspot.com.es/2012/01/treasures-of-afghanistan.html
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