The British Museum is full of stolen artifacts

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  • čas přidán 4. 08. 2020
  • And so far, it isn't giving them back.
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    Some of the world’s greatest cultural and historical treasures are housed in London’s British Museum, and a significant number of them were taken during Britain’s centuries-long imperial rule. In recent years, many of the countries missing their cultural heritage have been asking for some of these items back.
    Benin City in Nigeria is one of those places. They've been calling for the return of the Benin Bronzes, hundreds of artifacts looted in 1897 when British soldiers embarked a punitive expedition to Benin. Many are now housed in the British Museum.
    And it's just the beginning. As the world reckons with the damage inflicted during Europe’s colonial global takeover, the calls for these items to be returned are getting louder and louder.
    To dig deeper into the 1897 Benin Punitive Expedition and the Benin Bronzes check out this book by Staffan Lunden:
    www.academia.edu/28886529/Dis...
    And this article in the Journal of African History by Philip A. Igbafe:
    www.jstor.org/stable/180345?r...
    For more information on the two Benin Bronzes returned by Mark Walker, check out this piece by The Guardian:
    www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2...
    Here are some links to learn more about the other contested items on the British Museum’s “Don’t Miss List” we reference in the video:
    Greece seeks return of Parthenon Marbles amid restoration project
    www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/0...
    Egypt called; it wants its Rosetta Stone back
    www.npr.org/templates/story/s...
    Easter Islanders call for return of statue from British Museum
    www.theguardian.com/culture/2...
    Tajik leader wants treasure from British Museum
    uk.reuters.com/article/uk-taj...
    Lastly, here is an opinion piece by prominent lawyer Geoffrey Robertson arguing why the pieces should be returned:
    www.theguardian.com/world/201...
    And here is another opinion piece by author Tiffany Jenkins arguing why the pieces should stay in Western museums:
    www.theguardian.com/culture/2...
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  • @Mr_DPZ
    @Mr_DPZ Před 2 lety +15865

    You know the old saying, "never ask a woman her age, a man his salary, or a British museum how it got its historical artifacts."

    • @mija1570
      @mija1570 Před 2 lety +83

      lol

    • @Chupa617
      @Chupa617 Před 2 lety +52

      😂

    • @skarverse
      @skarverse Před 2 lety +132

      Wow i never knew the third part thanks for the enlightment 😂😂

    • @get_yo_facts_ryt
      @get_yo_facts_ryt Před 2 lety +63

      And A Student His Marks

    • @TheOfficalYeah.
      @TheOfficalYeah. Před 2 lety +128

      I think that all the colonial powers should have to give back everything they stole from the people who where affected by this including the 45 trillion usd that uk stole from india!'

  • @rohanbanerjee_
    @rohanbanerjee_ Před 3 lety +20981

    Tourists visit this foreign museum to see their own cultural history

    • @eduardosalamanca3808
      @eduardosalamanca3808 Před 3 lety +1797

      No jokes you're literally correct, Egyptians literally visit it just to see the Rosetta stone

    • @andresjrz99
      @andresjrz99 Před 3 lety +308

      It’s much easier for people to visit one museum and appreciate these artifacts, than visiting multiple.

    • @shaswatichakraborty1006
      @shaswatichakraborty1006 Před 3 lety +38

      Yep... You're right...

    • @rohanbanerjee_
      @rohanbanerjee_ Před 3 lety +1010

      @@andresjrz99 ofcourse it is, but would you want to keep a medal of yours (suppose) in a convenient public place rather than at home?

    • @koushikvijayakumar7924
      @koushikvijayakumar7924 Před 3 lety +703

      @@andresjrz99 but it's difficult for everyone in a country to get a visa to uk . Not so easy.

  • @sarabjitkaur7181
    @sarabjitkaur7181 Před rokem +3485

    In India,we often refer to this museum as "Chor bazzar" or "Market of theives"

  • @user-sd6nk5ss1m
    @user-sd6nk5ss1m Před rokem +456

    In honesty,secretly appreciating others artifacts while calling them uncivilized is the most European thing ever

  • @kaijuoncrack6198
    @kaijuoncrack6198 Před 2 lety +10000

    The only reason why the Great Pyramids of Giza are still standing is because it was too big to ship it back to a British Museum

    • @benjaminwilliams41
      @benjaminwilliams41 Před 2 lety +103

      They're not, they're a shadow of their former glory because your ancestors didn't appreciate their heritage and wrecked them.
      "Please give us back our artifacts so we can fail to maintain the properly and lose them to history"

    • @kaijuoncrack6198
      @kaijuoncrack6198 Před 2 lety +413

      @@benjaminwilliams41 r/woooosh

    • @benjaminwilliams41
      @benjaminwilliams41 Před 2 lety +6

      @VVA 11 where are you from?

    • @definitelyaverysensibleperson
      @definitelyaverysensibleperson Před 2 lety +154

      @@benjaminwilliams41 idk, somewhere that isn't England??

    • @cat-le1hf
      @cat-le1hf Před 2 lety +178

      @@benjaminwilliams41 They've been wrecked by Europeans for hundreds of years.

  • @Arafat707
    @Arafat707 Před 3 lety +4321

    ''Most Nigerians will never see them'' that's really heartbreaking.

    • @timothystrong7545
      @timothystrong7545 Před 3 lety +85

      @Joey Two Chins lol you mad

    • @supremediscordmod5744
      @supremediscordmod5744 Před 3 lety +111

      Britain should suffer for its atrocities

    • @supremediscordmod5744
      @supremediscordmod5744 Před 3 lety +48

      They must pay to its former coloinies

    • @tumainitiger4655
      @tumainitiger4655 Před 3 lety +39

      @@supremediscordmod5744 how so? I'm in my 20s, I had nothing to do with anything before the 1980s.

    • @dyaaelabasiry
      @dyaaelabasiry Před 3 lety +136

      @@tumainitiger4655 you are holding our stolen things and you refuse to give it back so you are in a way responsible for this

  • @sl9wdive
    @sl9wdive Před rokem +844

    Someone said "Egypt doesnt know the true value of the stone". Its like breaking into someones house and take things from them because they rarely use it

    • @janeslater8004
      @janeslater8004 Před rokem +30

      No its not the same. The british archarologist are responsible for the eygptian history we now have as they were ones that discovered it tutankhamen tomb and the others and many had been and continue to be vandalised like the sphinx.

    • @tourhet
      @tourhet Před rokem +99

      ​@@janeslater8004 and so with this mentality we should be able to FORCEFULLY take your kidneys to but it in a better use,
      Like saving Selena Gomez or something

    • @tourhet
      @tourhet Před rokem +31

      ​​​@@janeslater8004 the Egyptian history wasn't All discovered by the British. They have their share but the Egyptian history has always been dug out by all nations The Greeks, the French, the Arabs, the Egyptians themselves and even Persians had some share in discovering Egyptian artifacts including the Rosita stone itself which the video mentioned, it wasn't discovered nor studied by the British

    • @tourhet
      @tourhet Před rokem +9

      ​@@janeslater8004 Also unlike alot of ancient nations ancient Egypt wasn't as ambiguous as you can say "most of what we know now" is from that source,
      For example the list of all the kings of Egypt all over the 3,000 years and the 30 dynasties was already known from manuscripts written in koine Greek copies of the list of Manethon, who was an ancient Egyptian priest, that is among a lot of endless other stuff that didn't need to be discovered about ancient Egypt.

    • @_JohnDoe
      @_JohnDoe Před 7 měsíci +4

      "Rarely used" like the Library of Alexandria?

  • @whynugs
    @whynugs Před 4 měsíci +108

    Maybe I can find my lost childhood bicycle there

  • @RomansVault
    @RomansVault Před 3 lety +15682

    "The British Museum is full of stolen artifacts"
    *pretends to be shocked*

    • @sosopwsi829Jjw9
      @sosopwsi829Jjw9 Před 3 lety +39

      Your name is "Roman" Just saying an roman emperor personally owned all of egypt

    • @RomansVault
      @RomansVault Před 3 lety +432

      @@sosopwsi829Jjw9 okaay ...?

    • @user-bm9rk9lp5p
      @user-bm9rk9lp5p Před 3 lety +318

      @@sosopwsi829Jjw9 but did he put egypt in a museum tho hmm

    • @RomansVault
      @RomansVault Před 3 lety +196

      @@richardw6859 how very insightful. thank you for your wise words i guess

    • @orangeyellow9695
      @orangeyellow9695 Před 3 lety +14

      GASP!!

  • @sarah_fides
    @sarah_fides Před 8 měsíci +264

    When anyone tells you that the British Museum should keep the items because it's the best place to preserve them, just remind them that the museum used corrosive chemicals and metal tools in the 30s to "clean" the Parthenon marbles (from all the smog that accumulated on them in London), making them lose much of their original detailing.

    • @pedrozatravel
      @pedrozatravel Před 6 měsíci +30

      Not to mention the methodology used was often destructive. One of the stolen items are lintels 24 and 25 from Yaxchilan, Mexico. The British guy who stole those stones destroyed a whole building that was 3,000 years old to extract those stones from the site.

    • @andrewwilliams3137
      @andrewwilliams3137 Před 3 měsíci +2

      "American archeologist Dorothy King, in a newspaper article, wrote that techniques similar to the ones used in 1937-38 were applied by Greeks as well in more recent decades than the British, and maintained that Italians still find them acceptable*. wiki

    • @andrewwilliams3137
      @andrewwilliams3137 Před 3 měsíci +2

      "The west frieze was largely left intact by Elgin’s workmen, but they did take
      moulds of it; comparison between those and the next set of moulds, taken
      in the early 1870s, shows significant damage to the surfaces, as well as the
      loss of some distinct features, such as heads, which may have been caused
      by the bombardments of 1821 and 1826-7".The Elgin Marbles, Keep, Lend or Return? An analysis by Sir Noel Malcolm 2023.

    • @freddiemedley5580
      @freddiemedley5580 Před 2 měsíci +8

      In the 30's, nearly 90 years ago

    • @saibot7218
      @saibot7218 Před měsícem

      Why should turkey have Parthenon when it was Greek history?

  • @Justin1an
    @Justin1an Před rokem +126

    Rock: 'exist'
    British: that's mine

  • @oscarallen6505
    @oscarallen6505 Před 3 lety +12490

    Imagine robbing someones house and displaying their stolen stuff in your house

    • @tobz4403
      @tobz4403 Před 3 lety +341

      Flex 😎

    • @casinoroyal93
      @casinoroyal93 Před 3 lety +174

      To be honest they are doing a great job at preserving artifcats ( that is what is most important) and until they are public domain the place of storage is not really important

    • @MrTitanRed
      @MrTitanRed Před 3 lety +9

      They should of bought an alarm and won the fight.

    • @johnubal2825
      @johnubal2825 Před 3 lety +121

      @Koolkid The British Museum has done an exceptionally good job at preserving all the artifscts it is home to. Many of these would have ironically been destroyed in their "countries of origin" because many of these artifacts simply were created by people who no longer live in the countries they were created. Many are provocative symbols that pose an affront to the cultures established in the lands which they "should" have been. There is absolutely no doubt that many, if not most, of the artifacts in dispute would have not existed now hadn't they been taken by the English. Paradoxically neither you or I would have ever heard of the Rosetta Stone, or the Parthenon Marbles, among many others if it wasn't for the fact that they were kept, safe and sound, in the British Museum.

    • @magtovi
      @magtovi Před 3 lety +160

      And then telling them that if they behave there may be a slight chance of lending them back some of the stuff for a little while.

  • @devingraves8044
    @devingraves8044 Před 2 lety +8524

    Telling people that you'll lend them the objects you stole from them is such a slap in the face

    • @mydogsteppedona4431
      @mydogsteppedona4431 Před 2 lety +439

      So British indeed.

    • @leojrobison2102
      @leojrobison2102 Před 2 lety +82

      Stole? When you conquer something you own it. At least back then

    • @shudhanshuverma8244
      @shudhanshuverma8244 Před 2 lety +750

      @@leojrobison2102 Still a thief lol

    • @axellfonzie9067
      @axellfonzie9067 Před 2 lety +310

      @@leojrobison2102 So in that logic, if me and my mates trespassing your house, killing your family members, and then enslaving you, it means that your house and everything inside it is legally mine now right?

    • @leojrobison2102
      @leojrobison2102 Před 2 lety +7

      @@axellfonzie9067 Nope

  • @FM-yk1yr
    @FM-yk1yr Před rokem +125

    7:40 “You cannot claim to be an encyclopedic collector of stolen objects.” ☝🏾

  • @babyblue3717
    @babyblue3717 Před 3 měsíci +45

    I'm a brazilian of mixed race, a descendant from the Benin people. Last year, i got a free scholarship on England and managed to visit the British Museum 6 times - which wasnt nearly enough to get to see half of it -, and the moment i saw the Benin bronzes i just. cried. my ancestors, stolen from their land, taken to Brazil as slaves, their beautiful culture stolen and taken to England, and somehow I managed to unite both of these things and get to see them. It was an emotional roller coaster!

    • @BlitzOfTheReich
      @BlitzOfTheReich Před 2 měsíci +3

      who sold you? I am also mixed race and a descendant of Nigerians. I want nothing to do with that part of Africa because they sold my ancestors as slaves to the Spanish and British.

    • @debochando
      @debochando Před 19 dny

      ​@@BlitzOfTheReichwho brought them as slaves to Brazil? Portugal. Who manipulated the tribes in Africa so they would give each other to the colonizers? Also Portugal!

  • @nikolai3620
    @nikolai3620 Před 3 lety +17002

    "Disputed ownership" is a typically British way of saying something is stolen.

    • @nostro1940
      @nostro1940 Před 3 lety +192

      Because no other empire in human history has ever stolen something. The british were just better equipped and that drives u mad

    • @sonicblare
      @sonicblare Před 3 lety +287

      @@nostro1940 Why don't you go on to say that, if not for british these items would have fallen into wrong hands and destroyed. We made the railways.. we gave the world english.. common man..

    • @abhisheksoni2980
      @abhisheksoni2980 Před 3 lety +1221

      @@nostro1940 "we were better equipped thieves" what a strong argument man! I'm sold man.. Please take money from my wallet, too..

    • @nicolasdeandrade849
      @nicolasdeandrade849 Před 3 lety +396

      @@sonicblare So why cannot British Museum return for example Partenon Marbles to Acropolis Museum in Athens?

    • @Elijah-zy6ce
      @Elijah-zy6ce Před 3 lety +378

      Nostro 200 so if we have a fist fight and I win I can go to your house and take any of your valuables that I fancy

  • @meharahmad7534
    @meharahmad7534 Před 2 lety +5683

    "British museum still behaves like a colonial museum"
    That was some line😅

    • @marktn9851
      @marktn9851 Před 2 lety +76

      Proven crimes but the brits never stop making accusation on others to this date.

    • @marktn9851
      @marktn9851 Před 2 lety +85

      @@Shane9251 Right, ISIS n all… a result of colonization n enslaving it’s population for generations, keeping them poor, uneducated, etc. No excuse for poor behaviour!

    • @marktn9851
      @marktn9851 Před 2 lety +18

      @@Shane9251 Vibrant bcoz of trading from China, where true wealth lies till today, explained why the need to contain China for milking…

    • @marktn9851
      @marktn9851 Před 2 lety +5

      @@Shane9251 HK has more freedom than US b4 recent sabotaged episode, abusing those freedom resulting in Beijing’s reaction. They r doing the same towards Taiwan. I don’t promote violence, worse, war. Going to the source is the right way, not beating around the bushes.

    • @marktn9851
      @marktn9851 Před 2 lety +3

      @@Shane9251 HK was nvr a choice. There was a contract. That’s what I meant, beating around the bush.

  • @malasahiii27
    @malasahiii27 Před 6 měsíci +37

    I’m Iraqi and some of our stuff is at the British museum, even tho I might never get to see it face to face and that the British (army, rulers, etc) who divided us are the ones to own it but I’m still glad they have it. I know my government would never be able to take care of anything which is honestly sad

    • @user-yu2cl6xs3p
      @user-yu2cl6xs3p Před 6 měsíci +3

      يي صح مافي تقدير للفن هنا بس السرقه تبقى خطا

    • @benjeffery9958
      @benjeffery9958 Před 5 měsíci +6

      Where you all go wrong in life is by saying the British... we didn't and don't have any say in what our government decide... similar to the people of palestine, they voted in hamas and that doesn't yield great results for them.

    • @malasahiii27
      @malasahiii27 Před 3 měsíci +1

      @@user-yu2cl6xs3p صح والله مع العلم اني اكره الغرب كره ما يعلمه إلا الله

    • @malasahiii27
      @malasahiii27 Před 3 měsíci +3

      @@benjeffery9958 sorry about that I meant it as the British rulers and army (and those who stand with them)

    • @paulofassman5657
      @paulofassman5657 Před 2 měsíci +4

      thanks for being honest, instead of just blaming or whining

  • @malshika99
    @malshika99 Před rokem +445

    As a Sri Lankan it's sad to see our artifacts in British museum 😞 Those artifacts are not just things. It's our heritage. Our history 😢

    • @Therealferm
      @Therealferm Před 9 měsíci +40

      Theyre our history now lol

    • @OCGangsta
      @OCGangsta Před 9 měsíci +24

      Finders keepers

    • @jerryjiang6009
      @jerryjiang6009 Před 9 měsíci

      "Finders keepers" makes you a thief/burglar with a motto@@OCGangsta . It's not anything to be proud of

    • @rankepicdino8194
      @rankepicdino8194 Před 9 měsíci +1

      @@jerryjiang6009 Well the Museum does make Money from donations or from the gift shops

    • @jerryjiang6009
      @jerryjiang6009 Před 9 měsíci +14

      @@rankepicdino8194 Your point is? Objects should belong to the creators unless they were legally and lawfully purchased or inherited. Taking them without consent equals thievery

  • @lynnlittle6278
    @lynnlittle6278 Před 3 lety +39307

    Probably didn't steal the pyramid because it was too heavy

    • @dw7312
      @dw7312 Před 3 lety +1771

      Lol right! But if they were able to move them they would have!

    • @smljnsn65
      @smljnsn65 Před 3 lety +611

      Vector did...

    • @manal5857
      @manal5857 Před 3 lety +880

      Hahahah I’m sure they’ve taken artifacts inside of the pyramid

    • @sidharth1239
      @sidharth1239 Před 3 lety +838

      Same with taj Mahal that was to heavy 😂

    • @rocketfire8416
      @rocketfire8416 Před 3 lety +468

      oh honey but they stole the mummy and its gold case

  • @kp5602
    @kp5602 Před 3 lety +12247

    "The British Museum‚ The only museum that has nothing British"

    • @legalize.brokkoli
      @legalize.brokkoli Před 3 lety +101

      @Indian Atheist Maybe you should educate yourself regarding the history of what is india today, before the british. The prototypical exploitation culture.

    • @kp5602
      @kp5602 Před 3 lety +49

      @Average Soviet Gamer
      Its not

    • @slavenarkaimovski3897
      @slavenarkaimovski3897 Před 3 lety +13

      Their is no 'godess shiva'only godess zhiva,'godess shiva'is missprounantion of slavic name ziva,and the name ziva comes from slavic word zivot=zhee.wot.=life.

    • @whatsgoingon07
      @whatsgoingon07 Před 3 lety +144

      Because they stole everything, from silk to tea

    • @bpdbhp1632
      @bpdbhp1632 Před 3 lety +13

      This sentence doesnt add up. Out of which museums?🤣 i know a ton that dont have anything british

  • @waterman8859
    @waterman8859 Před rokem +264

    I feel so enraged. Our history, our culture, our artifacts and our gemstones being represented as a 'public attraction' after being stolen. Why doesn't anyone speak out about this? All of the countries need their artifacts and pride back.

    • @vastrove7746
      @vastrove7746 Před rokem +13

      Should Germany be given back its historical lands now that the war is over and we're all friends?

    • @waterman8859
      @waterman8859 Před rokem +44

      @@vastrove7746 Germany is a country and artifacts are different from countries. The comparison cannot be made

    • @maitreyeesingh5187
      @maitreyeesingh5187 Před rokem +12

      I’ve been looking and it’s notoriously difficult to find any provenance information on these collections. These sick people don’t even display most of the collection. It’s just sitting in their storage. Sick

    • @janeslater8004
      @janeslater8004 Před rokem

      There is no evidence they were stolen most were traded and there is only a handful that are dubious. The british discovered the eygptian artifacts the eygptians didnt know what they were many had been vandalised and still are. There would be no eygptian history like tutankhaman as it was the british archaelogists that discovered it. Same in crete with minoan but most is still in crete

    • @atomictiger4
      @atomictiger4 Před 9 měsíci +18

      Many of these artifacts won’t even be in one piece in many of these countries, they would simply be sold to the highest bidder or horribly maintained. Furthermore, some of these relics really do have disputed ownership, as many countries can hold claim to it, as history and geography are two different things. Maintaining priceless history comes before all of this.

  • @rsookchand919
    @rsookchand919 Před rokem +19

    Imagine, stealing culturally significant artifacts that complaining about being asked to return it

    • @notrealname8635
      @notrealname8635 Před rokem +2

      Because they’re safer in the museum 😂

    • @Spike-yc5gx
      @Spike-yc5gx Před měsícem

      The artefacts wouldn’t exist without the British custodianship.

  • @purnamishra7309
    @purnamishra7309 Před 3 lety +3795

    " *They Destroyed our Future and stole our past* "

    • @Oynxqt
      @Oynxqt Před 3 lety +65

      I wish this had more likes cause PREACH!!

    • @PIXELvoiz
      @PIXELvoiz Před 3 lety +24

      great word!

    • @caroefron9424
      @caroefron9424 Před 3 lety +3

      TRUE

    • @Gambo517
      @Gambo517 Před 3 lety +13

      Rule Britannia Britannia ruled the waves Britain never never never shall be slaves !!

    • @33sarveshr59
      @33sarveshr59 Před 3 lety +55

      @@Gambo517 they made us slaves.

  • @palaksinghai1781
    @palaksinghai1781 Před 2 lety +5655

    What I understood from the comments is that the British people are proud of their legacy of colonialism. They see nothing wrong with how these articles were acquired. A vast majority still believe that they are superior to other cultures. They think that developing countries can't be trusted with preserving their own heritage. Their mindset is still colonial.

    • @sparks1792
      @sparks1792 Před 2 lety +662

      Exactly it’s so weird that they think this is ok

    • @seminky5341
      @seminky5341 Před 2 lety +54

      Stealing is ok right? But i get your point they cant preserve their own cultural history.

    • @indianman7458
      @indianman7458 Před 2 lety +291

      @Edward Shearmur Promoting Culture is not Colonising India is not better than English in cricket We are nowadays doing good and We were always Rich We were the richest during mughal empire

    • @sokapokvic2514
      @sokapokvic2514 Před 2 lety +88

      Thief generation to next generation.

    • @kiraamv5507
      @kiraamv5507 Před 2 lety +115

      @Edward Shearmur See this is the attitude people have Problem with, The Soo called Royal Family should acknowledge that they were no colonizers, they were just another Brutal Monarchy who left countries in Pieces, The Amount Money stolen By Britain, Thry won't be able to pay back in 100 yrs soo there's no point in that, People just want they stop calling themselves Great, They were just one of worst people May be not as Bad as German or Japanese but that doesn't make them Good

  • @doberman1ism
    @doberman1ism Před 3 měsíci +7

    In 1972 while viewing the British Museum of Art I was astounded at the vast collection of Ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies that were on display. Back then I thought that these pieces should be returned to Egypt

  • @kilburnmarty9525
    @kilburnmarty9525 Před měsícem +2

    However, it is also true if they have not kept them, they may have been destroyed.

  • @YounBryan
    @YounBryan Před 2 lety +12381

    There is a famous traditional tower in South Korea and it used to be surrounded by four stone lions which are represented to protect the tower. However, out of the four, one is missing. And the last time I visited the British museum, it was literally sitting behind a glass pane.

    • @candygirl20048
      @candygirl20048 Před 2 lety +401

      Wow!

    • @prajwalj9024
      @prajwalj9024 Před 2 lety +257

      How did it reach there.

    • @britishvader2438
      @britishvader2438 Před 2 lety +456

      @@prajwalj9024 Its called being a strong country that isnt invaded 😊

    • @prajwalj9024
      @prajwalj9024 Před 2 lety +909

      @@britishvader2438 I meant except japanese colony, no other colonizers were there in Korea. So how did it reach there.

    • @britishvader2438
      @britishvader2438 Před 2 lety +65

      @@prajwalj9024 Korean war?

  • @kaizhou2287
    @kaizhou2287 Před 3 lety +4701

    It’s a solid proof that Britain is not ashamed of its crime history.

    • @captainkenzie6873
      @captainkenzie6873 Před 2 lety +95

      why would we be ashamed we didnt do nothing

    • @UcJWRNkN27ah
      @UcJWRNkN27ah Před 2 lety +948

      @@captainkenzie6873 We didn't do anything either and yet we got pillaged, looted and killed 🤷‍♂️

    • @proletariat3106
      @proletariat3106 Před 2 lety +710

      @@captainkenzie6873 Did you failed history class?

    • @Jyoo609
      @Jyoo609 Před 2 lety +362

      @@captainkenzie6873 ahhh double negative …

    • @johannesziaether3916
      @johannesziaether3916 Před 2 lety +261

      @@captainkenzie6873
      Britain are great now because all the crimes they did in the past lol
      But hey I'm not shaming you because now most people are good and have nothing to do with what their ancestors did

  • @jkw6196
    @jkw6196 Před 8 měsíci +3

    These stolen artifacts should all be returned to its origins. It's just a disgrace to showcase these in a museum by the people who stole it. Shows the low humanity can get.

  • @AnshulYadav-qs2fp
    @AnshulYadav-qs2fp Před 3 měsíci +5

    Britishers says== the British Museum.
    Indian says == Thieves Market 😂

    • @Joshpox
      @Joshpox Před 3 měsíci

      Why would it be a market? We don't sell them, that's what corrupt countries do.

  • @theriam6281
    @theriam6281 Před 3 lety +5364

    As John Oliver once said: "The British Museum is basically an active crime scene"

    • @fardimnazir666
      @fardimnazir666 Před 3 lety +250

      @chris muller Comparing people to artifacts that were forcibly taken from people under oppressive regimes? Great thinking,pal.

    • @fardimnazir666
      @fardimnazir666 Před 3 lety +42

      @Leo Maunsell I couldn't be more clearly talking to that guy

    • @fardimnazir666
      @fardimnazir666 Před 3 lety +41

      @Leo Maunsell I didn't deny you anything in the first place. What are you on about

    • @Ludwig_Perpenhente
      @Ludwig_Perpenhente Před 3 lety +40

      @chris muller so your plan is to bankrupt The British Economy??
      Alrighty then

    • @sonofsea7933
      @sonofsea7933 Před 3 lety +55

      Yes . Even they made their most valuable crown using a stolen diamond from India.

  • @martinjr.s.nalugon6524
    @martinjr.s.nalugon6524 Před 3 lety +2563

    Other countries: yes I have made this thing
    British: "our" thing

    • @tanvirbinlokman1476
      @tanvirbinlokman1476 Před 3 lety +11

      Omg,i am dying

    • @ElGrandoCaymano
      @ElGrandoCaymano Před 3 lety +5

      Did they really make it? Or does it date from a previous civilisation?

    • @ElGrandoCaymano
      @ElGrandoCaymano Před 3 lety +6

      ​@QE ornotQE I see what you mean! Yes, all made by earthlings! Alien civilizations were not involved in the creation of the Pyramids, Easter Island heads or Nazca lines.

    • @mcoates3649
      @mcoates3649 Před 3 lety +33

      “Oh don’t worry, maybe I’ll let you borrow back this item that I stole from you. Aren’t I generous?”

    • @majeedmamah7457
      @majeedmamah7457 Před 3 lety +1

      Comrade

  • @krstensky3729
    @krstensky3729 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Summer 2023 update: now a bit less full

  • @tru_710
    @tru_710 Před rokem +41

    I believe California had recently just returned a bunch of museum artifacts that were stolen from different places. The British museums should do the same thing and return what they stole.

    • @JustinHH22
      @JustinHH22 Před rokem

      Will the US return stolen land to the natives?

    • @tru_710
      @tru_710 Před rokem

      @@JustinHH22 Nobody out here speaks face to face unless they're lying and acting. They won't even talk about the secret microchip implants. They're trying to own the thoughts in our heads now.

    • @harummelur860
      @harummelur860 Před rokem +2

      Netherland too

    • @grilledflatbread4692
      @grilledflatbread4692 Před 11 měsíci +5

      the brits are still bitter they had to return the land, you're asking for too much

    • @hugobossman1509
      @hugobossman1509 Před 9 měsíci +3

      @@grilledflatbread4692 Are we? I don't think anyone in the UK cares.

  • @zerochocolatemilk
    @zerochocolatemilk Před 3 lety +6796

    one of the weirdest experiences ive had was back when I lived in Nigerian I had a school trip to the uk to see nigerian artifacts because of a history unit. I had to travel to see my own countries artifacts .

    • @hrivaansahani1750
      @hrivaansahani1750 Před 3 lety +366

      How sad is that 😞. Hope one day it gets back to the negerian soil 🙏🏼

    • @TheGreenlove87
      @TheGreenlove87 Před 3 lety +233

      You must be part of the elites. Not many Africans can afford to go to field trips abroad.

    • @zinn01hobissprite62
      @zinn01hobissprite62 Před 3 lety +154

      Thats how sad it is
      They have openly displayed the stolen objects and rightful owners can't do anything
      This is what the so called gentleman country is

    • @Mann_mit_Kaffee
      @Mann_mit_Kaffee Před 3 lety +163

      @@TheGreenlove87 Not even some european schools can afford that...

    • @mcsquare4439
      @mcsquare4439 Před 3 lety +61

      To see them in such well preserved and protected at a world class institution. Honestly tell me, how would've your national treasures fare in your country's third rate infrastructure? They would've been destroyed during war, famine or dictators would've been smuggled or sold them to fund wars.

  • @ironmantis25
    @ironmantis25 Před 3 lety +16301

    So ancient artifacts to the British is like oil to Americans.

    • @NextFuckingLevel
      @NextFuckingLevel Před 3 lety +620

      yes and those artifacts worth higher than oil

    • @flashstar1234
      @flashstar1234 Před 3 lety +49

      Fax

    • @niksato5210
      @niksato5210 Před 3 lety +246

      Double shots fired

    • @jwb2734
      @jwb2734 Před 3 lety +340

      difference is the US actually produces oil

    • @shaider1982
      @shaider1982 Před 3 lety +32

      @@jwb2734 yup, it used to be like Saudi Arabia and China combined.

  • @RubyDaLynx
    @RubyDaLynx Před rokem +5

    Greece is calling, it wants it's statues back

  • @averagegamer9263
    @averagegamer9263 Před 10 měsíci +10

    They better not charge entry fee for anyone to see these beautiful works of arts from around the world.

  • @pascalcalixte1583
    @pascalcalixte1583 Před 3 lety +4809

    So basically the Indiana Jones series is about the greatest thief of all time.

    • @KCJbomberFTW
      @KCJbomberFTW Před 3 lety +16

      Not as bad as Taiwan

    • @Eddieyang69
      @Eddieyang69 Před 3 lety +169

      “That belongs in a museum”

    • @xoltd69
      @xoltd69 Před 3 lety +80

      always has been

    • @MalleeMate
      @MalleeMate Před 3 lety +25

      Hate to hear it, but yes

    • @user-sf2if2df4n
      @user-sf2if2df4n Před 3 lety +73

      @@KCJbomberFTW Taiwan actually saved those artifacts by stealing them, a weird twist of history.

  • @Kurtizss
    @Kurtizss Před 3 lety +2642

    Some Country: *Has some Ancient History*
    Britain: is for me?

    • @ae4042
      @ae4042 Před 3 lety +83

      Your pfp describes what the British thought when they saw those artifacts

    • @Ansh77K
      @Ansh77K Před 3 lety +5

      Lul

    • @Techion
      @Techion Před 3 lety +6

      @@ae4042 bruhh

    • @zackiechan2601
      @zackiechan2601 Před 3 lety +33


      👉👈
      Is for me?

    • @ioanalazar2114
      @ioanalazar2114 Před 3 lety +4

      why do you have a an interrogation sign. I think it is in fact:
      british:it is for me! 👿

  • @luyandzabavukiledlamini4693
    @luyandzabavukiledlamini4693 Před 7 měsíci +2

    "These items may be artificats or little trinkets to you people but to us they represent our history and culture a part of that we were robbed"

  • @kolyxix
    @kolyxix Před 3 lety +1663

    They came, they saw, they stole.

    • @WhatAreFingers
      @WhatAreFingers Před 3 lety +18

      they conquered

    • @kolyxix
      @kolyxix Před 3 lety +120

      @@WhatAreFingers no, "they divided and conquer"

    • @chev3569
      @chev3569 Před 3 lety +4

      @@kolyxix that how they conquered

    • @urchhyy1253
      @urchhyy1253 Před 3 lety +58

      @@chev3569 yep, they split india into 2 countries. India and Pakistan, ruining the entire country and creating more conflict.

    • @transparentguy9096
      @transparentguy9096 Před 3 lety +16

      "Description of a thief"

  • @kevinloftus4857
    @kevinloftus4857 Před 3 lety +5104

    "The sun doesn't set in the British empire because even god doesn't trust the British in the dark"

  • @priyabratapradhan9172
    @priyabratapradhan9172 Před 9 měsíci +5

    Even the british queen use stolen diamond in her crown.

  • @KenMochii
    @KenMochii Před 4 měsíci +4

    >"British" Museum
    >Looks inside
    >Non British artifacts.

    • @Joshpox
      @Joshpox Před 4 měsíci +2

      60% of artifacts in the British Museum are from the British Isles

    • @Lucky04-23
      @Lucky04-23 Před 4 měsíci +2

      Let me guess
      You’ve never visited the museum, haven’t you?

    • @adrianopandolfo
      @adrianopandolfo Před 4 měsíci

      About a quarter of the museum's artifacts they present publicly are from Western Europe (British Isles, France, Germany, Scandanavia, Italy).

  • @isaaccervantesgarcia
    @isaaccervantesgarcia Před 3 lety +2116

    "The British Museum is full of stolen artifacts"
    *Every sixty seconds in Africa, a minute passes*

    • @Joshisepic2222
      @Joshisepic2222 Před 3 lety +79

      But that minute belongs to the British

    • @isaaccervantesgarcia
      @isaaccervantesgarcia Před 3 lety +2

      Ah, yes.

    • @WrenchedAdvice
      @WrenchedAdvice Před 3 lety +4

      Should have done a better job protecting them I guess, it’s not like that’s a common theme throughout the entirety of human history

    • @Queengalexxi
      @Queengalexxi Před 3 lety +54

      @@WrenchedAdvice exactly its only the British how poor and low can you be to even go out and take what's not yours? Sadly enough you say my ancestors should have protected their OWN artifacts in their OWN land..smh. some ppl WILL NEVER get it

    • @WrenchedAdvice
      @WrenchedAdvice Před 3 lety +7

      @@Queengalexxi Why do you lot forget forget that humanity as always been like that, even African Empires conquered and took other people's stuff, the Zulus were far more brutal to other Africans than the British Empire ever was

  • @dipro001
    @dipro001 Před 3 lety +4881

    The irony is that the British were so busy stealing other people's history that their own history cannot find space in London. I was shocked that London does not have a dedicated Anglo-Saxon history museum when I visited last year. Only small ignored corners of the British museum has things like the Sutton Hoo treasure being dwarfed under the glory of the Egyptian and Middle-Eastern collection. I was genuinely feeling sorry for them.

    • @RealMailou
      @RealMailou Před 3 lety +126

      @Peggy Wiley How is historic Britain somehow an enemy of god?

    • @khemistrycreators4845
      @khemistrycreators4845 Před 3 lety +150

      @@RealMailou
      Yes, "historic" thieves.

    • @RealMailou
      @RealMailou Před 3 lety +31

      @@khemistrycreators4845 But still how are they an enemy of god...

    • @khemistrycreators4845
      @khemistrycreators4845 Před 3 lety +7

      @@RealMailou
      When did I say they were an enemy of God?

    • @RealMailou
      @RealMailou Před 3 lety +33

      @@khemistrycreators4845 And did I say that you did call them an enemy of god??? I want an answer from the other guy, yet you responded to me.

  • @amazinggrapes3045
    @amazinggrapes3045 Před 3 měsíci +5

    I didn't realize museum artifacts had stories like this behind them. I thought they were discovered on archaeology digs and such, so I didn't get why people were demanding them back. But in this case you have this man who never saw his country's artifacts until he went to a different country. That is kind of sad.

    • @mohakjain5802
      @mohakjain5802 Před 3 dny

      I am an Indian and British literally stole all our precious artifacts. Even the crown that queen proudly used to wear was "Kohinoor" which the British forcefully took from us. But one day, one day we take it all back.

  • @Scorp650
    @Scorp650 Před 6 měsíci +16

    I think its better if its kept there, in my home country there's mountains with manmade holes in them where my ancestors lived and there were many precious artifacts. But locals and tourists took them and now they're essentially lost, it wouldve been better for them to be preserved in the museum for thousands to see.

  • @soumipramanik1194
    @soumipramanik1194 Před 2 lety +3124

    If our "Taj Mahal" was movable, they would've shifted it to London.

  • @spectacularspaghetti1849
    @spectacularspaghetti1849 Před 3 lety +2808

    Land: *exists*
    The British: Hippity hoppity this is my property

    • @tcw_6609
      @tcw_6609 Před 3 lety +5

      Oo ah up the ra

    • @averageGoat_meh_eh_eh_eh
      @averageGoat_meh_eh_eh_eh Před 3 lety +7

      How about you go after the CCP who are doing that at this very second?

    • @santhoshsridhar5887
      @santhoshsridhar5887 Před 3 lety +13

      @@averageGoat_meh_eh_eh_eh don't you think we are?

    • @barnythepurpledinosaur9689
      @barnythepurpledinosaur9689 Před 3 lety +3

      @@averageGoat_meh_eh_eh_eh because, it was apart of China since the ancient times, but they only lost it due to wars and unfair treaties

    • @averageGoat_meh_eh_eh_eh
      @averageGoat_meh_eh_eh_eh Před 3 lety +2

      @@barnythepurpledinosaur9689 you don't get to destroy your own cultural heritage, through your pitiful "great leap forward", and then claim land that once belonged to a dynasty that has no relation to the cess pool that is the ccp.

  • @katerinapetousi58
    @katerinapetousi58 Před 7 měsíci +1

    All these countries should unite and get these artifacts back.

  • @JamesE88
    @JamesE88 Před 8 měsíci +3

    So is the Louvre, you know. the most visited museum in the world, but no one ever wants to have that conversation….

  • @shantimalla1269
    @shantimalla1269 Před 3 lety +3193

    How many conflicts you wanna create?
    British history: yes

    • @Bacony_Cakes
      @Bacony_Cakes Před 3 lety +53

      HMMM I THINK WE CAN USE A STRAIGHT LINE TO CREATE A SINGLE COUNTRY OUT OF THESE MULTIPLE CONFLICTING GROUPS WE OWN

    • @abhirajarora7631
      @abhirajarora7631 Před 3 lety +114

      @@naur6972 Did you steal some artifacts or loot the entire continent of Asia?

    • @dhegadheer2600
      @dhegadheer2600 Před 3 lety +31

      What you looking at r u fr ? They killed the people they stole from did u even watched the video

    • @rob141
      @rob141 Před 3 lety +20

      Interesting fact. America is stolen land

    • @3506Dodge
      @3506Dodge Před 3 lety +7

      How many nations you wanna create?
      British History: 43

  • @Natttttttttt
    @Natttttttttt Před 3 lety +3084

    My boyfriend used to be one of the managers in security there, he told me they hid so many artifacts there in storage and he got to see them. He was told they’ll never been shown to people as it would cause a lot of controversy

    • @lisadietzel6133
      @lisadietzel6133 Před 3 lety +234

      But most museums do have storage areas that hold at least twice the amount of artifacts displayed to public. That’s not unusual but they need to have a register that should hold all information that should be accessible.

    • @deadlydude7354
      @deadlydude7354 Před 3 lety +455

      That’s the artifact that they want us to see. God knows what else they have stolen they are afraid to show because that may start riots and hate toward england

    • @bob69927
      @bob69927 Před 2 lety +122

      Tf? You'd expect at least one guy to snap a quick pic and leak it .

    • @oscarosullivan4513
      @oscarosullivan4513 Před 2 lety +94

      I reckon someday the contents will be leaked

    • @agaaboneface2332
      @agaaboneface2332 Před 2 lety +16

      Wow! The audacity of the men from the caucus mountain!

  • @muhashevliw8111
    @muhashevliw8111 Před 7 měsíci +13

    I am African and let me tell you something about these objects ;
    These objects would’ve ended up in the same museums today anyway had any African found them , they would’ve sold them to the best offering price .
    So let’s not pretend that we would’ve kept them in our museums back then when we didn’t even have a piece of bread let alone museums.
    Respectfully.

  • @azc1859
    @azc1859 Před měsícem +3

    There is my great grandfather's underwear. He washed it and kept outside to dry. And gone.

  • @uddiptabhaumik7508
    @uddiptabhaumik7508 Před 3 lety +2715

    They have even looted the word “loot” itself.

  • @lucagodina2237
    @lucagodina2237 Před 3 lety +3132

    I still remember the words that my tourist guide in Athens said when she painfully had to show us the copies of the marbles of the Parthenon instead of the original ones, kept inside the British Museum.
    She said:"When I visited the British museum they called Lord Elgin an important archeologist for bringing the marbles to England, but I call him a thief."

    • @skywalker2837
      @skywalker2837 Před 3 lety +50

      @JHB Luck destroying a piece of history is *NOT* equal to the repatriation of stolen artifacts, and *you* as someone that has no first hand experience and coloring your glasses with emotions in something that happened over a 100 years ago has no right to feel angry about historical facts and depictions of such things, rather you should accept these things as facts and something to be viewed with an objective lens and be learned upon
      Tangina pare, ikinagagalit mo pa ung nangyari nung panahon ng kanununuan mo? Walang kwenta yang sintementong yan, sa halip na pagaralan mo dinadaan mo sa emosyon? Tsk

    • @lucagodina2237
      @lucagodina2237 Před 3 lety +425

      @@zaneluman7573 you didn't understand anything.
      1) I didn't say that these pieces shouldn't stay in a museum.
      2) I said that the Greek museum had to show copies of the marbles of the Parthenon because the originals are inside the British Museum.
      Shouldn't the citizens of Athens and Greece be the first ones to have the right and the possibility to see the masterpieces that were created by they ancestors?
      3) why are Greek people supposed to make the effort to travel all the way to England to see those masterpieces (which are as important as the naked structure of the Parthenon you see in Athens today)?
      My tourist guide was lucky enough to get to see them once in her lifetime in London, but who knows how many Greek people will never get a chance to see those sculptures, because those are in London.

    • @ceciliadupuypiquion7778
      @ceciliadupuypiquion7778 Před 3 lety +88

      Luca Godina i love you😭 that’s exactly how i was gonna answer

    • @caradowland5530
      @caradowland5530 Před 3 lety +42

      I’m Greek and English and I’m sorry but the only reason the English took the marbles was because they were in danger of being destroyed, no one cared for the Parthenon until the English archaeologists can with was used as a store for weapons and destroyed multiple times, as someone who is fiercely proud of their Greek heritage I would much rather the marbles be safe in Britain than dust in Athens which they would’ve been without English intervention

    • @hello_world_0
      @hello_world_0 Před 3 lety +203

      ​@@caradowland5530 Indeed, but now it's the time for Britain to return them back to Athens. Especially since the new Acropolis museum is now operating which is quite advanced and very capable of hosting those pieces and in perfect shape.

  • @adventuresofpodinilame
    @adventuresofpodinilame Před rokem +2

    When prof. Chika speaks I really feel him !

  • @Jesus-rz8ik
    @Jesus-rz8ik Před 5 měsíci +1

    I recently learned about this in college. Because of how they removed them it’s most likely we won’t ever figure out what exactly they say or at least in what order. Really sad

  • @thetruth9803
    @thetruth9803 Před 3 lety +3085

    Can we have our history back?
    British: But we are still looking at it

    • @Parsons360
      @Parsons360 Před 3 lety +16

      If it was rightly purchased then no :)

    • @MrBronBeast
      @MrBronBeast Před 3 lety +52

      hahaha James Acaster

    • @tbz1551
      @tbz1551 Před 3 lety +52

      At least credit Acaster sheesh...joke thief. The irony is palpable, at least the museum has a plaque telling you where it came from.

    • @DjAdam16
      @DjAdam16 Před 3 lety +1

      And who is "we" exactly ? ...

    • @thetruth9803
      @thetruth9803 Před 3 lety +14

      jokes are told to be retold, thats the beauty of jokes. Unless you are a professional comedian that charges people money to see an original program there is nothing wrong with "stealing jokes". Plus I wasnt even aware at the time of writing where I heard it before. But just so you can put your internet handcuffs away TBZ, yes it was james acaster that I got it from.

  • @ONEILGATDASAUCE
    @ONEILGATDASAUCE Před 2 lety +10927

    Imagine having to travel to the other side of the world just to see a part of your own culture

    • @finnian3931
      @finnian3931 Před 2 lety +272

      I thank the brits for preserving them, for most of my culture has been lost due to japanese occupation.

    • @siahenderson1490
      @siahenderson1490 Před 2 lety +712

      @@finnian3931 you sound like you're suffering from Stockholm

    • @TheOfficalYeah.
      @TheOfficalYeah. Před 2 lety +179

      I think that all the colonial powers should have to give back everything they stole from the people who where affected by this including the 45 trillion usd that uk stole from india!

    • @atyanthdutt6632
      @atyanthdutt6632 Před 2 lety +22

      @@finnian3931 You need a psychologist

    • @bgggsht
      @bgggsht Před 2 lety +41

      Even worse, it's London 😰

  • @alisterfolson
    @alisterfolson Před 8 měsíci +1

    "Hi Auntie!"
    Pretty sure Kingmonger took all the vibranium out

  • @bethanyfield6035
    @bethanyfield6035 Před 7 měsíci +1

    It would be so easy to return the stolen items and put replicas in the British museum instead, visitors wouldn't even care!

  • @janafawzy2003
    @janafawzy2003 Před 3 lety +1846

    the fact that an *Egyptian* museum exists in Berlin solely because of stolen artifacts just makes me wonder how many museums Egypt could open if they get their artifacts, from all over the world, back.

    • @darookmezd
      @darookmezd Před 3 lety +84

      Yeah... They could open as many museums as they want and break apart world's heritage with unprofessional practices. But good that those artifacts are kept safe in Germany for now.

    • @ElGrandoCaymano
      @ElGrandoCaymano Před 3 lety +98

      Most of the Egyptian stuff was actually stolen by local people from the tombs, temples and graves. Why do you think the stuff Berlin has is stolen? The archaeologists had permits and were only allowed to take a portion of the finds out, hence why the King Tut mask is in Egypt rather than at Downton Abbey.

    • @SV-tz8do
      @SV-tz8do Před 3 lety +25

      @@ElGrandoCaymano First of all tutankhamun is not a king. Downton abbey is a drama not a place and again, the artifacts were stolen from Egypt. Putting in a musem doesn't justify stealth.

    • @ElGrandoCaymano
      @ElGrandoCaymano Před 3 lety +26

      @@SV-tz8do King Tut's not a king? And Downton Abbey had no role? You've obviously never been there or else you seriously misunderstand satire...

    • @SV-tz8do
      @SV-tz8do Před 3 lety +16

      @@ElGrandoCaymano tutankhamun was a pharaoh not a king, two different titles. Downton abbey is a drama, not a real place. Maybe your refering to the real estate that inspired Downton abbey where the funding for the search of the mask came, but what does that have to do with satire exactly?

  • @tusharbehera8956
    @tusharbehera8956 Před 2 lety +5244

    "The sun never sets in the British Empire coz even god doesn't trust the British in the dark" - sashi tharoor

    • @robespierre466
      @robespierre466 Před 2 lety +128

      Actually that a Spanish phrase so they stole that's too

    • @vijaykoul5147
      @vijaykoul5147 Před 2 lety +302

      @@robespierre466 it's not stolen it was mentioned by an indian in the debate over what Britishers did to india and its wealth.

    • @pend0825
      @pend0825 Před 2 lety

      U stole that from another comment

    • @pol_dat_boi459
      @pol_dat_boi459 Před 2 lety +41

      @@vijaykoul5147 That phrase was first used by the Spanish.

    • @mrcool2107
      @mrcool2107 Před 2 lety +8

      Even india is bad

  • @Frank71
    @Frank71 Před 7 měsíci +1

    Update, now they want back their stolen artifacts.
    When the British Museum steal from others, it is "contested", when others steal from the British Museum it is "stolen"

  • @bisiwura3290
    @bisiwura3290 Před 3 měsíci +4

    A thief can never have a title superior to those of the original owners

  • @frostedcherrypie5440
    @frostedcherrypie5440 Před 3 lety +2232

    The british museum to greece : we can't return the marbles of the parthenon to you because you don't have a museum to display them in
    Greece: *builds the acropolis museum *
    The british museum: ok yes BUT-

    • @thedstorm8922
      @thedstorm8922 Před 3 lety +219

      Same thing with Egypt they built the biggest museum in the world

    • @martinmcnulty8155
      @martinmcnulty8155 Před 3 lety +3

      If they thought the Greeks would return them they would no doubt regularly lend them to them...

    • @frostedcherrypie5440
      @frostedcherrypie5440 Před 3 lety +165

      @@martinmcnulty8155 why should greece return them?

    • @martinmcnulty8155
      @martinmcnulty8155 Před 3 lety +10

      @@frostedcherrypie5440 Why should the British museum lend them to them? And I won't go in to the argument of Britain buying them from their legal owners at the time...

    • @frostedcherrypie5440
      @frostedcherrypie5440 Před 3 lety +212

      @@martinmcnulty8155does having parts of a singular temple scattered all around the globe make sense to you? They were stolen not legally bought

  • @knawck11
    @knawck11 Před 2 lety +3100

    The British Were Basically Like My 5 Year Old Nephew When He Visits My House.

  • @elizsantos2000
    @elizsantos2000 Před rokem +6

    The museum should be called
    the Raiders of the British Empire

  • @mattb8754
    @mattb8754 Před rokem +3

    The British museum is full of many protected and preserved artifacts. Fixed your title to make it more accurate.

    • @ARRR-SAUROPHAGANAX
      @ARRR-SAUROPHAGANAX Před 11 měsíci

      The British museum is full of many protected and preserved artifacts stolen by the British criminals. How about that?

    • @rankepicdino8194
      @rankepicdino8194 Před 9 měsíci

      @@ARRR-SAUROPHAGANAX We didn't steal them, they drifted safely into our hands

  • @DarkKnight-uz3os
    @DarkKnight-uz3os Před 2 lety +886

    “The entire British museum is an active crime scene” - John Oliver

    • @namename6866
      @namename6866 Před 2 lety +2

      True that strange how people's think they are good people's biggest scammers in the world

    • @Wetnapkin69
      @Wetnapkin69 Před 2 lety +2

      @@namename6866 what??? Are you even saying??

    • @birukdejene9522
      @birukdejene9522 Před 2 lety

      Facts

  • @Nogu3
    @Nogu3 Před 2 lety +2348

    Imagine if thousands of years ago someone stole the English crown and sceptre and put it in their museum and refused to give it up, poms would probably be livid.

    • @Panda-24
      @Panda-24 Před 2 lety +125

      Let's do that.🤣

    • @w_ldan
      @w_ldan Před 2 lety +237

      They'll do anything to get it back, heck probably even start a war or something.

    • @bananaboiii9965
      @bananaboiii9965 Před 2 lety +362

      jokes on you, the diamond that adorns it was from India anyway!

    • @shivam_nagar69
      @shivam_nagar69 Před 2 lety +98

      lol it is from India😂😂

    • @friction5001
      @friction5001 Před 2 lety +19

      They would wage war for it 😂

  • @jacktorrance3522
    @jacktorrance3522 Před rokem +15

    Seeing how priceless antiquities kept in their native countries can be so easily destroyed or looted, as was the case with the museums in Egypt around 2013-2014, it's for the best that some of the treasures were kept safe in Britain.
    I'm not saying I agree with the British Museum owning and collecting so many pieces of other cultures history, but to see how regimes like the Taliban have destroyed numerous ancient sites and artifacts it makes me grateful that a lot is kept in Britain.

    • @georgek4598
      @georgek4598 Před 3 měsíci

      What do you mean safe? Have you not heard about the recent news coverage about artefacts stolen from the SUPPOSEDLY safe British museum bring sold on eBay? They are not safe at all!!

    • @frankhill4358
      @frankhill4358 Před 3 měsíci

      British and French destroyed the old summer palace in China, don’t talk about destruction unless you want to include the west in that too

    • @madiguild38
      @madiguild38 Před 3 měsíci

      the british museum has destroyed many items under its ownership. and many of the items can be kept safe- take the acropolis museum for example. it’s beautiful and preserves the history of art

    • @ankingvis
      @ankingvis Před 2 měsíci

      @@georgek4598 that was 0.00025% of the collection; they are very safe

    • @mohakjain5802
      @mohakjain5802 Před 3 dny

      So how about I steal your home because I will take better care of it, As an Indian you will never understand how angry we feel when we have to go around the world to see things made by our ancestors.
      Who in the world is so shameless to display their loot in glass panels for the world to see? The British of course.

  • @ral.pi0.02
    @ral.pi0.02 Před měsícem +3

    Well, other countries aren't exactly known for preserving theirs

  • @MrMisanthrope_
    @MrMisanthrope_ Před 3 lety +2587

    Imagine needing a visa to see your history and culture.

    • @tuesdayabdullahi1278
      @tuesdayabdullahi1278 Před 3 lety +85

      😂😂😂 that part..
      Like how dare you steal my ish and charge me a boat load to go see it..id say more but that would start some ish I dont have time for today

    • @6thi874
      @6thi874 Před 3 lety +16

      Imagine not getting a visa. Uk is closed.

    • @MrMisanthrope_
      @MrMisanthrope_ Před 3 lety +12

      @@tuesdayabdullahi1278 lol, I wish I had that foresight. I had to delete this comment and repost because there were too much toxicity.😂

    • @artuselias
      @artuselias Před 3 lety +14

      Imagine someone invented photography.

    • @tuesdayabdullahi1278
      @tuesdayabdullahi1278 Před 3 lety +64

      @@artuselias what's your point?🤔🤔

  • @Earthlings222
    @Earthlings222 Před 3 lety +805

    You call it a museum in Britain, We call it Chor-Bazar here in India....👍👍👍

  • @lattefy
    @lattefy Před rokem +5

    All in all, the British just had a knack for collecting national treasures from people of countries they deemed as ‘not worthy’ of these artifacts. So British of them 🙄

  • @jljl5449
    @jljl5449 Před 4 měsíci +4

    Sadly, these items are probably safer in the hands of the british museum

  • @RamanSahasi
    @RamanSahasi Před 3 lety +2432

    Somewhere in a British school: If David has two artifacts and Dinesh has two artifacts, then how many artifacts is David going to have?

    • @sugoiiininjadesuu7262
      @sugoiiininjadesuu7262 Před 3 lety +30

      um 2 sir :,(
      Edit: I absolutely do not understand how and why did I write 2 here. Apologies

    • @RgenSTUDDS
      @RgenSTUDDS Před 3 lety +191

      haha :D
      2+2=4 sir :D

    • @TheSteveRobinson
      @TheSteveRobinson Před 3 lety +58

      David will have 3 and Dinesh (who is an awkward, socially inept child) gave David one of his artifacts in gratitude for David not allowing the school bullies to torment little Dinesh.

    • @omeshsingh7072
      @omeshsingh7072 Před 3 lety +303

      @@TheSteveRobinson And David goes on to racially abuse, torment, systematically loot Dinesh and kills his kins. While growing his own wealth and draining everything out of once very rich people.

    • @TheSteveRobinson
      @TheSteveRobinson Před 3 lety +18

      @@omeshsingh7072 Perhaps if little Dinesh and his friends joined together, the situation might have been different. But, they didn't. So, 10 Davids dominated 10,000 Dinesh'es. C'est la vie.

  • @TheDennys21
    @TheDennys21 Před 3 lety +868

    Everyone: why do you have so many artifacts?
    British museum: the secret ingredient is crime.

    • @rickbear7249
      @rickbear7249 Před 3 lety +15

      The so-called "British" Museum even steals artefacts from other parts of the United Kingdom. Whenever an important find is made anywhere in the UK, it automatically ends up in the storerooms of the British Museum. They have so avariciously grabbed anything and everything that they couldn't possibly display all of "their" artefacts if they began rolling displays for the next 1,000 years!
      This culture of "grabbing" anything and everything must end!

    • @monzorella1
      @monzorella1 Před 3 lety +3

      Facts

    • @mswijn
      @mswijn Před 3 lety +6

      @@rickbear7249 shouldve been called "the grinch's museum"

    • @GrungeIsN0tDead
      @GrungeIsN0tDead Před 3 lety

      Super Hans

    • @TheDennys21
      @TheDennys21 Před 3 lety +1

      @Charles conquest is theft so i'm not really sure what you're trying to prove here buddy...

  • @bruzilov
    @bruzilov Před měsícem +3

    Like it or not, a lot of the cultures where these items were taken from didn't place a lot of value on those pieces, themselves. The locals were too busy surviving; they took it "for granted"; the (somewhat moer advanced) society of Victorian Britain took a greater interest in cultural heritgaes. (Because they "could afford" that type of "kuxury." Now, about 100 years later, when other cultures "caught up" / realized their artifacts are valued by others, now they want these items repatriated. For obvious reasons.

  • @siddhantpandey2000
    @siddhantpandey2000 Před 5 měsíci +2

    "The Britishers took the hindi word 'loot' into their dictionary as well as their habit." - Sashi Tharoor

  • @Powerhaus88
    @Powerhaus88 Před 8 měsíci +3

    Should've done a better job to hanging on to them in the first place:D

  • @nehathejedi4962
    @nehathejedi4962 Před 3 lety +2064

    British took the Ariana Grande song too seriously. "I see it, I like it, I want it, I got it!"

  • @thateastindieguy7330
    @thateastindieguy7330 Před 3 lety +1915

    'If looting is an art: Britain is a Picasso...' 😆

    • @subliminaljuggernaut7278
      @subliminaljuggernaut7278 Před 3 lety +6

      are you indian?

    • @ricksanchez1472
      @ricksanchez1472 Před 3 lety +4

      I think they actually have a Picasso in their!

    • @wisdomelves5838
      @wisdomelves5838 Před 3 lety +60

      @@subliminaljuggernaut7278 he's a Malaysian. And many of our artefacts were stolen too. And we have to pay to British Museum if we want them back. And the biggest challenges is money of course because for a rapidly developing country Malaysia have other needs for her people too apart from getting back our native ancestors artefacts. Such a sad situation.

    • @Joe-nm2lm
      @Joe-nm2lm Před 3 lety +2

      @@wisdomelves5838 aww too bad😂 our stuff now.

    • @Joe-nm2lm
      @Joe-nm2lm Před 3 lety +6

      @@na8094 we don't care, cry all you want.

  • @SexyEarHair
    @SexyEarHair Před 7 měsíci

    "Yeah we stole your precious cultural artifacts but we will LOAN them to you for a bit if you cough up the money for them"

  • @iloveplayingpr
    @iloveplayingpr Před 5 měsíci +3

    There are pros and cons on stolen artifact in the UK Museum.

  • @mpekawoods
    @mpekawoods Před 3 lety +557

    They told us Africans didn't contribute to civilization but their museums are full of our ancestors arts and crafts. They could have stolen the Great Pyramid, it’s just that it was too heavy.

    • @kumarshivam1234
      @kumarshivam1234 Před 3 lety +44

      You see, if u talk to some British nationalists they justify the plundering and colonisation of other countries, this really infuriates me a lot, at least they should have the decency of accepting the mistake

    • @thminh15
      @thminh15 Před 3 lety +5

      Think positively, they’ve done a good job promoting your culture to the rest of the world. By the time they had huge ship fleet traveling around the globe, your ancestors were probably still wondering what the pyramid is.

    • @T0M_X
      @T0M_X Před 3 lety +4

      @@kumarshivam1234 if the artefacts have to be given back then the soil americans stand on should be given back

    • @T0M_X
      @T0M_X Před 3 lety +10

      @El Dimos Karam ? Your comment doesn’t make sense

    • @T0M_X
      @T0M_X Před 3 lety +4

      @El Dimos Karam 1. France was the first ones to find america 2. Native americans didn’t MAKE the soil 3. My original comment meant giving it back to the natives

  • @urban_gse_
    @urban_gse_ Před 3 lety +1248

    Never ask:
    A woman: her age
    A man: his salary
    British Museum: where they got their stuff

  • @dodobirdman3902
    @dodobirdman3902 Před rokem +6

    when you walk through there you really realize who ruled the wold.

    • @makellasafe
      @makellasafe Před rokem +1

      Blacks

    • @bellabrieeee
      @bellabrieeee Před rokem +2

      The nations the europeans looted

    • @turkye6739
      @turkye6739 Před rokem

      @@makellasafe blacks ruled mudhuts in sub-saharan Africa

    • @amazinggrapes3045
      @amazinggrapes3045 Před 3 měsíci

      The British, considering they collected these spoils of war and all the other countries can do it seems is beg for them back

  • @SpaceChimp99
    @SpaceChimp99 Před 5 měsíci +2

    Leave it there, it's in a safe place

    • @omi685
      @omi685 Před 5 měsíci

      How about you give your property to us, we will keep it safe for you.

  • @joeym5243
    @joeym5243 Před 3 lety +929

    Half the world: "You stole our artifacts!"
    British Museum: "oh no! Anyway."

    • @freeplex589
      @freeplex589 Před 3 lety +3

      Britain didn’t steal anything

    • @joeym5243
      @joeym5243 Před 3 lety +90

      @@freeplex589 mhmm. And I suppose the french never surrendered?

    • @deepspace385
      @deepspace385 Před 3 lety +73

      @@freeplex589 and the sky is purple

    • @freeplex589
      @freeplex589 Před 3 lety +2

      @@deepspace385 stop spreading lies Britain didn’t steal anything

    • @freeplex589
      @freeplex589 Před 3 lety +2

      @@joeym5243 france has won the most victories ever. Look at napoleon

  • @narmmbadd
    @narmmbadd Před 2 lety +4158

    It’s so funny how British people still somehow find a way to justify this. So funny

    • @priestofronaldalt
      @priestofronaldalt Před 2 lety +126

      Conquering is the 1 claim to fame that the British have without that history what are they? Funny sounding people who live on a cold, wet, miserable rock? Who knows, maybe they still keep them for attention?

    • @priestofronaldalt
      @priestofronaldalt Před 2 lety +17

      @@louduva9849 if you like my tears, then you will definitely like my Bergers!

    • @priestofronaldalt
      @priestofronaldalt Před 2 lety +123

      @@Raifesllangley that's what I'm saying! The British have achieved some genuinely great things! The industrial revolution, the technology's you mentioned, the first modern radar system, and so much more! So why do they only show off the parts the half the world hates?

    • @sathyansundar
      @sathyansundar Před 2 lety +162

      @@louduva9849 Because you never learnt another set of a dialogue with your royal @$$ licking loyalty. So stop gloating ciint,,,
      Besides you know how many words you borrowed from other languages & dialects like a beggar tailoring . The priest was genuinely trying to correct you...

    • @Raifesllangley
      @Raifesllangley Před 2 lety +72

      @@priestofronaldalt we're really not proud of colonialism anymore, we were around 50 years ago true but in modern Britain its much more of a black mark against our history. Most young people are appalled by it.

  • @gabrielruiz3221
    @gabrielruiz3221 Před 5 měsíci +2

    Giving back cultural artifacts is a must, but having the proper structure to preserve them and making them easy for other cultures to see them and learn their rich history is also a must. Sadly this second part seems to fail too

  • @ThinkSchool
    @ThinkSchool Před 6 měsíci +8

    8:26

  • @imdadjeshin
    @imdadjeshin Před 3 lety +2956

    so basically when the rich people steal something its not illegal and they aren't punished for their action.