Comments on: Little British museum finds huge Greek treasure http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/1858 History fetish? What history fetish? Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:54:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: livius drusus http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/1858/comment-page-1#comment-26480 livius drusus Sun, 15 Feb 2009 13:19:41 +0000 http://www.thehistoryblog.com/?p=1858#comment-26480 It could have been acquired fairly legitimately a century or more ago then passed around. The one at the Met actually has a legitimate record of ownership. It was found on Melon in 1829 by a British naval captain. His widow gave it to Eton 30 years later and the Met bought it from Eton in 2004. It could have been acquired fairly legitimately a century or more ago then passed around.

The one at the Met actually has a legitimate record of ownership. It was found on Melon in 1829 by a British naval captain. His widow gave it to Eton 30 years later and the Met bought it from Eton in 2004.

]]> By: Clutch http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/1858/comment-page-1#comment-26478 Clutch Sun, 15 Feb 2009 12:44:08 +0000 http://www.thehistoryblog.com/?p=1858#comment-26478 Not a rhetorical question: How could it not have been looted? Not a rhetorical question: How could it not have been looted?

]]> By: livius drusus http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/1858/comment-page-1#comment-26390 livius drusus Fri, 13 Feb 2009 19:07:04 +0000 http://www.thehistoryblog.com/?p=1858#comment-26390 Yes! It's totally Chthuhlu's sippy cup. :skull: Yes! It’s totally Chthuhlu’s sippy cup. :skull:

]]> By: Tim http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/1858/comment-page-1#comment-26388 Tim Fri, 13 Feb 2009 18:38:19 +0000 http://www.thehistoryblog.com/?p=1858#comment-26388 Definitely looks like some cultish accoutrement - something out of H.P. Lovecraft. I can just picture the porridge dripping down the sides and over the devotee. Definitely looks like some cultish accoutrement – something out of H.P. Lovecraft. I can just picture the porridge dripping down the sides and over the devotee.

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