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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 1280, member: 57463&quot;]<b>Helleniades atomes</b></p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;We are honored on behalf of the humanity that these coins, defined as the treasure of the century, are gained to Turkey at the outset of 21st century.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Blah, blah, blah...&nbsp; The central government in Ankara got the coins back because NATO needs them as a doorstop.&nbsp; That is all there is to it.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coins are GREEK and if they belong anywhere, they belong in ATHENS!</p><p><br /></p><p>And where they truly belong is where they were: in the hands of hellenists all over the world who love what classical Greece means to our world today.</p><p><br /></p><p>My father&#039;s family came from Palermo in Sicily.&nbsp; In ancient times, it was called Panormos (&quot;all ready&quot; as in getting your ship ready).&nbsp; On his mother&#039;s side, the family came from Corsica.&nbsp; These were the stomping grounds of the Carthagenians and Greeks and eventually the Romans.&nbsp; The artifacts found there are as much a part of _MY_ heritage as they are of the second-cousins left behind.</p><p><br /></p><p>The same line of argument applies to my mother&#039;s side of the family, which is Hungarian.&nbsp; The cultural artifacts -- in my case, coins of Rokoczy Ferenc II or for that matter, my grandmother&#039;s Psalm book -- are part of who and what we are as a family, even though we are in America.&nbsp; Certainly, they are our &quot;heritage&quot; as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>Even without a single Magyar or Hellenic chromosome, anyone who is interested in the history of a time or place -- China, Mali, Tierra del Fuegao or Greenland --&nbsp; has earned a right to own that with which their spirit is in key.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Even without any mystical considerations of &quot;heritage&quot; or &quot;culture&quot; or &quot;spirit&quot; the fact is that unclaimed property belongs to the person who finds it.&nbsp; For the government of Ankara to steal these coins is wrong.&nbsp; It is typical of the looter/moocher demon-driven mentality that haunts our world today.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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