Comments on: Covering up the genitalia of ancient statues http://loveofhistory.com/covering-up-the-genitalia-of-ancient-statues/ A historical perspective of current events Sun, 04 Feb 2018 14:54:59 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 By: Carla Schodde http://loveofhistory.com/covering-up-the-genitalia-of-ancient-statues/#comment-627 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 10:49:02 +0000 http://loveofhistory.com/?p=2547#comment-627 But of course, the Greeks are extremely patriotic about their statues. The minister’s insistence that they be shown perfectly nude or not at all reminds me of the culture I found at all Greek museums – no tourist is allowed to take a photo of themselves posing near a statue in the same pose. I agree that it is a little goofy to do that, but the ban on posing is taken to such an extreme that even just taking a photo of yourself standing near a statue that happens to be standing upright is enough to get yelled at by museum staff.

It’s no surprise that the Greek would be easily offended at the possible indignity of the statues getting their nudity covered over.

]]> By: Ana Maria Marila (@annek1983) http://loveofhistory.com/covering-up-the-genitalia-of-ancient-statues/#comment-626 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 07:32:17 +0000 http://loveofhistory.com/?p=2547#comment-626 Wow!!! Ignorance can be found anywhere!! What’s next?Will now museums be considered places of decadence?? where is this world going ???

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