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[MosJan]

The British Museum: Stop misrepresentation of Armenian Heritage as "Ancient Turkey"

 

 

 

 

The British Museum is misinforming visitors about the artifacts found within room 54, claiming they originated from Ancient Turkey and Ancient Anatolia. This is absolutely ridiculous and beyond inaccurate because there is no such thing as Ancient Turkey or Ancient Anatolia! This is a discrimination of Armenian heritage and shall not be tolerated. They refer to artifacts dated from 5500-300 BC from Kingdom of Ararat, known as "Urartu", present day Armenia, as “eastern Turkey.” They are trying to validate their point by stating that “most visitors use modern geographical references to decide which parts of the collection they wish to see.” As an educational institution they should be educating their visitors about the origins of the art and the culture it was created by, not manipulating them to “decide which parts of the museum they wish to see.” Other museums around the world, such as the Metropolitan Museum, acknowledge and respect the Armenian culture by properly naming their collections. Why is the British Museum trying to change history by giving the Ottoman Empire credit for art they never created? By deceiving visitors the British Museum is losing credibility as an institution that conserves historical importance.

 

 

 

 

 

 

To:

Neil MacGregor, The British Museum

Jonathan N. Tubb, FSA Keeper Middle East, The British Museum

 

Stop misrepresentation of Armenian Heritage as "Ancient Turkey"

Sincerely,

[Your name]

 

 

 

http://www.change.or...ns_dialog_false

[Yervant1]

FORUM OF ARMENIAN ASSOCIATIONS IN EUROPE ACCUSES UNESCO OF CORRUPTION

 

ARMINFO

Tuesday, February 26, 20:00

 

The Forum of Armenian Associations in Europe (FAAE) accuses UNESCO of

corruption and demands paying attention to the demolition of Armenian

monuments in Makhijevan, FAAE President Ashot Grigorian said at

today's press conference in Yerevan.

 

Grigorian said that on the threshold of the 100th anniversary of the

Armenian Genocide, the organization declared the year 2013 as the year

of struggle against the cultural genocide and continues its struggle

against UNESCO in relation to demolition of the Armenian cemetery

in Jugha. The Forum expressed its discontent with the fact that the

demolition was not fixed by UNESCO. Moreover, FAAE has learnt that

UNESCO received 1.5 mln USD from Azerbaijan. In 2011 FAAE applied to

Ms Irina Bokova, Director- General of UNESCO, but received "an absurd

response". Afterwards FAAE applied to the UN Secretary General Ban

Ki-moon and received a similar response.

 

The letter addressed to the UN Secretary General said that during the

exhibition of Armenian khachkars (cross-stones) in Paris in June 2011,

the exact location of the cross-stones' origin was removed after

a complaint by Azerbaijan and Turkey. In response, the UN called

coordinating this issue with the neighbors. The Armenian ambassador,

who was present at the exhibition, agreed to the decision that the

titles of the exhibits should be removed. FAAE prepared a new letter

to Ban Ki-moon and demanded setting up a special commission that

will fix that the Armenian khachkars in Jugha were demolished and a

shooting range was created in that place.

 

Grigorian stressed that the fight will continue until all the demands

are satisfied.

 

Grigorian also touched on the British Museum's response to the

letter of the Forum of Armenian Associations of Europe (FAAE), where

the Forum protested against the use of Ancient Turkey name for the

museum's room 54 and suggested renaming the room into Urartu, Ancient

Armenia. Grigorian qualified the response as "absurd". To reimind,

the British Museum said: "We do not claim these ancient cultures

are in any way Turkish and would also suggest they are not Armenian

either" and added: "When borders or country titles change we will

change accordingly".

 

An Armenian delegation headed by Ashot Grigorian will shortly visit

London to discuss this issue. The FAAE President also expressed his

indignation at the passiveness of the Armenian structures. "How long

can the Armenian Diaspora do the job of the Armenian Culture Ministry

and History Institute which get financing?"

[Yervant1]

Once again it's shown here how much they love the turkish delight, I hope they choke on it dirty falsifying low lives.

 

Note: turkish delight can be whatever you want it to be!

[Arpa]

Once again it's shown here how much they love the turkish delight, I hope they choke on it dirty falsifying low lives.

 

Note: turkish delight can be whatever you want it to be!

Yes Yervant, I do hope that they also choke on such furkish delights as dolma and basturma. As if we don't have Armenian words for those native delicacies.

Edited February 28, 2013 by Arpa

[Yervant1]

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[Yervant1]

BRITISH MUSEUM RENAMES ITS ROOM 54 FROM "ANCIENT TURKEY" INTO "ANATOLIA, URARTU"
by Karina Manukyan

Thursday, July 18, 18:13
The British Museum has renamed its room 54 from "Ancient Turkey" into
"Anatolia, Urartu."

In early 2013 the Forum of Armenian Associations of Europe (FAAE),
expressed a protest against the use of "Ancient Turkey" name for
the museum's room 54 and suggested that it be renamed into "Urartu,
Ancient Armenia."

FAAE said that the values exhibited in the room had no relation to
Turkey but to Urartu, an ancient state located in the territory of
the Armenian Plateau. "This is just one example. Sometimes Armenian
values, like carpets, are exhibited as Muslim values," FAAE said.

In its response to FAAE, the Museum's keeper Jonathan N. Tubb said:
"Our curators are very aware that Ancient Turkey is nonsensical from
a historical point of view and so the naming of this room was the
subject of much debate, and continues as such."

http://www.arminfo.am/index.cfm?objectid=4C5B9BC0-EFB4-11E2-B7C30EB7C0D21663

[Arpa]

And now we are anxiously waiting for that clownish non-linguist Sedrak to, once again tell us that the furkish non-language is a dialect of the Urartuan and that that furkish word dolma/toli/tolma is in fact an Armeno- Urartuan word. Edited July 19, 2013 by Arpa

[MosJan]

Arpa let it go.. Strak has done and doing more then most of us can ever do for our homeland

[gamavor]

The Middle East keeper of the British Museum, Mr Jonathan Tubb, accepts the nonsensical character of the term, but justifies its use by pointing out that their aim is “to make the Museum's signage as simple and accessible as possible and avoid terms that would not be immediately apparent to non-English speakers; as many of our visitors come here from abroad.” He then adds, “When borders or country titles change we will change accordingly." First of all, this explanation is groundless and not objective, since Room 55 is entitled Mesopotamia and Room 57-59 - Ancient Levant. If the statement were true then the above mentioned rooms should have been called Ancient Iraq and Ancient Syria respectively. Secondly, such a statement is a direct offense to both the visitors, who are perceived as ignorant, as well as to the bearers of cultural heritage that is on display at the museum. As an educational institution the role of the British Museum is to educate their visitors about the true origin of art and culture and their creators. By falsifying the history and misleading the visitors, the British Museum is losing credibility as an institution that conserves exhibits of historical importance. This is an unacceptable distortion and revisionism of history. Therefore, we demand that the truth and justice be restored!

 

 

 

This is painfully DUMB comment by this museum worker.

[Sip]

They should just call it "Ancient Over There" as opposed the "Ancient What Was Here".