webfact Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 Thai collector returns prehistoric artefacts to the government By The Nation Thai businessman and collector Thammarit Jira, left, handed in 104 pieces of prehistoric artefacts to Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha at the National Museum on Friday. Photo courtesy of Culture Ministry Thai businessman and collector Thammarit Jira handed in 104 pieces of prehistoric artefacts, including famous Ban Chiang pottery to Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha at the National Museum on Friday. Thammarit claims his family collected historical artefacts for generations with the aim of eventually handing the national treasures to the Culture Ministry’s Fine Arts Department. The collections include Ban Chiang pottery along with metal and bead jewellery dating from 1,800 to 4,300 years old. The collections were in a good condition. Fine Arts Department will register and preserve all items before turning them over to the appropriate museum collections that reflect their origins. Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30364564 -- © Copyright The Nation 2019-02-22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinneil Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 Why bother returning Prayut? Thats 1 prehistoric artefact no longer required. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkidlad Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 10 minutes ago, webfact said: Thai businessman and collector Thammarit Jira handed in 104 pieces of prehistoric artefacts, including famous Ban Chiang pottery to Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha at the National Museum on Friday If Prawit is there, be sure to explain to him that none of these artifacts are 'borrowers'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeneeds Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 Maybe Mr Jira's sense of it not belonging to me could become a snow ball that others follow suit, like the Roman Catholic Church, French and British museums are but a few, return all their ill-gotten gains to country of origin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesofa Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 3 hours ago, webfact said: Thai businessman and collector Thammarit Jira, left, handed in 104 pieces of prehistoric artefacts to Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha at the National Museum on Friday That must have made the pm feel right at home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyezhov Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 3 hours ago, leeneeds said: Maybe Mr Jira's sense of it not belonging to me could become a snow ball that others follow suit, like the Roman Catholic Church, French and British museums are but a few, return all their ill-gotten gains to country of origin. That would wipe out the collections. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarangDoingHisThing69 Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 So, the "honest X" stories, what is this attempting to disprove? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misterwhisper Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 6 hours ago, webfact said: Thai businessman and collector Thammarit Jira, left, handed in 104 pieces of prehistoric artefacts to Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha Interesting. So he handed over 104 prehistoric artifacts to a prehistoric artifact? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justgrazing Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 9 hours ago, webfact said: Thai collector returns prehistoric artefacts to the government How apt to use the term prehistoric .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emdog Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 Yes, how do they define prehistoric here? Something from last year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffbezoz Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 15 hours ago, bluesofa said: That must have made the pm feel right at home. Maybe only if some of the artifacts were actually Dinosaur t$rds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyezhov Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 14 hours ago, Father Fintan Stack said: Which have been fortunate to be carefully saved and preserved from savage destruction and in many cases restored and rebuilt by experts not available or able in their place of origin. Yeah, damn imperialists! Find it, save it, preserve it, study it...hey now give it back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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