most of the artifacts are not stolen. Most of those people in the middle east didnot care a long time about their cultural heritage. in fact, they even sold a lot of it to european museums. especially as many countries said: it was made before Mohammed so its unislamic crap. A lot would have been lost if it wasnot preserved by western museum. now, as the realize what they had, they want it back for free. Very strange attitude
Absolutely, remember ISIS blowing up all those old monument and artifacts not too long ago? Put more Middle Eastern artifacts in European museums, quickly
Egyptians were using mummies as firewood. So much more would’ve been lost if it weren’t in western countries that valued the historic significance of these antiquities.
Since the 12th century, Europeans had been eating Egyptian mummies as medicine. In later centuries unmummified corpses were passed off as mummy medicine, and eventually some Europeans no longer cared whether the bodies they were ingesting had been mummified or not.
It’s easy to say the west values these more when Egypt has been impoverished for centuries. Mazlow’s hierarchy — When you struggle to stay alive, preserving abundant ancient artifacts don’t seem all too important. Objectively the west saved countless items that would have been destroyed, but now that the country’s stable I think it’s obvious they should be returned. Especially in a case like this. It’d be a travesty for the statue not to be made whole again. And contextualized in its ancient home.
Uh, exactly? Ten years ago. That article literally predates the Arab spring and Syrian civil war. It’s outdated. Keep your head on a swivel, middle eastern politics move quick.
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u/HenneX123 27d ago
most of the artifacts are not stolen. Most of those people in the middle east didnot care a long time about their cultural heritage. in fact, they even sold a lot of it to european museums. especially as many countries said: it was made before Mohammed so its unislamic crap. A lot would have been lost if it wasnot preserved by western museum. now, as the realize what they had, they want it back for free. Very strange attitude