r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/nweeeera • 27d ago

Every stolen artifact needs to come back to its land. Video

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u/EntrepreneurOk7513 26d ago

OTOH a case can be made for saving ancient artifacts. Yes, they should stay in their own countries but look what happened in Iraq in 2003. Almost all of these artifacts were then sold, funding terrorists on the black market.

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u/Chuffnell 26d ago

Or the taliban blowing up the ancient Buddha statues in Afghanistan.

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u/lowrads 26d ago

Or that cartoonishly evil villain, ISIS, which destroyed the gates to the ruined city of Nineveh, which are remains from a civilization from as far back as the early copper age, and who's origin was a shrouded mystery even in the time of Xenophon.

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u/Chuffnell 26d ago

But gee it sure is better than some dastardly people preserving it for future generations.