https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/comments/p2xlwz/every_stolen_artifact_needs_to_come_back_to_its/

  • Notcontenttobequiet [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    These people have not a fucking clue how serious Egypt is about this. Via the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities article on Wikipedia:

    "Grave robbers have been looting ancient Egyptian tombs nearly continuously for well over 4 thousand years.[2] The Ministry of Antiquities works to get the items restored back to Egypt, whenever possible. Over the years, thousands of stolen antiquities have made their way back to Egypt. For instance, in late 2016, the ministry recovered and repatriated two of four Islamic era lamps which had been stolen in 2015.[3] In 2018, a carving in the shape of Osiris which had been hidden in furniture and shipped to Kuwait was repatriated to Egypt's Ministry of Antiquities.[4]"

    There are a few compelling reasons why not to repatriate items, but this is just straight racism. One example is the Rosetta Stone, it's not really that important to Egypt, so they don't really need it back. But, it's extremely important to European history.