“My professor Gordon Willey at Harvard disliked Raiders of the Lost Ark intensely. The reason being that he was of that generation. He was actually an archeolog

“My professor Gordon Willey at Harvard disliked Raiders of the Lost Ark intensely. The reason being that he was of that generation. He was actually an archeologist in the 30s, 40s, and 50s, and so for him, it was not okay to be caricatured in this way. The film did not show what archaeologists did. They did not go out and find prized artifacts and take them and run away. That is looting, not archaeology.” Well, I don't know if all archeologists and museum directors subscribed to that view until quite recently. For example Russia is still holding on to the famous "Priam's Treasure" looted from Berlin in 1945 (which in turn was looted from the Tory dig by Schliemann) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priam%27s_Treasure#The_treasure_as_an_art_collection https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priam%27s_Treasure#The_treasur.... Many other more recent examples can be given, for more information you can start with this Guardian article: https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2015/jun/29/museums-looting-art-artefacts-world-culture https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2015/jun/29/museums-loot...