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Stealing and retaining these items is no longer tenable. We can not claim to respect other nations while we hold on to their antiquities.
by psychphysic 4y ago
Stealing and retaining these items is no longer tenable.
We can not claim to respect other nations while we hold on to their antiquities.
- was_a_dev 4y agoWe are at a point now where the technology exists, and the British Mueseum has the resources to digital recreate all these items. Such digital items could produce visbily indistinguishable replicas to remain on display. While returning the original item
- epilys 4y agoI haven't been to the British Museum, but my understanding is it's exhibiting mostly non-british artifacts? Returning it all must pose an existential threat to the people in charge of it.