So you're not interested in history and thus it is OK to destroy it? Allowing the circulation of illegally obtained cultural artifacts allows the market of gra

So you're not interested in history and thus it is OK to destroy it? Allowing the circulation of illegally obtained cultural artifacts allows the market of grave-robbers, looters and "amateur archeologists" to prosper. Whenever one of these assholes removes something from its place to sell it, we lose all the contextual information surrounding the piece, which is often much more valuable than the artifact itself. Historical sites that were undisturbed for thousands of years are plundered right now in Syria, because western collectors pay handsomely to increase their stash.