• SokathHisEyesOpen@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    It’s irrelevant at this point, for this topic. If leaving it means it’ll be destroyed by whomever is in power at the moment, then leaving it is a bad idea until it’s stabilized.

    • Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      1 year ago

      Countries can and do ask the museums currently caring for them to continue to do so if they’re unable to provide adequate care for the artifacts themselves for whatever reason. Yemen and the Metropolitan Museum of Art came to an agreement over looted artifacts just a couple of weeks ago with Yemen maintaining ownership of the artifacts, but on display at the Met. It’s still important for countries to maintain ownership of culturally significant artifacts that have been looted.