• 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.