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Why is it not grave robbery to take artefacts from ancient graves and put them in a museum? (feddit.org)

submitted 1 month ago by tux0r@feddit.org to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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As I was reading about the Valley of the Kings again, I wonder why that was actually legal.

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[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

passed in 1990

Yeah it's all about respecting indigenous heritage, sure. Remind me again, in which year they dismantled the genocider statues at Rushmore?

[–] Mirshe@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

If you had actually ASKED the Sioux of the Black Hills about this, you'd know they've told pretty much everyone "yeah we don't like Mt Rushmore, we don't like Crazy Horse's relief carving either, but we think destroying them is more disrespectful than just leaving them to fall apart on their own." Like, this isn't an uncommon thought. It's just more complex than "blow them up".