After delays, Egypt set for lavish opening of grand museum

Re:After delays, Egypt set for lavish opening of grand museum by akudha on Friday October 31, 2025 @09:56AM (#45772033)

Can't this be on a case by case basis? After all, the British stole from so many places in the world - what if they returned stolen items to countries (India for example) that are interested and capable of safeguarding artifacts and didn't return to those countries where they might get destroyed (Afghanistan etc)?

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Re:After delays, Egypt set for lavish opening of grand museum by arethuza on Friday October 31, 2025 @11:04AM (#45772780)

What about examples where there was nothing like theft involved and no colonisation - the Pergamon Altar in the amazing Pergamon Museum in Berlin is a good example...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pergamon_Altar

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Re:After delays, Egypt set for lavish opening of grand museum by Podrod on Friday October 31, 2025 @01:01PM (#45774206)

Although the Pergamon Museum also has the Ishtar Gate which was basically smuggled out of Iraq brick by brick.

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Re:After delays, Egypt set for lavish opening of grand museum by u_sama on Monday November 03, 2025 @04:16AM (#45797226)

I dont see an issue with such a thing, except on the case of legitimate purchase or corruption like the Egyprian bracelet that was smelted for gold.

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