I'm not sure why an accident of geography gives the Cairo Museum a greater claim to the Rosetta Stone than the British Museum. Neither institution has any greater connection with the Egyptian state of 2000 years ago than the other.
I'm not sure why an accident of geography gives the Cairo Museum a greater claim to the Rosetta Stone than the British Museum. Neither institution has any greater connection with the Egyptian state of 2000 years ago than the other.I'm not sure why there's a Holocaust museum in Washington D.C. when the Holocaust took place in Europe.
Anyway, despite the transition of government institutions over thousands of years, the Rosetta Stone is obviously an archaeological treasure of Egypts cultural past. IMHO, it should be returned to them, especially considering that they have now developed the cultural institutions to properly care for it. (That was not true 50~100 years ago.)