[SunkenCiv]

It’s being returned because it was heisted. It’s a good idea to leave excavation of antiquities to archaeologists, and it’s a good idea for museums to follow the law.

ISIS destroyed what was left of Pergamon, and there were plenty of jokers on FR who agreed with them.

[MplsSteve]

“It’s being returned because it was heisted. It’s a good idea to leave excavation of antiquities to archaeologists, and it’s a good idea for museums to follow the law.”

Exactly.

It’s (IMHO) no different than art confiscated by the Nazis being returned to the rightful heirs.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

Pergamon was a catastrophe for human culture, as were the Buddhas of Bamiyan. In general I agree with you, but to trust the Turks with anything is foolhardy. The Acropolis, for example, was a disaster worthy of the Taliban. Even the Nazis had more respect for antiquities.

[DesertRhino]

Baloney. Archaeologists getting a monopoly is wrong. They find things, catalogue them and store them away forever.
There is zero reason private collections and excavation is wrong.
This is the same mentality that nobody should go hunting arrowheads.

You don’t send priceless treasures to places where superstitious idiots will deliberately destroy or sell them off.

The do-gooder return the artifacts movement is tragically wrong.

[DesertRhino]

I did not see anyone on FR agreeing with ISIS destroying those old BC era ruins. No one.... can you provide an example of someone here supporting ISIS doing that?

[DesertRhino]

“ISIS destroyed what was left of Pergamon”

I cannot find that ISIS even got there. It’s in Turkey.