Such a horrible idea to send treasures back to third world countries, especially Moslem countries. All it takes is an ISIS, an Egyptian revolution, etc and it all gets destroyed.
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood has repeatedly stated they will destroy the pyramids and other artifacts of its pre-Islam history.
To a fundamentalist Muslim there is no history prior to Islam.
I agree but we are no better than ISIS when it comes to historical artifacts...during COVID and the George Floyd protests, we destroyed hundreds of years worth of our history in the name of wokeness!
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.
It was stolen from them. How they keep it is up to them.