IN a sense you are right. The obelisk is considered blasphemous by Muslims—but Hawass is claiming his patrimony and he has the superior argument. The muslim Emir who gave it away deserves the blame, and the stupid immoral Americans who wanted it do too. Return it.
I won’t be suprised if at some point in the future Muslims desecrate it if it goes back.
The muslim Emir who gave it away deserves the blame, and the stupid immoral Americans who wanted it do too. Return it.
I’m totally against the attitude that one must return antiquities to the country they originally came from. That’s nutz. Everyone would be exchanging everything with everybody. Ridiculous. We’ve got it, we keep it. But that means we take care of it too. Fix it up; it’s a priceless piece of history.
“stupid immoral Americans”
Bite me.