Oh sure, they like it now. If the grave robbers had found every grave they would have robbed every one. There would have been nothing left for the Brits, Americans and others to discover. It is because we and the others searched for, found and protected the artifacts that they have been preserved.
Civil War grave robbers regularly dug up battlefields at Gettysburg, Shiloh, etc., until they were dissuaded by the law and the establishment of the National Park Service. That isn’t an indictment of Americans’ respect for the past; rather, it speaks well of the country that something was done about it.
Same thing in Egypt. They have gone to great links to protect their history. And they were smart enough to ask for help from the Americans to recover and preserve it. I think it speaks well of them.