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To: supercat
"...only because they had been stolen."

Yes. The French stole the Rosetta from the Egyptians and the English stole it from the French. It's still in the British Museum today and I've heard no reports of Egypt objecting. But I don't think that will be the case, if one of these Japanese collectors is stupid enough to show off one of his trophies from Afghanistan. There is also the possibility of blackmail by the thief who fenced it to him.

12 posted on 04/20/2002 7:11:50 PM PDT by Bonaparte
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To: Bonaparte

The Rosetta Stone is just a mundane legal document... in three languages.


14 posted on 03/03/2005 10:55:31 PM PST by A.J.Armitage (http://calvinist-libertarians.blogspot.com/)
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To: Bonaparte
It's still in the British Museum today and I've heard no reports of Egypt objecting.

Egypt Demands Return of Rosetta Stone

15 posted on 03/04/2005 4:46:45 AM PST by Physicist
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