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[–] greenskye@lemmy.zip 37 points 3 days ago (26 children)

What's the opinion on certain high risk countries where there's a high likelihood of the artifacts simply being destroyed? If I remember correctly ISIS and other similar organizations have burned or bombed several historical sites before.

[–] But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world 22 points 3 days ago (7 children)

The only opinion that should matter is that of the people the artifacts belong to.

“It’s safer with us” is an excuse that’s been abused by colonizers and raiders for too long.

[–] KittyCat@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

In many cases there is no owner, they're from a completely separate culture that happened to occupy the same region in the past.

Many cases

Source: my ass

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