US retailer to pay $3mn fine, return Iraqi artifacts
More New York (AFP) - US arts and crafts retailer Hobby Lobby has agreed to forfeit thousands of ancient Iraqi artifacts and pay $3 million to…
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Antiquities… Goodness me, the delicate issue of antiquities.
Having studied anthropology, and archaeology obliquely, I've heard and read about cases of pillaging antiquities, and even modern things. The Nazis had stolen art.
Now, I wouldn't say personally this is anywhere near pillaging antiquities or that they're anywhere even remotely like Nazis, but sometimes I wonder if thinking one can take better care of something than those who had it by, essentially, birthright is a really wrong thought to have.
The company and its head seemed to mean well, but no dice.
Now, I wouldn't say personally this is anywhere near pillaging antiquities or that they're anywhere even remotely like Nazis, but sometimes I wonder if thinking one can take better care of something than those who had it by, essentially, birthright is a really wrong thought to have.
The company and its head seemed to mean well, but no dice.
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