US returns huge haul of stolen artefacts to Italy
US returns huge haul of stolen artefacts to Italy
The items were all stolen from Italy in the late 1990s and some were worth millions of euros.
The United States has returned more than 250 ancient artifacts to Italy after police discovered that they had been stolen.
BBC trying to ignore the elephant in the room with all of their stolen artefacts
Q: Why are the pyramids in Egypt?
A: Because they were too heavy to move to England
Recycling material is old
The art unit of Italy's police force found the items had been looted and sold to US museums and private collectors in the 1990s.
Kind of different, a lot of the same.
This seems like an excellent time to recommend an excellent podcast: Stuff The British Stole
Is there a difference between artefact and artifact? Or is it just another weird thing in the english language?
British vs. American spelling, that's all.
Great. You've done the first world nation justice. Now do your own indigenous nations justice and return all of their stolen artifacts.
You misspelled land and culture.
I doubt that will ever happen, but artifacts in museums can absolutely be given back to indigenous nations without much effort on the museum's part. They just don't want to.
