• @Edgelord_Of_Tomorrow@lemmy.world
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    349 months ago

    The best idea I heard about continuing the Indiana Jones franchise is Short Round (played by Academy Award Winner Ke Huy Quan) stealing artifacts from Western museums to return them to their rightful people.

    • frustratedphagocytosis
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      109 months ago

      I thought about this setup but with Sallah’s kids, he had so many that could team up and collect all the Egyptian artifacts in the British Museum during WWII since everyone else is distracted

      • @Catoblepas
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        69 months ago

        without a hint of self awareness about who fucked up these countries to begin with

        • SokathHisEyesOpen
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          29 months ago

          It’s irrelevant at this point, for this topic. If leaving it means it’ll be destroyed by whomever is in power at the moment, then leaving it is a bad idea until it’s stabilized.

          • @Catoblepas
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            19 months ago

            Countries can and do ask the museums currently caring for them to continue to do so if they’re unable to provide adequate care for the artifacts themselves for whatever reason. Yemen and the Metropolitan Museum of Art came to an agreement over looted artifacts just a couple of weeks ago with Yemen maintaining ownership of the artifacts, but on display at the Met. It’s still important for countries to maintain ownership of culturally significant artifacts that have been looted.

      • @sic_semper_tyrannis@lemm.ee
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        69 months ago

        Uh, no. The Taliban ordered the destruction of the Buddhas of Bamiyan, not Daesh / IS.

        Daesh destroys relics, but the Buddhas were destroyed in 2001, before Daesh was even a part of Al Qaeda.

        • @angrystego@lemmy.world
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          89 months ago

          I’m not from the nation that stole it nor from the nation that created it but Iď love for the ancient artefacts to continue existing. I feel like they’re not just a heritage of one nation, they’re human heritage. The Taliban didn’t create any of the artefacts they destroyed. They have no right to destroy such things just because they live at the same place as the creators. I’m sure the ancient creators would be furious if they new.

  • @stephfinitely@lemmy.world
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    79 months ago

    Honestly with how good we have become are reproduction. Their is very little (I don’t think any) that we need to keep the originals away from the county of origin.

  • @gmtom@lemmy.world
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    39 months ago

    If we conqured you that nears you’re par of our country now so it’s technically still in its country of origin right?