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submitted 1 day ago by tux0r@feddit.org to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

As I was reading about the Valley of the Kings again, I wonder why that was actually legal.

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[-] spittingimage@lemmy.world 8 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

~~Because we have a flag~~ because everyone benefits from the effort to learn about and educate about ancient cultures. We presume that even those cultures benefit, because the memory of them is preserved instead of being forgotten.

Digging up artefacts for private collections, though - that's just grave robbery with a shine on it.

this post was submitted on 30 Oct 2024
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