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Are There Really Any Reasons Left Not To Repatriate Plundered Cultural Artifacts?

VISUAL Posted: April 2, 2019 1:32 pm

“The British Museum is currently facing repatriation demands from Italy, Greece, Egypt and the Easter Island; the idea that it is a better host to the Parthenon Marbles than Athens’ state-of-the-art Acropolis Museum is preposterous, as is the idea that the Rapa Nui don’t know how to look after Hoa Hakananai’a, the Easter Island stone statue they believe is the living incarnation of a prominent ancestor.” – Prospect

VISUAL Published: 03.25.19, sj

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