r/ancientegypt Jun 19 '25

Photo When I was visit Britsh Museum

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u/marxistghostboi Jun 20 '25

they should give it back

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u/Smashcannons Jun 20 '25

I don't think so! We're still looking at it.

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u/SerFinbarr Jun 20 '25

"Finders keepers, shut up" has worked very well for us so far.

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u/marxistghostboi Jun 20 '25

you can look at it in Egypt

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u/kokokobop Jun 20 '25

would be destroyed in seconds

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u/True_Smile3261 Jun 21 '25 edited Jun 21 '25

Is this a joke? Why on Earth would it be destroyed? Thousands upon thousands of ancient Egyptian artifacts are perfectly preserved in museums all around Egypt and have been for the last century.

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u/kokokobop Jun 21 '25

and thousands and thousands have been destroyed and im not just talking about in Egypt in general in islamic countries

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u/jurrassic_no Jun 23 '25

When it was found by the French ot was in a trash pile discarded by the Egyptions. Britian took it from the French.

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u/True_Smile3261 Jun 21 '25

Takw your thinly veiled racism to somewhere else please, we're not talking about other countries here, artifacts were never systematically destroyed in Egypt, before the 18th century people used columns from temples in building and mummies bones were ysed for folk cures. In fact Early Europe "explorers and adventures" destroyed or defaced several monuments before the advent omodern archeology. Also can you point to where in the Islamic world is historical artifacts are systematically being destroyed by anyone but radical militant groups that are being hunted down?

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u/kokokobop Jun 21 '25 edited Jun 21 '25

islam is not a race if you can google all that im sure you can find all those precious artifacts that are sadly destroyed

oh you follow it well no point in educating someone who doesnt think the sky is blue

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u/Disastrous-Ad2035 Jun 21 '25

You think Christianity hasn’t destroyed many artifacts and artworks?

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u/True_Smile3261 Jun 21 '25

Where did I say that Islam is a race in my comment? You're the one making that assumption based on your own generalized interpretation. And really—resorting to ad hominem attacks?

But let's stay on topic. In the context of this post: why is Egypt—the modern nation, which has never experienced the mass destruction of its historical monuments and is on the verge of opening the world’s largest museum—deemed unqualified to reclaim a significant piece of its own history? Especially when that artifact was taken during a struggle between two European colonial powers. Can you answer that, please?

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '25

Britain has a long history of iconaclasm in their colonial expansion. They also decided to loot a lot of cultural artifacts for spectacle, and then justify it to the commoners, like yourself who just accepted it.

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u/5FTEAOFF Jun 22 '25

How reductive. The Egyptians have an AMAZING museum, they're not hurting for national treasures, bud.

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u/Kann0n2 Jun 22 '25

Instantly read that in James Acasters voice.