Africa's stolen objects: what happens after they return
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Is It the Passage of Time That Justifies That Kind of Mistreatment?
Saudi Arabia says the problem takes on a whole other dimension when objects in question are human remains. He asks: What justifies that sort of action? Is it the passage of time that makes tomb reading a justifiable act? The Queen of England was recently entered. We waited 2000 years or 1000 years or 500 years before we are allowed to ethically go into a tomb and desecrate our tomb, he adds.
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