Why is it not grave robbery to take artefacts from ancient graves and put them in a museum? - minie4's Lemmy

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Why is it not grave robbery to take artefacts from ancient graves and put them in a museum?

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Why is it not grave robbery to take artefacts from ancient graves and put them in a museum?

Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 6M

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

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