The Scholar in Me Weeps

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Hey Max.... what the hell are you talking about? You might like to view yourself as a great cultural humanitarian with a huge respect for preservation of artifacts and history... but get a grip and open your eyes to reality. I don't know much in detail of the collection, but I get the feeling you're going by the reputation of some Egyptian coworkers who impressed you. Can you actually point me in the direction of some websites that might describe the catalogue as it was intact? One that was representative of history without alterations and editing according to it's benefactors whims....oh and this wasn't just any benefactor...he was a cruel and heartless one who attempted to eradicate entire races and cultures. So if that seems tunnel vision and irrelevant to you then I truly feel sorry for your respect of curatorial integrity anyway. Surely an old rock of great importance is still an old important rock just the same... even if some other rocks were destroyed... but don't get carried away.... Saddam tampered with every inch of Iraqi history he could. Again, if you can find a website with more detailed information it might be helpfull for the both of us.

Another thing... these articles forget to mention that some of the looted items were taken from the vaults. Meaning this was an inside job. A lot of the material will in fact end up in the blackmarket...or in Syria...or France...because these items weren't bumrushed by hooligans, they were carefuly stolen by people who knew the stock.