ARTH 260 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Giovanni Battista Belzoni, Lithography, Ramesses Ii
30 Mar 2017
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Repatriation, countries fighting to get back what was theirs. Learning about how museums acquired famous pieces, many museums have napoleon to thank. Looting is one of the most critical issues involving cultural heritage and crime today. Estimate concerning antiquity looting, it fuels the third largest international crime network (weapons and drugs before). It helps fund crisis, (isis sells antiquities that they looted). They have dug down tombs and sold those too. Looting is gradual and eventually cultural heritage is diminished. Locals can be involved as well (improvised, don"t know what they"re doing, examples in. Napoleonic era), locals looting is an argument for others taking better care of them in other countries. Unprotected or not fortified museums and churches are often subject to looting. In the rest of our lives we will hear about looting and a loss of cultural heritage. Us invasion in 2003 baghdad museum lost several thousand pieces, ancient pieces from ancient cities.
