03-18-2014, 08:18 PM
I really fail to see the problem with a private citizen owning antiquities...
I mean obivously, no one want to see a site pillaged and objects taken and sold without them being catalouged and studied. I think the blakc market for antiquities needs to be dealt with, but I think the easiest way to shut it down would be for museums to start clearing out their basements of all the items they never intend to use for dispaly or exhibit. Most museums have tens of thousands of antifacts that haven't seen the light of day in decades, and many private collectors lend their items to museums with mower budgets so that the items can be seen by people, who could not therwise afford to travel and see them in person.
The best wat to sht down the black market and stop looting is to flood the market with known and provenonced items that are of little value to the museums they are being stored at...
I mean obivously, no one want to see a site pillaged and objects taken and sold without them being catalouged and studied. I think the blakc market for antiquities needs to be dealt with, but I think the easiest way to shut it down would be for museums to start clearing out their basements of all the items they never intend to use for dispaly or exhibit. Most museums have tens of thousands of antifacts that haven't seen the light of day in decades, and many private collectors lend their items to museums with mower budgets so that the items can be seen by people, who could not therwise afford to travel and see them in person.
The best wat to sht down the black market and stop looting is to flood the market with known and provenonced items that are of little value to the museums they are being stored at...
