Thursday, March 17, 2011

Egypt, Looting, and Repatriation

In the midst of the Egyptian crisis several weeks ago came a provocative article in the Wall Street Journal. Alex Joffe, an archaeologist and historian, argued that the attacks on the Egyptian Museum held a lesson for another controversial issue: the battle over Greece's Parthenon Marbles held in the British Museum since 1816.

Now, a thoughtful article has been published in Business Week that presents a more evenhanded view of the brewing debate.

Then, we could not helping writing our own reply to Joffe's essay. Read here for Dr. Chip's own personal response to the arguments.

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