Tourist returns ancient piece of Jerusalem

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People have always taken bits of ancient monuments back home with them after trips. It's how many of the musuems in the West got their collections, after all. But I think the public is becoming more aware of the impact this is having.
During the Nineties in the U.S. there was a lot of media attention over the fight between Native American groups and museums over human remains. Former colonies have also fought for the return of artifacts, like Ethiopia getting back the stela of Axum from Italy and the continung efforts by Greece to get the British Museum to return the Elgin Marbles. It looks like the public is realizing that cultural heritage belongs to that culture and not to just anyone who had the ability to take it.

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