Egypt in a rift with the Louvre over stolen artifacts

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10-08-2009 @ 10:47PM

Debera said...

Louvre needs to do what is right and return the antiques to the Egyptian Government post haste. It is wrong for them to have taken them out of the country to begin with. Again France, how bold of you to assume. Shame on you yet again.

10-09-2009 @ 10:30AM

Nath said...

One crucial piece of information is missing in this article: The Louvre acquired the artefacts legally, as they bought them.

The artefacts have been stolen in the 80's by somebody else and sold numerous time legally.

10-11-2009 @ 5:24PM

Heidi said...

Nate, just becuse they were bought by the Louve, doesn't mean it was legal. Just the opposite, they bought stolen property. That does not make it legal.
When they were stolen in the 80's and then sold however many times, the people that stole them had no right to sell them.
In this country as many others it is against the law to buy stolen property.
By your logic, if someone stole a diamond necklace from you and sold it to someone then they sold it to someone and so on, the person who has present possecion of said necklace can keep it because they "bought" and sold it many times so you can no longer claim it as yours and you shouldn't have the right to get it back?

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