Roxana Cooper Wrote:
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> It may surprise long time Maatists but I find
> myself tending to side with the Aborigines in the
> case of the 17th c. Tasmanian skeletons grave
> robbed in the 19th c. Given a mere three centuries
> the cultural as well as genetic connection with
> the remains is undeniable. Now if it was 1300
> years, or 13,000.....
>
> Oh, and the Elgin marbles were NOT 'looted' they
> were removed with the permission of the government
> in power at the time - which happened to be the
> Turks - and probably would not exist today if they
> had not been taken.

Considering that the locals were willingly burning & destroying their heritage I'd say that's a given.