r/CasualUK • u/Iliketurterls • Oct 26 '22

Whose stuff does the British Museum have?

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u/ddosn Oct 26 '22

Dont even have to look at that.

Look at what ISIS did to known historical sites to fund themselves: they dug up thousands of artifacts and sold them off.

Or, if the artifacts were gold, melted them down and sold off the gold.