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Archive Home > 2009 > November > 22 > Finders keepers or stolen property?

Finders keepers or stolen property?

Politics and politicians play a huge role in the ownership war over antiquities

By John Tierney • New York Times News Service / The Bulletin
November 22, 2009

Zahi Hawass regards the Rosetta Stone, like so much else, as stolen property languishing in exile. “We own that stone,” he told Al-Jazeera, speaking as the secretary general of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities.

The British Museum does not agree — at least not yet.

But never underestimate....

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