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That’s a lot of words to make the exact same excuses used not only to steal the art in the first place, but to colonise the countries it came from too - that us “civilised” people need to take care of their things because they are too “savage” to do it themselves.
European society decided at one point that eating mummies was a great and healthy idea.
Previously it was quite easy to find mummified remains in Egypt, that’s what a 6,000 year old tradition will do, but the by the time the British Empire went through its Egypt Fever phase they had eaten so many corpses there was a supply shortage.
That’s a lot of words to make the exact same excuses used not only to steal the art in the first place, but to colonise the countries it came from too - that us “civilised” people need to take care of their things because they are too “savage” to do it themselves.
Spoken like a true coloniser.
Fun Fact:
European society decided at one point that eating mummies was a great and healthy idea.
Previously it was quite easy to find mummified remains in Egypt, that’s what a 6,000 year old tradition will do, but the by the time the British Empire went through its Egypt Fever phase they had eaten so many corpses there was a supply shortage.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-gruesome-history-of-eating-corpses-as-medicine-82360284/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mummia
If they’re not going to take care of their shit then they won’t mind is taking it!