used wonder: ignorant laypeople gaze colossal bust Ramses II British M — Sharon Waxman, Loot: Battle Stolen Treasures Ancient World

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I used to wonder: Do only ignorant laypeople gaze on the colossal bust of Ramses II at the British Museum and ask themselves how it ended up there? Is it only the unschooled visitor who looks at the soaring column from the Temple of Artemis at the Met and questions why it exists in this place?

Sharon Waxman, Loot: The Battle over the Stolen Treasures of the Ancient World

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