Ignore all the 1 star reviews if you're actually interested in the topic of looted artifacts. From the comments I've read in other places it would seem most of the blind negativity towards this show comes from mostly ignorant and insecure people who frankly don't seem to care about history at all.
The show is well produced and well researched, they go across the entire world just to get the viewpoints from experts both from the original cultures and the places where an item is kept.
The main message is this: The history of looted and 'stolen' artifacts and items that have deep cultural and historical significance is often deeply complicated, and often the question of where they truly belong is just as complicated.
The history of imperialism everywhere has historically been very bloody, we see this all the time where there is war and strife and where one culture seeks to prove themselves as superior. The survivors of the culture viewed as 'inferior' are just that, a culture and they want to know and keep their history just like everyone else, and in my opinion, everyone deserves that much.
Great show, charming host, very educational and important for the discussion of this difficult topic.
The show is well produced and well researched, they go across the entire world just to get the viewpoints from experts both from the original cultures and the places where an item is kept.
The main message is this: The history of looted and 'stolen' artifacts and items that have deep cultural and historical significance is often deeply complicated, and often the question of where they truly belong is just as complicated.
The history of imperialism everywhere has historically been very bloody, we see this all the time where there is war and strife and where one culture seeks to prove themselves as superior. The survivors of the culture viewed as 'inferior' are just that, a culture and they want to know and keep their history just like everyone else, and in my opinion, everyone deserves that much.
Great show, charming host, very educational and important for the discussion of this difficult topic.
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