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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 570646, member: 8267&quot;]Are you talking about this specific artifact? Gandharan artifacts in general? Archeology in foreign countries in general? I would not characterize all objects from an area &quot;stolen&quot; any more than I would characterize all objects as products of well documented excavations. There is usually a range of ways that artifacts make it out of the ground, from looting/theft, to early excavations that might be considered inadequate by today&#039;s standards but were legitimately authorized at the time, to modern excavation by professional archeologists with thorough documentation. </p><p>I am also curious about what you meant by &quot;cultural difference&quot;. In several posts on this forum I have firmly advocated for the importance of professional archeological excavation, and decried traffic in artifacts without provenience. I would be very happy if there was no commercial market at all for such cultural artifacts, with or without papers.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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