It's been more than a decade since the last big ancient Egypt show at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Now comes “Divine Egypt.”
  • artifex@piefed.socialEnglish
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    3 days ago

    Ugh I love the Met so much. I’m not even a museum kinda guy in general, but it has such a vibe.

    • 0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      2 days ago

      I don’t know, showing off the things you stole sounds cringe. But hey, since they’re part of the West, they’re just “preserving” it and “ethically” sourced.

      • artifex@piefed.socialEnglish
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        2 days ago

        They’re trying to do better, but there were and still are ethical issues with collecting items in the past for sure. It’s most certainly not a west-only thing though, cultures around the world have looted each other and put their prizes on display basically forever.