Antiquities Game – Is It All Stolen?

Oscar Muscarella believes that most of the antiquities in museums like the Metropolitan Museum are plundered. “Whether this should all be returned or not is another story. Put simply, his view is that the practice of acquiring antiquities, outside of scholarly excavation, is inevitably immoral. It promotes a trade that Muscarella, during his more animated outbursts, likens to ‘white slavery’.” he believes that “the important thing now is to stop the looting.”