Should artifacts be given back to their countries of origin? One example is Egypt’s desire for the British Museum to return a lot of Egyptian artifacts to them. Seems fair.

An argument against this, however, is the concern for the physical safety of those objects if they were returned to their origins. This article justifies that concern.

But is simply taking artifacts out of their environment the only answer? The British Museum doesn’t think so. Read here about their “Iraq Scheme” in aiding the country in the discovery and preservation of its heritage.