Egypt Artifacts

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In my opinion, I think the artifacts, located in the Hall of Ancient Egypt should be return to its origin. This is not only considering as a personal view, but it is also an international debate. Even if these artifacts were stolen, which we do not know, they still need to be present in their country not in other places like America. They are part of the Egyptian’s background, including the people, culture, religion and so on. Imagine if someone comes to America and digging up George Washington, what are you going to do or what are your thoughts about that? Furthermore, these artifacts will help the economy of their country of origin to increase rapidly, because there is a high chance of tourists like to visit the artifacts in their correct

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