[meteorite-list] Legality of Libyan Desert Glass Artifacts Discussion

[RAYDOBOS at aol.com]

In a message dated 6/12/2004 2:21:59 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
deanbessey at yahoo.com writes:

<< professional archaeologists have made it very clear, 
 contrary to you have claimed, me that even picking 
 an LDG flake up off the shifting sandy desert floor 
 and transporting it / exporting it without permission 
 from either Egypt or Libya is unethical and illegal  >>
I sense a little(?) hypocrisy here.   It would seem
to me that archeologists have been the greatest 
looters of all time concerning artifacts.    I haven't 
seen any reports of any of the major museums around
the world scrambling to return the treasures taken out
of other countries.     Whether it was looted before or 
after 1970,,,it was still looted.