Art 101 Controversies of War Loot (2 Pages 543 Words)

1. The National Museum of Afghanistan had been looted in 2011. Out of the 843 historical artifacts that were stolen and smuggled abroad, the robbers had stolen the statue of Buddha, the Begram Ivories, Bronze Age Carvings, and even Medieval Islamic Coins. The looters had broken into the museum during the civil war and they ended up on the black market. Many of them were recovered and turned into the British Museum and held to safely return to the Afghanistan Museum. There was no specific reasoning as to why they were taken, other than to sell on the black market and make a profit. Out of all the 843, 800 were safely returned intact this year. There was no good reason to take these historical artifacts, they were being...