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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 6425959, member: 110350&quot;]Am I wrong to think that most of the doctrinaire voices condemning private ownership of ancient art and artifacts come from the archaeology discipline, rather than art history or classics?&nbsp; I&#039;ve seen some archaeologists argue that so-called artistic value is irrelevant (not to mention culturally determined, another can of worms), that objects are completely worthless divorced from their archaeological context, and that not only should private ownership of such artifacts be prohibited, but even museums shouldn&#039;t display them anymore. I don&#039;t see that kind of reasoning so much from art historians and classicists, who, by definition, take artistic (and literary) attributes into account.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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