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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lrbguy, post: 3161126, member: 88829&quot;]I think I can imagine it.&nbsp; There are forces in the archaeological community out to quash the private collecting of anything having to do with what was most probably buried cultural patrimony.&nbsp; They want to preserve sites intact by destroying the market for illegally excavated remains.&nbsp; Chances are this museum curator does not want to get into that conflict and lose potential programs and support for the collection she curates.&nbsp; If she invites a speaker who brings material from their own collection, it looks like she is supporting the private ownership of antiquities.&nbsp; Better to design the talk and illustrate it with specimens from the museum collection, if they would make arrangements for a special display complete with special guard.</p><p><br /></p><p>Until it actually touches them, people generally do not realize that an environment of repression is developing in which people are losing jobs and careers over this.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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