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Thwarted markets in everything, antiquities remain underpriced

4 May 2024

An auction house has withdrawn 18 ancient Egyptian human skulls from sale after an MP said selling them would perpetuate the atrocities of colonialism. Bell Ribeiro-Addy, the chair of the all-party parliamentary group on Afrikan reparations, believes the sale of human remains for any purposes should be outlawed, adding that the trade was “a gross […] The post Thwarted markets in everything, antiquities remain underpriced appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.
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