Artifacts

I sometimes pause for thought and ask myself; living in such a developed and civilized era that we do today, how is it that we are unable to solve issues as simple as “what belongs where and to whom”? Indeed, it is distressing and rather shameful that a civilization that has traveled through outer space, created nuclear weapons and invented the Internet-all of which are complex subjects that consumed a lot of time and patience-continuously fails to recognize a matter as straightforward as ‘rightful ownership’. Over the past few centuries, there have been numerous casualties concerning antiquities theft that has frequently led to prolong and unnecessary legal issues, which often leads to confusion and indecisiveness among the parties involved.
Let’s take the Koh-i-noor diamond as an example. This 105.6 karat diamond was believed to have belonged to India in the beginning of its time (in the late 17th century, the exact date of it’s discovery is arguable considerin...