I might be getting confused with another European country but I think it was Britain where some amateur archaeologist finds something like gold coins, jewelry etc but when they go to announce what they find they have it seized from them and only get a placard next to it in a museum, no monetary reward or the option to sell it to a private collector.
Some of the stuff in the museums wasn't JUST looted off the natives in other countries...
Alright. Would you please provide a specific example of an artifact or an incident that further illustrates your point?
I might be getting confused with another European country but I think it was Britain where some amateur archaeologist finds something like gold coins, jewelry etc but when they go to announce what they find they have it seized from them and only get a placard next to it in a museum, no monetary reward or the option to sell it to a private collector.
That does seem a bit fucked, and it does show precedent if it is the British museums acting in this way.