There is an opinion that it is of paramount importance to deliver historical objects to their homeland. While some argue that this initiative is worth trying for several reasons, I believe that repatriating historical items to their homeland is unnecessary
On the one hand, it is understandable why repatriating historical antiques to their homeland is important. One of the reasons is that medieval objects give authentic experience to tourists when they are brought back to their countries of origin. Indeed, tourists can utilize the external environment to gain an understanding of the items’ functions and how they were developed in the past. This insightful knowledge acquisition brings about first-hand experience, which cannot be received in non-original places. For this reason, returning antiques to their original nations is a worthwhile proposal offering tourists with many meaningful experiences. For instance, viewing ancient Greek statues in Athens provides a more authentic and emotionally engaging experience than seeing them in a British museum in London
On the other hand, bringing historical artifacts to the countries of origin may encounter several problems. Firstly, the delivering cost can be expensive to return ancient items. To explain, historical artifacts have aged over time, they are more fragile and vulnerable to external factors, such as harsh weather or physical impacts .In order to ensure their best appearance and shapes, shipping agencies charge more exorbitant cost to service safer and more secure delivering, which can protect the objects from being broken. Not only are the ancient items are vulnerable, but their sizes may pose obstacles to repatriating them to their homeland. In fact, some pieces of historical artifacts are huge and tall like statue. Such oversized items need to be disassembled to facilitate shipping activities, this practice may cause several problems to the items when they are reassembled, including their joint-points being unable to link with others. As a result, repatriating ancient relics to the original countries is costly and quite risky.
In conclusion, while repatriating historical objects to their nations of origin can offer tourists more authentic experiences, I am firmly convinced that this initiative is a risk-taking project costing high transportation fees due to their large sizes and fragile conditions by ageing.