Thousands of years ago, ancient humans created pots, weapons, and other items, that to them, were just use for everyday life. But to scientist today, these items could be worth thousands of dollars, sometimes more. Some of these items can be found when building cities and roads, but many are buried in the great depth of the earth, holding the mysteries of their creators with them. Archaeologist flock to remote areas to be the first to uncover new secrets from our past. But, should archeologists, or anyone, for that matter, be allowed to relocate these precious items? No, these items should be left alone to honor the people who owned them. Artifacts from our past should not be allowed to leave their final resting sites. For example, that happened to Titanic …show more content…
In Retrieval of Titanic Artifacts Stirs Controversy (RTASC), it states, “In 1987, a controversial salvage operation set up as a limited partnership retrieved china, jewelry, and other artifacts from the luxury liner [Titanic] and exhibited them in Paris.” When Robert Ballard discovered Titanic, “The team took pictures to document the ship's condition and investigate its sinking, but recovered no artifacts. In fact, the team left a commemorative plaque requesting that the site be left undisturbed as a memorial to the dead.”(RTASC). Titanic is a necropolis for many people and should be left untouched so the people may be at peace. Yale took some artifacts from Machu Picchu. "The Inca who built this palace was the son of Pachacutec or Pachacuti, as he's sometimes called," Burger says. "Pachacuti was responsible for building Machu Picchu, so in some way, the materials are returning to the son of the builder of Machu Picchu. It's like bringing back the family goods." It says in Finders Not Keepers: Yale Returns Artifacts to Peru. The items did not belong to Yale and they had no right to take