[kloncks]

I wasn't trying to undermine the importance of the revolution. Just explaining some of my worries of actions afterwards and using the National Museum as an example.

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Also, while I get what you're saying, Russia did lose a lot of priceless artifacts from the Winter Palace.

Instead of travelling to St. Petersburg to see Raphael's Alba Madonna, I now have to go to the National Gallery of Art in Washington. The Winter Palace also lost other great works of art from Botticelli, van Eyck, Rembrandt, Titian, among others.

We've had a long history of that happening to us. The Rosetta Stone's in Britain, Nefertiti's in Berlin, and out of 36 Ancient EGYPTIAN obelisks only 9 are actually in the country of Egypt. The city of Rome, by itself, boasts 8. 9 if you count the Vatican.

So, no. I'm actually really worried about our relics.

[borism]

my point was that while loss of some paintings is unfortunate, the change of history which unfolded was magnitudes more tragic but also forward moving.

you should worry more that this revolution moves Egypt more on the progress path (whichever you find right yourself), than what happens to some relics (many of which you lost to colonial powers anyway).

[Qz]

That's like saying the wives of soldiers in Afghanistan shouldn't worry about their husbands because Terrorism is much worse. We're advanced creatures, I think we can handle worrying about multiple things at once.