Nefertiti - The Lonely Queen | show | 2020 | Official Trailer - video Dailymotion

A documentary that explores the dim world of illicit trade in antiquities, as well as the long and hard struggle for the | dHNfUnpTT2lHeExwOVk

Transcript

00:00 [MUSIC PLAYING]

00:04 To create now in the 21st century,

00:06 or even in the late 20th century,

00:09 a universal museum like we have it in Berlin, London, Paris,

00:13 Petersburg, or New York, is not anymore possible.

00:17 The main motivation of museums not opening their collections

00:21 is because they want to cling to their role as gatekeepers,

00:25 and they want to have the last word on the objects.

00:27 And that is what is really problematic

00:29 when we talk especially about material objects

00:32 from other cultures, where cultures completely

00:35 feel misrepresented.

00:38 The Greek authorities pursue the issue

00:43 of the return of the Parthenon marbles

00:46 because the Parthenon is a unique symbolic monument.

00:53 The upper part of the next block is in London.

00:56 The lower part in Athens.

01:00 I mean, this is at least surrealistic.

01:05 So the British Museum exists to tell

01:07 the story of human history from two million years ago

01:10 to the present day.

01:12 There is always something about museums which is deadening.

01:16 Objects taken from their life source,

01:19 it's like dead babies or something.

01:22 What Luton does to cultural heritage

01:24 is that it takes an object from its historical context.

01:29 We archaeologists study what lies above the object,

01:32 what lies at the object, and what lies beneath it.

01:34 And then we can create meaning.

01:36 Now we know that the illegal illicit traffic of antiquities

01:41 is one of the hugest illegal businesses.

01:46 I mean, UNESCO is estimating that it's

01:49 several billions a year.

01:53 People need to see looting as the Black Diamonds.

01:56 25 children died in one year, post-2011,

02:00 because they were used by the gangs to find objects.

02:03 So people need to see how unethical it is

02:06 to actually buy these objects.

02:09 And the less there is a market, the less looting will happen.

02:13 (gentle music)

02:16 (upbeat music)