fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Archaeology@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 months agoBritish Museum removes ‘Palestine’ from ancient Middle East displaysmander.xyzimagemessage-square12linkfedilinkarrow-up1419arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1412arrow-down1imageBritish Museum removes ‘Palestine’ from ancient Middle East displaysmander.xyzfossilesque@mander.xyzM to Archaeology@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square12linkfedilinkfile-text
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/02/14/british-museum-removes-palestine-references-from-ancient-mi/
minus-squarezabadoh@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up71arrow-down3·2 months ago The changes have been made following audience research, and after concerns were raised by UK Lawyers for Israel, a voluntary association of lawyers. It sounds like the exhibits’ text was politicized by this group. The name “Palestine” for the region has been in use for over 1000 years. The historian Herodotus is believed to have made the first textual mention of Palestine in the fifth century BC.
minus-squareNatanael@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoIf a group of lawyers told me I can’t talk about people from a region they don’t like I’d laugh and ask if they want to lose their licenses to practice law
It sounds like the exhibits’ text was politicized by this group.
The name “Palestine” for the region has been in use for over 1000 years.
If a group of lawyers told me I can’t talk about people from a region they don’t like I’d laugh and ask if they want to lose their licenses to practice law