Ancient Historical Sites
... Ancient societies are being discovered more frequently and issues concerning ownership, control and reconstruction of the sites, archaeologists have had to deal with. ... Ownership of ancient archaeological sites has not always been an issue as archaeologists just assumed that excavating gave them the right to ownership. Sometimes permission to take objects from the sites was granted, although the common rule was finder’s keepers. ... I believe that ownership of the sites or objects differ with every case. When an ancient site is located ownership should be given to the country or state it is situated in, unless they do not have the facilities. ... Governments and there antiquity agencies are involved in controlling ancient sites. ... Ancient sites are still kept within modern cities. ... Governments and their antiquity agencies should be the ones to take control over ancient sites as they are the best suited for the job because they are organised and are able to fund and preserve these sites.