Herculaneum, past, present & future . Shr. Decornlivi /irn/ttf f Dn/wina INTRODUCTION 23 foreign co-operation and offer scientific hospitality to thewhole civilised world. In the case of excavations, another consideration must beemphasised in this connection. It is not only important toexcavate, but also to preserve the monuments and objectswhich have been excavated. When once foreign bodies havecompleted their excavation, their authority and their responsi-bility seem to have ended. I can show that such a result isdisastrous.^ The evils which arise from this state of affair
Herculaneum, past, present & future . Shr. Decornlivi /irn/ttf f Dn/wina INTRODUCTION 23 foreign co-operation and offer scientific hospitality to thewhole civilised world. In the case of excavations, another consideration must beemphasised in this connection. It is not only important toexcavate, but also to preserve the monuments and objectswhich have been excavated. When once foreign bodies havecompleted their excavation, their authority and their responsi-bility seem to have ended. I can show that such a result isdisastrous.^ The evils which arise from this state of affairswould be obviated if all foreign excavations were undertakenwith the co-operation of the countrv in which those objectsare to be preserved, so that the responsibility should not endthe moment the objects have been brought to the lightof day. All these doubts and objections could not apply to thescheme of an international excavation of Herculaneum inco-operation with, and under the leading guidance of, theItalian authorities themselv
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