fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Archaeology@mander.xyzEnglish · 5 days agoBritish Museum removes ‘Palestine’ from ancient Middle East displaysmander.xyzimagemessage-square34linkfedilinkarrow-up1450arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1443arrow-down1imageBritish Museum removes ‘Palestine’ from ancient Middle East displaysmander.xyzfossilesque@mander.xyzM to Archaeology@mander.xyzEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square34linkfedilinkfile-text
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/02/14/british-museum-removes-palestine-references-from-ancient-mi/
minus-squaregandhibobandhi@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down6·5 days ago The name “Palestine” for the region has been in use for over 1000 years. But from this article this is relating to: Information boards in the museum’s ancient Middle East galleries, covering the period from 1500BC to 1700BC. The change doesn’t seem unreasonable to me. It wouldn’t make sense to refer to Ancient Rome as “Italy” or Ancient Persia as “Iran” either.
minus-squarezabadoh@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·5 days agoThat does make the changes sound reasonable. Good point!
minus-squareOldChicoAle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·5 days agoWhat about saying “present day Palestine” or “present day Iran”? That helps people understand relative to what locations are called today.
minus-squareFormfiller@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down2·5 days agoNot when you consider the fact stated above that an powerful Israeli activist group is forcing the change while the people of Palestine are being systematically slaughtered and erased
minus-squaregandhibobandhi@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down4·5 days agoThe “powerful Israeli group” made a complaint according to the article, they didn’t “force” anything. And apparently it was a valid complaint. It doesn’t seem ethical for a museum to reject valid complaints from certain people because you don’t like the government of the country they’re from.
But from this article this is relating to:
The change doesn’t seem unreasonable to me. It wouldn’t make sense to refer to Ancient Rome as “Italy” or Ancient Persia as “Iran” either.
That does make the changes sound reasonable. Good point!
What about saying “present day Palestine” or “present day Iran”? That helps people understand relative to what locations are called today.
Not when you consider the fact stated above that an powerful Israeli activist group is forcing the change while the people of Palestine are being systematically slaughtered and erased
The “powerful Israeli group” made a complaint according to the article, they didn’t “force” anything. And apparently it was a valid complaint.
It doesn’t seem ethical for a museum to reject valid complaints from certain people because you don’t like the government of the country they’re from.