They were all legally exported in the days when you could do that. Petrie worked with the Cairo museum 'on division.' After a season of excavation, he would show everything to the Cairo, and they would take what they wanted and he would get the remainder.

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We approached the Egyptians first. It was kind of the reverse of normal. ... At first they had to be convinced.

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That is reserved for the future. That will be the 100 percent solution, but we have to wait for science to catch up with the questions.

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