Should Archaeologist Leave Historical Artifacts

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Archaeologist should leave the historical artifacts from the RMS Titanic where they are and not take them from were they originally are. Removing artifacts is disrespectful because it is wrong thing for all those people who died because it’s a memorial to them. Edward Kamuda states, that “The Titanic Historical Society, also thinks that retrieving artifacts from the site is inappropriate because of the wreck's significance as a memorial gravesite, especially to families of the deceased”. This means that it would be horrible to take everything to a museum because then its just gonna sit there in a museum and it will not let the souls rest in peace. Therefore, It is obvious that Archaeologist should not take these historical Artifacts from

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