Tel Aviv is considering loaning the artefact to the Museum of the Bible in Washington, riling the archaeologist community.
The organisation said that moving the mosaic from its original location was the best way to protect it from upcoming construction at the prison.
Cavan Concannon, a religion professor at the University of Southern California, said the museum acts as a “right-wing Christian nationalist Bible machine” with links to “other institutions that promote white evangelical, Christian nationalism, Christian Zionist forms". “The museum initiated returns where appropriate to countries of origin without obligation to do so and encourages other institutions to do the same.”
In 2018, it was obliged to repatriate a looted ancient Mesopotamian tablet from Iraq and acknowledge the presence of modern forgeries among its Dead Sea Scroll fragments. Evangelicals, who make up more than a third of the world's estimated 2 billion Christians, say their affinity for Israel stems from Christianity’s Jewish roots.The museum is involved in sponsoring two archaeological excavations in Israel and maintains a gallery in collaboration with the IAA.
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