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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Henadic Theologian" data-source="post: 9769202" data-attributes="member: 7030526">You can't loot a culture (although you can loot physical artifacts which is wrong), you can only be inspired by it, because culture isn't finite. Example say you decided make a Reggae album, you haven't looted Jamican culture, because Jamicans retain the ability to produce their own Reggae, you've merely been inspired by it, along with other elements of it. For something to be looted, it has to be something tangible not conceptual and something finite. If you steal a Mummy, that is tangible and finite, taking it way from its source deprives that source from accessing that, this is not true of cultural elements.  Secondly culturally elements are messy. I've seen serious arguments that Bast worship for example may have been Libyan in origin, adopted by Egyptians. Anhur worship might have come from Nubians. There are serious arguments that Hecate worship came from Carian civilization (although I've seen a really great arguement that she has a Greek origin). Christian was inspired in parts by Canaanite Religion, Jewish Angels, and other influences, including Greek Philosphy on Christian parables. Worship of the ancient Egyptian Gods along with Gods from a cross the Roman Empire spread everywhere and inspired new and exciting ideas and ways of worship. Honestly they will probably just hired cultural an Egyptian & other cultural consultants to deal with the issue, which they would need anyways for Old Empires Region anyways.</blockquote>

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