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Purpledoors3 t1_j665mzs wrote

They should just dig up all of Rome, get the artifacts, then put it back again.

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drowned_beliefs t1_j669ie7 wrote

I know this was a joke but it reminded me of something the Director of the site of Knossos on Crete (the location of the legendary labyrinth and Minotaur) told my class about 35 years ago. He said that it took Arthur Evans a decade to excavate Knossos (ca.1900), but if they were starting today it would take over a hundred years. That’s how much stuff there was and how quickly they plowed through it.

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ThaiJohnnyDepp t1_j67f96o wrote

That's sad to think how much they must have destroyed :(

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ShakaUVM t1_j67h0h4 wrote

Or Alcubierre in Pompeii just smashing stuff he didn't think would sell

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Gunnvor91 t1_j67kakd wrote

I was disappointed when I visited Knossos because it turns out, all of that art (wall murals, bright red pillars) are artistic creations by Arthur Evans. That dude destroyed so much by covering it in cement.

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Lander-V t1_j68bq11 wrote

Same, at first I thought it was all the original painting before I realized that the only thing that was original was the throne itself.

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