• hoodatninja
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      10 months ago

      Why are the Pyramids in Giza?
      They couldn’t fit in a British museum.

    • @JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works
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      1010 months ago

      Only the things they couldn’t carry. There was a colossal head and arm of an Egyptian statue in the British museum, and a plaque saying the rest of the statue (body and legs) were still where they found it. Presumably because they were to heavy to take back.

    • @Calanon@lemmy.world
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      710 months ago

      There are some things - there are quite a few things that were either gifted by ambassadors or legitimately bought (as opposed to the dubious purchase of the Partheneon marbles) and also British artefacts.

    • @SheeEttin@lemmy.world
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      410 months ago

      Well, there were those artifacts that went missing recently. Those aren’t in the British Museum any more.