• Nacktmull@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Well, they certainly took pieces of the pyramids to museums in Britain, just not whole pyramids.

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    1 year ago

    Possibly fun fact(?): We would have far mor mummies in museums if it weren’t for the fact that people ate them. I’m not joking, look it up.

  • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I have a British friend who legitimately smuggled a few pieces of the pyramids out of Egypt for her friends (they neeeeeeded souvenirs) and I’m pretty sure I’ve been left one of her remaining pieces in her will. I’m not sure if I should take it back to Egypt and find a spot for it or just shrug and be all “my pyramid now”

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      IANAL but I’m 90% sure that’s highly illegal even in the UK nowadays, so I at the very least wouldn’t accept the piece lest I get nailed for the crime.

      Assuming it’s an actual real piece of the pyramid, like they chipped it off the real structure or something. If they bought it from, say, a street vendor in Egypt then it’s most likely fake in which case there would be no problems.

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    …Given the presence of Stonehenge, what kept the ancient peoples of Great Britain from making their own pyramids anyway? I’m guessing it’s to do with different sociocultural arrangements, but was there any absence of resources that may have also contributed?