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ShillingAndFarding t1_jbblzqp wrote
Reply to comment by wwarnout in Vatican 'donating' its own 3 Parthenon sculptures to Greece by Lootcifer-
During the Napoleonic wars, British archaeologists went to ottoman territories under the premise of making casts and buying some artifacts. The sultan made an announcement to make it easier for them to move the casts out. The archaeologists took advantage of the looser customs inspections to smuggle thousands of real artifacts out.
Seems these were gifted to the Vatican afterwards.
ShillingAndFarding t1_jatkpuk wrote
Reply to comment by ShadowDV in [OC] Argentina & Venezuela Produce More Cheese Than Switzerland by latinometrics
I don’t know about the quality of Argentinian cheese but I really don’t think Wisconsin should count.
ShillingAndFarding t1_jatgwl7 wrote
Reply to comment by Nnelg1990 in [OC] Argentina & Venezuela Produce More Cheese Than Switzerland by latinometrics
Argentina actually produces more than Denmark and the UK. For some reason Czechia’s also left off.
ShillingAndFarding t1_itycdyl wrote
Reply to comment by DragoBTC in Tesla faces U.S. criminal probe over self-driving claims, sources say by 3loves9
If I produced a “high protein, calorie dense recipe” energy bar would that be reasonably interpreted as a description or simply the name of the recipe.
ShillingAndFarding t1_jbcdah0 wrote
Reply to comment by TheGrayBox in Vatican 'donating' its own 3 Parthenon sculptures to Greece by Lootcifer-
The British Empire didn’t personally steal the artifacts. Individual British people, one of which must have either liked the Catholic Church or maybe was friends with a priest or whatever, stole the artifacts. The British Empire just saw it as a happy accident that they got the real stuff instead of copies.
These are apparently from the acropolis damaged during the Ottoman-Venetian wars. That makes it very very likely it was smuggled out by the British or a catholic working with the British.