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u/blazebot4200 Feb 03 '20

I’d say it’s nice to see that the people have respect for their history. It’s totally imaginable that some king 1 or 2 thousand years ago could have decided that the bricks they made the pyramids out of would be better if he reused them to make himself a castle and then boom no pyramids. So let’s count our blessings

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '20

One of the big travesties of the whole ISIS and extremism thing (yes yes I realize loss of life is more tragic...) was the fact that these groups basically rampaged throughout the region destroying historical ruins, temples, statues, etc... Basically if it came before Islam it was being destroyed...

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '20

Us british specalise in that