they moved it to a museum in Abu Dhabi, it won't be back in London until 2027

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[–] 54 points 1 year ago

Lemmy Post: Complaint to the British Museum

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  • [–] 52 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    You went all that way to see the famous tablet, and it's on walkabout. What do they take you for, that they treat with somebody like you with such contempt?

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  • [–] 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    A lot of these museums want to give this stuff back but there’s a law from the government saying they’re not allowed to so they often try to return stuff on loan to get around it. Some of the countries don’t want to do this because they think it might imply they accept British ownership of the items in questions is they refuse it.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago

    The older tablet next to it: finally my time to shine!

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago

    I love this post

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    Japan has ruined me, never knew the complaint was from nanni

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    So maybe that's where all the good copper went to, someone was desperately trying to get into Ningal's good graces

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