fearlessfalderanian t1_j6mp5zh wrote on January 31, 2023 at 12:44 PM Reply to comment by [deleted] in TIL tomb raiding is a big problem in China that looters sometimes find historically significant sites first. For instance the tomb of the famed 3 Kingdoms-era general, Cao Cao, was discovered in 2008 after police inspected the stolen goods of a bunch of robbers, who then led them to an unknown tomb. by Khysamgathys Uh, non-archeologist here. Destroying our ability to understand our own past sorta pisses me off too, bub. Permalink Parent 5
fearlessfalderanian t1_j6mp5zh wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in TIL tomb raiding is a big problem in China that looters sometimes find historically significant sites first. For instance the tomb of the famed 3 Kingdoms-era general, Cao Cao, was discovered in 2008 after police inspected the stolen goods of a bunch of robbers, who then led them to an unknown tomb. by Khysamgathys
Uh, non-archeologist here. Destroying our ability to understand our own past sorta pisses me off too, bub.