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I would rather go to the places these antiquities were from and visit in a museum there. Another thing worth pointing out, the British Museum was founded with
by UI_at_80x24 4y ago
I would rather go to the places these antiquities were from and visit in a museum there.
Another thing worth pointing out, the British Museum was founded with the objective of proving events written in the bible were based on historical events. Let's air all this dirty laundry while we are at it.
- quesera 4y agoThat's fascinating. Maybe some day the Creation Museum in Kentucky (link omitted) will have the same longevity and benefits of colonial resource extraction.
- yamtaddle 4y agoI dunno—you set out to prove something about some battle recorded in the Bible, or whatever, you're gonna end up uncovering some real history (maybe even the kind you wanted!) probably, so there's a substantial connection to reality to drive the overall process, even if there's strong bias in the mission. The evolution (har, har) of that into something like a secular museum has a clear path to follow. You set out to prove the Earth was made in 6 days a few thousand years ago, you're... likely not gonna be coming up with much that's connected to reality, even by accident. Though it is funny to imagine.
- jamses 4y agoI've never seen that particular claim about the museum - it was set up to hold Sloane's collection alongside the Cottonian and Harleian libraries. Where is it from? Is this a misremembering of the tale about the discovery of the flood tablet?