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Amazing that the tomb has survived all this time, hidden from view, through the Roman Empire collapse, the arrival of the Vandals and then the Moors, the Reconq
by brabel 2y ago
Amazing that the tomb has survived all this time, hidden from view, through the Roman Empire collapse, the arrival of the Vandals and then the Moors, the Reconquest, Middle Ages, the World Wars... and then someone doing house renovations just happens to stumble upon it.
- harperlee 2y ago> the World Wars Nitpick! The Civil War; Spain was not grounds for any of the two World Wars so they are not relevant events to be survived. (I bet you know this, but hey, a little pedantry a day keeps the readers engaged)
- hinoki 2y agoI would also add the Peninsular War to the list of major conflicts in Spain. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peninsular_War https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peninsular_War
- dev_tty01 2y agoThe Peninsular War is included in the ...
- InDubioProRubio 2y ago[flagged]
- harperlee 2y agoThe spanish civil war was 36-39 and the second world war is generally understood to start in 39 with Hitler's invasion, so although they share a very significant context, the civil war is not the second world war.
- Mordisquitos 2y agoFurthermore, the events leading up to Spanish Civil War were internal and completely unrelated to the looming global conflict, regardless of the fact that the Axis powers and the USSR chose to support different sides for ideological or opportunistic reasons. All else being equal, the Spanish Civil War would have happened even if Italy, Germany and the USSR hadn't intervened in any way whatsoever (though what the result would have been is anyone's guess), and WWII would have happened all the same even if the Spanish Civil War had never happened or if the Spanish Republic had managed to prevail.
- InDubioProRubio 2y ago[flagged]
- yard2010 2y agoThe spanish civil war was a dress rehearsal. Same (but still different) as what happens today in the middle east and Ukraine.
- mjhagen 2y agoI hope you're wrong.
- Medox 2y agoAnd through some earthquakes too, although such large heavy vases would probably survive 4/5-ish quakes with little movement. Maybe even a 6 (?)