US border officials seize 4,000-year-old Bronze Age weapons looted from Iran

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• Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Are they going to return them?

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  • pulsewidth@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yes, it says in the article that the British Museum misplaced them a few years back and is so glad they’ve finally turned up.

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    • Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      lmao.

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    • SnailMagnitude@mander.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I’m glad they trademarked history to be honest.

      Of course artifacts need a vacation from time to time but they always come back home.

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  • Fishnoodle@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Rofl

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• GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  White people and looting Mesopotamia. Iconic duo, yes?

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  • JamesTBagg@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Mesopotamia isn’t in Iran, but I understand your point.

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    • DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      There are parts that are in the westernmost area of Iran as it happens (and it’d be pretty weird and obviously bullshit if it followed modern borders exactly) but yeah it’s mostly Iraq and Syria now.

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• ChicoSuave@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Oh look, ICE doing its actual job.

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• neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Elliot N Ortiz, CBP’s acting area port director in Philadelphia, said: "Customs and Border Protection officers strive to rescue cultural artifacts from the grips of illicit international traders who plunder and exploit another nation’s heritage for profit. “The deceptive practices used to smuggle these treasures into the United States not only violate our import laws but also undermine efforts to preserve and protect the integrity of cultural history.”

  It’s like we’re a parody of ourselves some days.

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• Tim_Bisley@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Why is there a giant ficking bubble blocking the text on the screen telling me to swipe to the next article?

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  • blackbrook@mander.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It’s there for your convenience.

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• homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Heading to Florida.

  Just sayin’.

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• IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  take em, they were made with bad quality copper anyways

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• altphoto@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Thunder!
  Thunder!
  Thunder cats! Hooooo!

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  • GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Well, sounds like shitty weather today. Guess I’m staying in!

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