Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2018/05/02/ancient-relics-swiped-by-hobby.html
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Two very weird parts of this story:
• Hundreds of the 4000+ tablets seem to originate from Irisagrig, a mysterious lost Sumerian city.
• Many of them contain what seem to be magical incantations.
And these were for a Biblical Museum, huh?
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That’s… weird.
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All my relics are legit.
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The problem with wearing your religion on your corporate sleeve is when you get the shirt dirty.
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No idea what Hobby Lobby even thought they were going to do with stolen historical artifacts, but this is obligatory:
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They’re super into Jesus and were attempting to, mostly likely, put in the Museum of the Bible. Couldn’t have happened to a better company.
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Uh, yeah… I get that.
But from what I understand, the artifacts in question have nothing to do with Christ, his life, or his teachings; they were mainly Sumerian, and that was a polytheistic culture.
Not to mention, any attempt to put such ‘ill gotten gains’ into any museum is going to draw close scrutiny from the authorities.
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Of course it brings up the obvious. The Hobby Lobby people were really trying to revive Cthulhu
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Someone taking Snow Crash too seriously?
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Do I have to go back and read that book now to understand current events?
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Time for an independent inventory?
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Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2018/05/02/stolen-antiquities-returned-fr.html
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Yeah, I was wondering that too. I immediately pictured turd-colored ‘resin’ replicas suitable for stringing on hemp cords for hippie necklaces. Or maybe cylinder-seal drawer pulls.
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definitely looking for the Nam Shub of Enki
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/Leaving satisfied at presence of image
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Is Hobby Lobby seekritly run by L. Bob Rife?
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That sounds like the hobby to end all hobbies.
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By the corporation that pretends to stand on morality and ethics.
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