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**eris** @eris@merveilles.town · Feb 12, 2021, 13:50

**eris** @eris@merveilles.town · Feb 12, 2021, 13:50

eris @eris@merveilles.town

@oppen damn....... whats next, the eiffel tower?

**Birgit 🍀** @blueplanetslittlehelper@mas.to · Feb 12, 2021, 20:56

**Birgit 🍀** @blueplanetslittlehelper@mas.to · Feb 12, 2021, 20:56

Birgit 🍀 @blueplanetslittlehelper@mas.to

@eris
Not exactly, but f.i. the Luxor Obelisk
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxor_Obelisks
or the Pergamon Altar, too.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pergamon_Altar
It is nothing unusual that colonial powers appropriate sights or art, even then. See the famous diorite stele that was stolen in the 12th century BC and taken from Babylon to Susa (and later Paris). https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_of_Hammurabi
@oppen

**Return to Zero 🔬** @sciss@octodon.social · Feb 13, 2021, 11:24

**Return to Zero 🔬** @sciss@octodon.social · Feb 13, 2021, 11:24

Return to Zero 🔬 @sciss@octodon.social

@oppen B-but it had a purpose - so they could place it in plain sight of a highway! ;)