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World News@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years ago

English tourist accused of carving name in Colosseum says he did not realise its age

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English tourist accused of carving name in Colosseum says he did not realise its age

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World News@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years ago

Ivan Dimitrov, from Bristol, apologises to Rome mayor and says he was ‘embarrassed’ to learn of amphitheatre’s antiquity

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Trust me, some people don’t.
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  i can think of a brain surgeon who thought the pyramids were grain silos.
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    I bet they wouldn’t think it’s ok to carve their name on them though

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