Episode #139- What Became of the Great Library of Alexandria? (Part I)
Our Fake History
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Heinrich Schlimann - The Giant Trench
Heinrich schlimann was a German adventurer who claimed to have found the only known statue of cleopatra. The 80 pound marble head seemed to be that of a beautiful woman with a distinctive melon herdew. He had cleverly hidden the artifact from the view of his egyptian overseers, and how he had smuggled the object out of by keeping it in his carryon luggage on the boat home. Now that it had been successfully smuggled to greece, he was very eager to donate this priceless object that would surely be the subject of international fascination,. post haste.
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