[HN Gopher] Amarna Letters
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       Amarna Letters
        
       Author : diodorus
       Score  : 38 points
       Date   : 2023-01-14 02:35 UTC (20 hours ago)
        
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       | theknocker wrote:
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       | ddevault wrote:
       | And, of course, most of them are being hoarded by state-sponsored
       | thieves, particularly the British.
        
         | dan-robertson wrote:
         | > Either 202 or 203 tablets are at the Vorderasiatisches Museum
         | in Berlin; 99 are at the British Museum in London;[7] 49 or 50
         | are at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo; 7 at the Louvre in Paris;
         | ...
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         | There are ~380 total known so there are not many others
         | scattered around.
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         | Looks like they are particularly 'hoarded' by the Germans?
        
           | MrVandemar wrote:
           | > Looks like they are particularly 'hoarded' by the Germans?
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           | "I hate these guys"
        
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