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Walter L. Newton2/26/2011 12:18:22 am PST

re: #45 freetoken

Heh, the Japanese refuse to excavate (in detail, in public) their oldest keyhole Kofuns. Frankly I think it is simply down to their fear that they really are displaced Koreans after all:

[Link: news.nationalgeographic.com…]

Well my friend who works at preservation of Paris’ ancient pass, he is an expat who has lived in Paris for over 30 years, used to work for UNESCO, children’s education division, says it is a pride and cultural thing. The French, he says, are not that interested in giving credit to any other cultural influences in their past history. As Arthur says, try to find a painting in the Louvre or Versailles that is about a French defeat in battle.