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Re:Geek Social Fallacies (2003) by ben_w on Thursday April 04, 2019 @09:21AM (#19571940)
Something can be an example of what was lost without itself actually being lost.

The pyramids are an example of this distinction.

However I think, from your examples, that you see the world in a fairly similar way to @le-mark and your distinction is more one of labels than anything else.

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Re:Geek Social Fallacies (2003) by aaaaaatttuyy on Thursday April 04, 2019 @05:41PM (#19577387)
> The pyramids are an example of this distinction.

The pyramids were never lost. They were in plain sight the entire time. Local people knew about them. They were 'discovered' by European colonizers and integrated into a pop culture phenomenon back in Europe, which included racist tropes and undertones.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptomania

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Re:Geek Social Fallacies (2003) by qu4z-2 on Thursday April 04, 2019 @08:18PM (#19578447)
I can't find a way to read the grandparent's comment that implies that the pyramids were lost.
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