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Tourist faces $24,550 fine for carving his and girlfriend’s name into Colosseum (www.news.com.au)

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A tourist filmed carving his and his girlfriend’s name into the walls of the Roman Colosseum faces a huge fine as Italian authorities vow to find the man.

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[–] Saganastic@kbin.social 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

The colosseum is almost 2000 years old, it's not getting eroded. At least not on a human time scale. Most of the damage present occurred during the Renaissance when people harvested marble from it for other stonework.

[–] ripcord@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Also earthquakes.

[–] dwindling7373@feddit.it 1 points 1 year ago

What do you mean "not on a human scale"? In your lifetime? Arguably not, on a human scale, absolutely yes.