Because when we're not destroying them, we're trying to make them "better."
Norwegian youths who ‘ruined’ 5,000-year-old rock carving could face prosecution
Two Norwegian youths who wrecked a 5,000-year-old rock carving of a figure on skis risk prosecution under Norway’
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In 5000 years, our descendants will look on it and ask "what does this extra bit mean?"
+Bill Garrett "Obviously this site was reestablished by a later 'Ski' cult and the previous illustrations reinforced and expanded. While some scientists claim that the date for this precedes the Great Fall by some fifty years, the crudeness of the art suggests that it was done by post-apocalyptic tribal shamans."
You can look, but you better not touch. (Bruce Springsteen)