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Hey, Frankie, is this a new piece from Tikal? 400 a.C., maybe?
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Hey, Frankie, is this a new piecefrom Tikal? 400 a.C., maybe?

Museo • 2018
Hey, Frankie, is this a new piece
from Tikal? 400 a.C., maybe?

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Hey, Frankie, is this a new piece from Tikal? 400 a.C., maybe?
Duration
6 seconds
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25
Timestamp in Movie
01:18:32
Uploaded
Jun 20, 2025
Genres
crime, drama
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In 1985, a group of criminals mock the security of the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City to extract 140 pre-Hispanic pieces from their showcases.
Classical period, yes. Very good. You know your Maya, arqueólogo. - Museo 00:06
Classical period, yes. Very good. You know your Maya, arqueó...
Well, what I know was that Tikal was sacked by the gringos and you Brits... - Museo 00:05
Well, what I know was that Tikal was sacked by the gringos a...
Well, after the Krauts had already taken every Pre-Hispanic piece off site. - Museo 00:04
Well, after the Krauts had already taken every Pre-Hispanic ...
It's not "Pre-Hispanic." - Museo 00:06
It's not "Pre-Hispanic."
Mesoamerican or Maya, which is what they are. - Museo 00:05
Mesoamerican or Maya, which is what they are.
Cheers, gentlemen. To Mesoamerica. - Museo 00:05
Cheers, gentlemen. To Mesoamerica.
Well, you know, every piece from Tikal that are worth anything... - Museo 00:05
Well, you know, every piece from Tikal that are worth anythi...
"This stuff belongs in a museum." - Museo 00:08
"This stuff belongs in a museum."
He was an eccentric Italian, a 19th century explorer. - Museo 00:05
He was an eccentric Italian, a 19th century explorer.
In his London strongman shows he'd lift 20 people at once. - Museo 00:07
In his London strongman shows he'd lift 20 people at on...
And whatever he didn't stole for himself, he selled it like it was his own. - Museo 00:06
And whatever he didn't stole for himself, he selled it ...
And that's how the Met, the Louvre and your British Museum were made. - Museo 00:05
And that's how the Met, the Louvre and your British Mus...
That's how all museums were made, even your Anthropology Museum. - Museo 00:05
That's how all museums were made, even your Anthropolog...
Well, Frank, that rock is not Tlaloc, this is actually Chalchiuhtlicue. - Museo 00:05
Well, Frank, that rock is not Tlaloc, this is actually Chalc...
That's my point. Without people like Belzoni there wouldn't be any archaeology. - Museo 00:04
That's my point. Without people like Belzoni there woul...
"There's no preservation without plunder." - Museo 00:06
"There's no preservation without plunder."
Last year, an American expedition discovered a Spanish galleon... - Museo 00:06
Last year, an American expedition discovered a Spanish galle...
She'd been sunk by the British in 1804, a beautiful, beautiful vessel. - Museo 00:06
She'd been sunk by the British in 1804, a beautiful, be...
And inside this ship, they found gold, valued at an estimated... - Museo 00:06
And inside this ship, they found gold, valued at an estimate...
...$500 million, that's half a billion greens. - Museo 00:06
...$500 million, that's half a billion greens.