A trailblazing archeologist who faked his own death (theguardian.com)

33 points by if-curious 5y ago ↗ HN

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strangely the guardian seems down to me right now. Here is an archive link:

and this is why the guardian is down:

Fascinating story.

swiley 5y ago ↗

I'd like to ask if anyone has successfully pulled this off recently but that obviously doesn't have a useful well known answer.

Grakel 5y ago ↗

Looks like he failed as well, the article states that he was later found out and named a deserter.

yes but this is hn so I fully expect someone to post their personal success story

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