fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Archaeology@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 year agoHuge ancient city found in the Amazonwww.bbc.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkHuge ancient city found in the Amazonwww.bbc.co.ukfossilesque@mander.xyzM to Archaeology@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square5fedilink
minus-squareMicrow@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·1 year ago? Thats what happens to a city taken back by nature and lying undisturbed for 500+ years… there is a reason why the only preserved Roman ruin cities are in the Sahara or next to the Mount Vesuvius
minus-squarepumpkinseedoil@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·28 days agoThat’s just not true, Roman ruin cities were/are being excavated in many places
minus-squareMicrow@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·28 days agoBut those are not fully preserved, they have been built over and/or flattened by people
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Thats what happens to a city taken back by nature and lying undisturbed for 500+ years… there is a reason why the only preserved Roman ruin cities are in the Sahara or next to the Mount Vesuvius
That’s just not true, Roman ruin cities were/are being excavated in many places
But those are not fully preserved, they have been built over and/or flattened by people