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The end of the article suggests that the presence of oil lamps at the site may indicate that some rituals were performed at night. An alternative use of lamps,
by mannykannot 9y ago
The end of the article suggests that the presence of oil lamps at the site may indicate that some rituals were performed at night. An alternative use of lamps, day or night, would be to detect how high the carbon dioxide layer was.
- cyberferret 9y agoGood point. The 'priests' must have had some failsafe method of judging when it was safe for them to approach the entrance. Nobody wants to be the canary in the coal mine, I guess.
- mannykannot 9y ago...and you don't want your performance ruined by the sacrificial animals remaining stubbornly alive, either!
- riffraff 9y agoThat can be neatly worked into a sign from the gods, so no problem there.