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> A lot of cities in India have been continuously occupied for over 2000 years (Kalyan, Ujjain, Bharuch, Patna). A lot of them don't have any obvious ruins from
by SideburnsOfDoom 6y ago
> A lot of cities in India have been continuously occupied for over 2000 years (Kalyan, Ujjain, Bharuch, Patna). A lot of them don't have any obvious ruins from that era
A lot of ancient ruins are _under_ the city itself. e.g
Rome: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monte_Testaccio https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monte_Testaccio
Italy: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-52818746 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-52818746
It's sometimes theorised that the ground level in cities rises over the centuries, due to sheer accumulation of material. https://www.quora.com/Why-over-the-centuries-cities-such-as-Rome-Edinburgh-and-Istanbul-have-risen-their-ground-level-What-process-governs-this https://www.quora.com/Why-over-the-centuries-cities-such-as-...
https://www.quora.com/Why-is-the-ground-level-of-Ancient-Rome-so-much-lower-than-the-modern-ground-level https://www.quora.com/Why-is-the-ground-level-of-Ancient-Rom...
Because people build over the ruins and rubble; and put a new layer of surfacing on the roads periodically.
- stephenhuey 6y agoI've long been curious about the barely excavated ruins of the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan under modern-day Mexico City: http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20191007-mexico-citys-secret-underground-world http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20191007-mexico-citys-secret...
- ardit33 6y agoYes, in some parts of Europe it is almost impossible doing some digging for infrastructure without coming into some old structure.... usually mosaics, old villas, old graves, etc...
- SideburnsOfDoom 6y ago> It is almost impossible doing some digging for infrastructure without coming into some old structure.... usually mosaics, old villas, old graves, etc... Or if you're _very_ unlucky, an unexploded bomb from the 1940s in a questionable state of chemical decay. https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/03/15/london-2012-olympics-bomb-nazi_n_1346801.html https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/03/15/london-2012-olym... https://www.dw.com/en/500-kilogram-wwii-bomb-sparks-evacuation-in-frankfurt/a-55836768 https://www.dw.com/en/500-kilogram-wwii-bomb-sparks-evacuati... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-43027472 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-43027472 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-europe-24799937 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-europe-24799937
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- ocschwar 6y agoIn the Middle East, a "Tel" (as in Tel Aviv) is a hill that's the product of continuous occupation.
- SideburnsOfDoom 6y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tell_(archaeology) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tell_(archaeology)