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What a fascinating read. Thanks for sharing. I can't help but think of Motel of the Mysteries whenever reading about archaeology.
by ddejohn 4y ago
What a fascinating read. Thanks for sharing. I can't help but think of Motel of the Mysteries whenever reading about archaeology.
- pavlov 4y ago“The Dawn of Everything” by David Graeber and David Wengrow is a recent book that really opened my eyes to how much the usual interpretation of prehistory is subject to myths of inevitable progress from small egalitarian organizations to kings and cities. The societies of past were probably much richer in form and more consciously designed that we have assumed.
- Aardwolf 4y ago"archeologists discovered a porcelain chair on which one can sit like a throne, with a hole in the center and an elaborate mechanism for flushing water, used for ritual purposes"
- pelasaco 4y agothe daily ritual, probably