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The article mentions that the city was surrounded by "fertile lands", so maybe there was no need for scavenging?

• Kye 4y ago
  Ancient times must have had some equivalent to urban explorers. edit: Bing Chat says... >> "That’s an interesting question. I couldn’t find any direct evidence of ancient urban explorers, but there were many ancient explorers who traveled to different lands and cultures for various reasons123. Some of them may have explored urban areas as well, but they didn’t leave any records of their adventures." >> "One possible exception is Xuan Zang (602-664), a Chinese Buddhist monk who traveled to India and visited many ancient cities and temples along the way. He wrote a detailed account of his journey, which is considered a valuable source of information on the history and culture of India and Central Asia1."
  • ralfd 4y ago
    He looks like a backpacker tourist: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xuanzang https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xuanzang
    • thesuitonym 4y ago
      In hindsight, it's completely obvious, like of course it would be this way, but it's still amazing how ancient people were exactly the same as people are today.
    • notahacker 4y ago
      I was going to say "but backpackers never wore clothes that wild", but then I remembered backpacking in India!
  • speed_spread 4y ago
    That's not really urbex though. Not sure ancient times had closed down industrial and commercial sites like the ones we have now.