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I wonder how long ago our ancestors forgot about this settlement and it was lost, and how many times it was rediscovered through the ages. I bet Homer knew of o
by cjohnson318 3y ago
I wonder how long ago our ancestors forgot about this settlement and it was lost, and how many times it was rediscovered through the ages. I bet Homer knew of or had heard of some ancient sites that were either never memorialized in a poem, or poems never survived to modern times.
- Loughla 3y agoIt's honestly staggering to think about how much didn't survive because it was made of wood or clay. And the oral history of our species that is forever lost. Just staggering.
- imchillyb 3y agoIt's even more staggering to think how much didn't survive due to conquerors, demolitions, fires, and intolerance.
- OJFord 3y agoI find it more staggering that anything survived (with a gap before being rediscovered). It's just funny to think about the set of circumstances that might lead to things being left, forgotten, and buried, isn't it?
- mcmoor 3y agoXenophon already writes about sites that are already old and forgotten by his time https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anabasis_(Xenophon) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anabasis_(Xenophon)
- cjohnson318 3y agoThat's very interesting! I imagine a bunch of bored Victorians have already dug everything up and thoroughly wrecked the provenance of everything.
- opportune 3y agoThere was 4x the amount of time between Gobekli Tepe and Xenophon as there was between Xenophon and right now