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It's always interesting to read of "soft" things like customs lasting, as opposed to "hard" archaeology and architecture. While far simpler, one of my favourite
by tengwar2 1y ago
It's always interesting to read of "soft" things like customs lasting, as opposed to "hard" archaeology and architecture. While far simpler, one of my favourites is the Uffington White Horse (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uffington_White_Horse https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uffington_White_Horse), which has been regularly re-packed with chalk for at least 2500 years.
- mrlonglong 1y agoThat was a 17th century insult aimed at Oliver Cromwell. There's no evidence it's older than the 1600s.
- tengwar2 1y agoYou are mistaken. It was dated by the lab I did my DPhil at (Research Laboratory for Archaelogy and the History of Art, Oxford University).
- more_corn 1y agoThis is why I come to hacker news.
- mrlonglong 1y agoCite, please. I'd be interested in reading these cites.