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I knew vaguely that Troy had many layers of settlement, but I didn't realize that Troy had an extensive life in antiquity that extended into the classical Greek
by lordleft 6mo ago
I knew vaguely that Troy had many layers of settlement, but I didn't realize that Troy had an extensive life in antiquity that extended into the classical Greek age (Post-Bronze Age) and Early Roman Age. It's funny to think of Roman and Greek Tourists visiting Troy VIII in 300 BC.
- lamasery 6mo agoI wonder if there were street vendors selling little replicas of the wooden horse.
- kirubakaran 6mo agoWhen I visited Troy, the museum's trojan horse replica said "Under Construction". Apparently it had been that way for months and months, which was pretty funny considering the original took only 3 days.
- bombcar 6mo ago"Be careful building that thing! It might go off!"
- redsocksfan45 6mo ago[dead]
- schoen 6mo agoI had the same problem during my visit. It seems we can't build bridges, railroads, or Trojan horses nearly as fast as earlier generations could.
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- exitb 6mo agoWas there anything resembling tourism in 300 BC?
- arethuza 6mo ago"The final layers (Troy VIII–IX) were Greek and Roman cities which served as tourist attractions and religious centers because of their link to mythic tradition." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troy
- gostsamo 6mo agono, but in first century bc and after that the roman world was connected enough that rich young romans were doing their version of the grand tour. Cesar managed to be kidnapped by pirates doing something like that, if I remember it correctly.
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- Gormo 6mo ago> no, but in first century bc and after that the roman world was connected enough that rich young romans were doing their version of the grand tour. So "yes", then.
- alephnerd 6mo agoDon't underestimate ancient globalization. Heck, Inuit had Chinese bronze artifacts [0] well before European contact (basically 4,000 miles). [0] - https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/archive/releases/2016/Q2/old-world-metals-were-traded-on-alaska-coast-several-hundred-years-before-contact-with-europeans.html https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/archive/releases/2016/Q2/old...
- nephihaha 6mo agoTrade =/= globalisation.
- wahern 6mo agoIIRC, the Inuit reached North America from the West right about the time the Vikings reached it from the East, but they managed to colonize and stay, displacing the native inhabitants and eventually spreading to Greenland, again displacing the natives. Their technological advantages were their kayaks and hunting strategies, so presumably the displacement was less violent.
- sidewndr46 6mo agoI read something about the Sphinx in Egypt suggesting that modern excavations came to the conclusion that at least one Ancient Egyptian dynasty probably excavated it trying to figure out the history of it as well
- Tuna-Fish 6mo agoThe oldest written text that definitely refers to it is the Dream Stele by Thutmose IV, which describes him having it dug free of sand. The monument was more than a thousand years old at that point. Young kings showing their piety by restoring old monuments was useful royal propaganda. This wasn't even the last time that the Sphinx was restored.
- ocschwar 6mo agoThe Pyramids have a recently noticed Tamil inscription from Indian tourists visiting 2000 years ago. And the Neo-Babylonian Empire had the first tourism minister taking care of a paleo-Babylonian site.