[HN Gopher] Archaeology sensation: An ancient city reemerges in ...
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Archaeology sensation: An ancient city reemerges in Iraq reservoir
Author : diodorus
Score : 46 points
Date : 2022-06-11 05:49 UTC (1 days ago)
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| 7thaccount wrote:
| Seems like an exciting time for archaeology. It must be
| interesting to live in these regions with such long history of
| civilization. Do these findings excite those living there, or are
| they more like "meh"?
| AlotOfReading wrote:
| Unless you're in one of the few island nations that were
| settled recently like NZ or Madagascar, there's a very good
| chance your country has stuff that's just as old as this. Many
| of the ruins under Tucson slightly predate this site, for
| example. If you're in Australia, there are important sites that
| predate this by tens of thousands of years.
|
| There's no denying that near eastern stuff is cool, but it's
| good to be aware of the stuff in your own backyard as well.
| throw93232 wrote:
| Not really, quite opposite, archeology is very expensive.
|
| Istanbul desperately needed metro, but new tunnel was delayed
| by 15 years for excavations. If new site is found during
| construction, many builders just pay off archaeologists, and
| pour concrete over it.
| Tuna-Fish wrote:
| True for most of the middle east. Egypt is an interesting
| counterexample, both because tourism is so important for
| their economy, and because for most of their history moving
| water uphill was really expensive, so if you just move a bit
| off the river valley you can be fairly certain that no-one
| ever built anything there, so you always have room to develop
| without having to stumble on ruins.
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| tgv wrote:
| Can't speak for them, but I know that people in certain regions
| of Spain don't care much about Roman excavations. There are so
| many, it's almost a nuisance to some.
| john-doe wrote:
| I would think they'd be happier to have enough water.
| behnamoh wrote:
| Unfortunately these regions are war-torn and often suffer from
| drought and famine. It's crazy how the cradle of civilization
| has come down to this.
| pigtailgirl wrote:
| > It's crazy how the cradle of civilization has come down to
| this.
|
| -- and should be a beacon of caution to those of us in young
| nations --
| behnamoh wrote:
| Interesting that you use -- in your comment(s). Any
| particular reason why?
| pigtailgirl wrote:
| -- habit from irc/forum days - was in a quake clan with
| members that punctuated this way - also found it helpful
| to find my place quickly on irc in irssi - also i think
| its easy to read - do you find it annoying? --
| sherr wrote:
| Also covered in the Smithsonian Magazine site :
|
| Drought in Iraq Reveals 3,400-Year-Old City [1]
|
| [1] https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/drought-in-iraq-
| re...
| jaqalopes wrote:
| Possibly dumb question... Did they know the city was there when
| they built the Mosul Dam and flooded the area to create the
| present reservoir?
| ncmncm wrote:
| Not dumb. Yes, they did know of it. But they did not get
| opportunity to study it. So now they have to hustle before it
| goes under again.
|
| They had to do Abu Hureyra in a mad rush before it went under.
| That was a site occupied at the time the bolide strike in
| 10,818 BCE itinitiated the 1300-year Younger Dryas freeze, and
| burnt it to cinders and glass beads.
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