[HN Gopher] The 1,700-year-old megastructure history almost forgot
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       The 1,700-year-old megastructure history almost forgot
        
       Author : simonebrunozzi
       Score  : 22 points
       Date   : 2026-03-02 06:40 UTC (2 days ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (www.cnn.com)
        
       | jihadjihad wrote:
       | TFA is a stub that points to a longer-form article here:
       | https://archive.ph/1Mg8f
        
         | phreeza wrote:
         | I got so confused by that list of stubs, I read several of them
         | expecting some sort of narrative arc to be completed pointing
         | back at the opening.
        
       | graemep wrote:
       | It is a pretty amazing structure.
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       | Sri Lanka in general has many things that are unknown. The palace
       | fortress of Sigiriya is one. The huge ancient irrigation systems
       | are another.
        
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