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[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 20 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Explanation: Archeology is a very dedicated and difficult task. A discovery of a single previously unrecognized building can be a major event in an archeologist's career, and the older the more impressive.

... and yet there are numerous major archeological finds in Turkiye which have been discovered over the past century by random rural Turkish folks just fucking stumbling over them in the course of their daily lives.

Must be nice, living in a country steeped in ancient civilization!

[–] bobo1900@startrek.website 6 points 1 month ago

It's nice if you find ancient rubble in your field. Then there are places like Rome where every pound of dirt you dig you uncover some Roman things and the authorities must come and check if thinga have to be preserved. Imagine the hell that was digging the underground metro lines...

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Must be nice, living in a country steeped in ancient civilization!

oh yeah, the political climate allows us to live lives of quality... outside of the country

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Egyptologists be like, “Noooooo! You can’t have monoliths over 6,000 years old! Nooooooooo!”

Türkiye: brrrrrrrrrrr

[–] wjrii@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Completely tangentially, Troll Hunters and its spinoffs were pretty good.