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kindly shopkeeper

Chilling at the airport and noticed there was a perfectly hexagonal pond nearby.. i was thinking maybe it was related to some kind of industrial thing, and i was right, but i didnt expect it to be 1900 years old

A hexagonal pond, lago traiano, as seen on google maps
Wikipedia telling me its from 103 ad
9 January at 10:15 | Open on posts.rat.pictures
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Mx Autumn :blobcatpumpkin:
Solarbird :flag_cascadia:
kindly shopkeeper

@moira yeah i guess they dug up some roman ships while building the airport and there’s a little museum for them

9 January at 10:35 | Open on posts.rat.pictures
Solarbird :flag_cascadia:

@hannah that's so weird i mean

i guess the river carried down a lot of soil and it all filled in that way but that's a lot of _far_ and now there's a _city_ and it's only 1900 years.

and yet: hexagonal lake? _that's_ fine somehow.

9 January at 10:39 | Open on mastodon.murkworks.net
Seiðr

@moira @hannah "Around 50% of the known ancient Mediterranean harbour-locations are not used anymore today (within a radius of 1500 m around the location of the ancient harbour). Around 15% of the ancient Mediterranean harbours are now silted-up, of which ca. 75% are not used anymore today. "

2000 years of silt can make a port disappear.

ancientportsantiques.com/ancie

9 January at 10:49 | Open on mstdn.social
Alper

@Illuminatus @moira @hannah
I loved visiting ancient inland port cities as a kid near our summer house.
Here is a port city
maps.app.goo.gl/zBAb3AGpr5CgBp
Another
maps.app.goo.gl/9t1Hx7JmE4He48
The plains you see on satellite view are surrounded by ports all over including some in Bafa "lake" detached from the Aegean sea centuries ago.
Here is ephesos
maps.app.goo.gl/HYaDnQLzwc1uWP
Pergamon
maps.app.goo.gl/z97KWt1fZ2R4Ta
And of course Troy
maps.app.goo.gl/hkWwjwTBsWp6ZM

@Illuminatus @moira @hannah
I loved visiting ancient inland port cities as a kid near our summer house.
Here is a port city
maps.app.goo.gl/zBAb3AGpr5CgBp
Another
maps.app.goo.gl/9t1Hx7JmE4He48
The plains you see on satellite view are surrounded by ports all over including some in Bafa "lake" detached from the Aegean sea centuries ago.
Here is ephesos
maps.app.goo.gl/HYaDnQLzwc1uWP
Pergamon
maps.app.goo.gl/z97KWt1fZ2R4Ta
And of course Troy
...

9 January at 15:51 | Open on sfba.social
Seiðr

@hannah Whenever I watch one of those antique guys shows imported from the US on TV and they are like "Oh, this is an original Jefferson Davis chair, almost 200 years old. A real antique with a lot of history." I am like "Seriously, mate? I can't even dig to plant a tree in the village's house without finding Hannibal's watch or some shit!"

9 January at 10:47 | Open on mstdn.social
Joseph Riparian 🏳️‍⚧️

@Illuminatus @hannah I think the best thing, historically, about the US is that the ancient history is from a totally different culture and color, so no white people can lay claim to it believably - if they want to talk about ancient US history, they have to talk about, well, me.

That's what makes those barely-antique Confederate geegaws so impishly delightful to me: it's so obviously just white people trying to find *something* they can call their own about this continent's history.

(I also unironically enjoy antique shows and stuff; I find it quite lovely when people appreciate and preserve an item, whether it's 20 or 20,000 years old. Sometimes I go to the art museum and just appreciate the 4,000 year old cups, which were made to the same specifications I would require for my hands today.)

@Illuminatus @hannah I think the best thing, historically, about the US is that the ancient history is from a totally different culture and color, so no white people can lay claim to it believably - if they want to talk about ancient US history, they have to talk about, well, me.

That's what makes those barely-antique Confederate geegaws so impishly delightful to me: it's so obviously just white people trying to find *something* they can call their own about this continent's history.

9 January at 12:49 | Open on kolektiva.social
Violet Rose

@holyramenempire
I found that perspective when I was young. I lived in a small town that was established just over 100 years ago, but learned that it had been a gathering place on the Saskatchewan River for at least 1000 years. Unfortunately, aside from that tidbit, we didn't really learn anything about indigenous history in school.

@Illuminatus @hannah

9 January at 16:05 | Open on lgbtqia.space
Dante Scanline

@hannah they were trying to setup some cool Myst puzzles but didn't have enough time to finish it in their age

9 January at 10:53 | Open on autonomous.zone
FallsMom 🟦 🌻
Melissa Archer :renamon:
BackPaw / ZorroFinn

@renabot @hannah totally. Straight roads in North America = Grid System. Straight roads in Europe = yeah, it’s been there a LONG time.

9 January at 12:41 | Open on meow.social
Ormur

@hannah I remember stumbling upon this while looking for Ostia on google maps (I guess the meme is accurate) and immediately googling it.

9 January at 13:03 | Open on mellified.men
Rachel Greenham

@hannah there was a bbc documentary about that, with Dan Snow and Sarah Parcak (she of space-based archaeology fame). BBC's page here bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01pc063 but sadly the programme itself doesn't seem to be online anywhere. (and yikes, but searching youtube for roman empire content brings out all the White trash!)

9 January at 13:11 | Open on mastodon.social
DELETED

@hannah yo wtf that's kinda really cool

9 January at 13:19 | Open on wobbl.xyz
abadidea

@hannah Trajan: I am entering my hexagon phase

9 January at 15:23 | Open on infosec.exchange
Charly Kühnast

@hannah Trajan seems to have been a prolific builder. I live next to the (party restored) ruins of the Colonia Ulpia Traiana and it's quite impressive.
9 January at 15:43 | Open on chaos.social
Josh "cortex" Millard
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