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Well, I suppose there will be the remains of structures both over- and underground; some ruins are likely to be covered by such dense and impenetrable jungle that it took the lidar method to detect them, others will just be mounds of rubble, and yet others may be buried underground reasonably intact.
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Well, I obviously don't hate that kid. I hope he grows up to become a great archaeologist. He was just wrong in the case in question.
#obviousclarificationisobvious
Megan Fox doesn't need to go 'in', as she has access to much better information in other ways.
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A fascinating find in Belize:
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/aug/06/maya-snake-dynasty-tomb-belize-ruins
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For those who haven't noticed yet, the Guardian has just started another Cities series, this time on 'lost' cities.
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/series/lost-cities
Brief snapshots of fragmentary knowledge of complex histories.
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Enjoyed the one about Troy
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I was lucky enough to visit Troy a couple of Easters ago.
The Turks were re-building/improving the car park and main pedestrian paths before the busy season,
and it was pretty blustery up on the headland.
Seem to remember sponsorship from Mercedes Benz, so nothing too critical of Schliemann.
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Anyone been to the sunken cities exhibit at The British Museum?
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It's the lost city of Butlins.
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Is a model...
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Some great shots here (to promote a book of them):
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Really? I saw that and wondered why so many people photographing that subject use HDR techniques. They would be popular on 500px though.
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Plymouth courthouse building, Montserrat
Reminded me of St. Piran's Oratory
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No doubt this has already been covered here, but the photos are nice.
http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2014/01/the-ancient-ghost-city-of-ani/100668/ -
A good article here about El Mirador:
It shows well what a labour of love it often is for those archaeologists who commit most of their lives to one large research project.
I wonder if we'll ever find out what these places were called in ancient times.
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Ye Olde Mirador.
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Here's a couple of articles I found interesting recently
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/08/31/the-big-dig
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/10/black-sea-shipwreck-discovery/ -
A nice little article about breaking new ground in southern Iraq:
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This is rather fascinating:
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2017/feb/06/beyond-kingdom-death-journey-subterranean-paris
I knew of the existence of these places in Paris, just not that the network was so big. London's obviously not bad in respect of underground places, but I suspect Paris beats it into a cocked hat. Of course, Paris seems to be built on solid rock as opposed to London clay, so quarrying that stone was rather obvious. There are UK cities with similar former mines under them; I think there are a few in Manchester, but I can't remember the names of the other ones I've read about.
I also love the name of the head honcho at the body that looks after the quarries--Alaterre, although etymologically it probably comes from something completely different, can be construed as 'at the ground' or perhaps even 'in the ground', although I'm not sure about the latter.
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I can't work out whether they mean there's something buried under the ground or it's just the remains of a structure.