Flying SquidM to Archaeology@mander.xyzEnglish • 1 year agoArchaeologists may have found ruins of fabled entrance to Zapotec underworldarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up152
arrow-up152external-linkArchaeologists may have found ruins of fabled entrance to Zapotec underworldarstechnica.comFlying SquidM to Archaeology@mander.xyzEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square12fedilink
minus-square@fossilesque@mander.xyzMlinkfedilinkEnglish4•1 year agoThis is pretty common for churches. A lot are built on older sacred places which makes it hard to study early cultures. It’s always exciting when we can get at those things as a lot of the cases the churches have high heritage values themselves. :)
minus-squareFlying SquidOPMlinkfedilinkEnglish4•1 year agoIn this case, built on an older sacred place to erase the original sacred place from existence. Except a few hundred years later, they failed.
minus-square@fossilesque@mander.xyzMlinkfedilinkEnglish3•1 year agoAs is usually the case, for location choice. A religious kind of imperialism.
This is pretty common for churches. A lot are built on older sacred places which makes it hard to study early cultures. It’s always exciting when we can get at those things as a lot of the cases the churches have high heritage values themselves. :)
In this case, built on an older sacred place to erase the original sacred place from existence. Except a few hundred years later, they failed.
As is usually the case, for location choice. A religious kind of imperialism.