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make3 2 hours ago [-]
It's surprising that they're not doing that systematically around the building, but then again I guess that applies to a large part of the city as well.
One always wonders which incredible books we lost, from amazing mysterious old philosophers. The burning of the library of Alexandria is such an incredible sadness
irdc 10 minutes ago [-]
> It's surprising that they're not doing that systematically around the building
There's a very good reason for that: archaeological techniques improve all the time. The idea here is to leave something for future archaeologists.
ninjalanternshk 16 minutes ago [-]
By not excavating the whole city they leave work for future archaeologists. :)
vasco 35 minutes ago [-]
> It's surprising that they're not doing that systematically around the building, but then again I guess that applies to a large part of the city as well.
In some places in Italy, Greece, Malta, probably others I don't know, people always joke that you shouldn't try to ever do any renovations lest you end up finding something and lose your house. Some places you're almost guaranteed to find stuff if you just dig once or twice.
cubefox 2 hours ago [-]
> One always wonders which incredible books we lost, from amazing mysterious old philosophers.
You might be interested in The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco, a historical novel about such a lost work.
One always wonders which incredible books we lost, from amazing mysterious old philosophers. The burning of the library of Alexandria is such an incredible sadness
There's a very good reason for that: archaeological techniques improve all the time. The idea here is to leave something for future archaeologists.
In some places in Italy, Greece, Malta, probably others I don't know, people always joke that you shouldn't try to ever do any renovations lest you end up finding something and lose your house. Some places you're almost guaranteed to find stuff if you just dig once or twice.
You might be interested in The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco, a historical novel about such a lost work.