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One of the things which changed my perception on life forever was touching an inscription by Xerxes, located just outside the gargantuan hewn-out throne room of the rock of Van - imperial capital of ancient Urartu. Went to Gobleki-Tepi a couple of days later. Anatolia is really cool if you're an ancient / bronze-age history buff, the Turks don't particularly give two shits about ruins that aren't islamic so you have access to places that in other countries would have been fenced off for decades.
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Telsa Cola posted:So I don't want to be the rear end in a top hat here but honestly people shouldn't touch things of archaeological or historical significance with their bare hands unless its been okayed and even then I'm hesitant. The oils gently caress things up alone not to mention the damaging effect of repeated touching. Its been a real problem at archaeological sites and museums. I'm aware, I worked as a museum collections archivest for some years. I figure that since I had to freeclimb 60 feet of poo poo rock to do this that there wasn't much risk of erosion from casual tourists.  That Robot posted:Did you see any Ancient Greek ruins in Anatolia? Also how was Gobleki-Tepi? Lots, Hasenkeyf is a massive city going back to the bronze age which the Turks are about to flood behind a dam, stunning volume of things to explore there because, again, they give no shits about anything not Turkish. Gobleki-Tepi was mind blowing on an existencial level but the really cool stuff is actually in the museums at Salinurfa and Ankara. Rime fucked around with this message at 07:18 on Dec 9, 2017 |
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Oh, hey, new tablets! Archaeologists Uncover 3,250-Year Old Middle Assyrian Tablets In Iraq’s Kurdistan Unfortunate that they were unbaked. 
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