History Ruins

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What is a ruin? We’re running off of “You know it when you see it” at the moment. Ruins should be non-functioning structures of some age, or their function reduced to tourism and the like.

Generally speaking, specific items from a ruin should go to [email protected]

Illustrations of ruins (or their reconstructions) should go to [email protected]

Photos of ruins back when they were functioning should go to [email protected]

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Well-preserved Neolithic wooden road, the Netherlands (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (2 children)

How? Netherlands soil must've been salted to hell and back or something.

Brb if I'm not back from a wikipedia rabbit hole in 2 hours, keep on going without me

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Preserved in peat, I believe!

[–] [email protected] -2 points 4 months ago

Probably the foundation for a road, just like we drive on rebar.