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Plywood Memories from Gencon to Vegas
Out trip to Gencon took us up through the Arkansas Delta country, and into the boot of Missouri, across the Big Muddy and on into the spra...
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Where do the Roads to Adventure lead? Countless battles and hordes retrieved! How now do the spoils of your endeavors pay off? In stone and... -
Myths can be scary. I won't go into a few because I just didn't want to read about infanticide this morning. But through infanticid...
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Very cool looking city. I love that they diverted the river to form a canal through the city.
Yeah its pretty at the same time. Notice the "green space" in it as well. Probably for orchards, temple grounds and houses for wealthier inhabitants. It may also serve some defensive purpose.
In any respect the city does not appear to be organic, rather quite highly designed.
Also interesting is that according to the wikipedia article, this Sumerian city apparently existed for 5000 years, was sacked and then completely forgotten about until discovered by accident in 1933! They've been excavating it for decades since and still haven't reached the bottom layers. Like most ancient cities, it's really many cities, all built on top of each other.
Like Troy with its various levels - and once thought to be mythical. Archaeologist have pushed back the city foundation dates several thousand years again such that Katul Hayuk (again)is no longer considered the oldest city (something I learned in my first anthropology intro class in 1983 or so).
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