Regardless of the present moment

[minoanmiss]

There were civilizations before us and (probably) civilizations after us.

Thutmost II's Tomb Discovered

Comments

[bikergeek]

Thutmost? was that the Pharaoh after Thutmore?

[minoanmiss]

THPT

[bikergeek]

You had to know that was coming. *wipes spittle from face*

[cmcmck]

This got reported on the beeb too.

[ride_4ever]

Thank you for this thought that the present moment is a spot between a different past and some different future.

[princessofgeeks]

Yes.

[darkmarcy]

Ahh yes, saw some reporting this on my sources but your link has photos! Bits of the starry ceiling <3

[acelightning73]

And the Minoans had flush toilets and hypocaust heating.

[hitchhiker]

one of my favourite "historical facts you never hear about" was that ancient egypt had archaeologists studying even-more-ancient egypt

[minoanmiss]

I LOVE that fact! And the Babylonians stuied their Mesopotamian predecessors as well!

[hitchhiker]

that's one of the things i love about historical fiction, it reminds us that the past was not all that different in terms of how people lived and worked and played, and what they were interested in.

[cmcmck]

And the Romans studied the Estruscans