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05/08/2007 08:37:13 PM · #1 |
Archaeologist says they have found King Herod's tomb. And they will probably find more with weeks to come. But what I don't understand is, why are they always digging to find this stuff? Did the earth cover everything up years ago? Or is a tomb suppose to be buried deep down? I'm not very smart when it comes to this stuff. I guess that's why I'm asking for answers. :).
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05/08/2007 08:56:15 PM · #2 |
| I was wondering the same last night while I was wacthing a program where they were digging up viking stuff in England that was 1000 years old. They had to dig 5-6 feet into the ground. (approx 2 mtr). Why is it so far into the ground? Where is the dirt coming from? I can understand 30 cms of dirt, it is brought in or it blows in, but 1.8 - 2mtrs or dirt??!! |
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05/08/2007 09:01:01 PM · #3 |
Much of that part of the world borders on desert and the winds blow LOTS of dust and dirt around.
Hell, even in modern cities dirt builds up unless someone sweeps the walk. At least that the case here in Philadelphia.
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05/08/2007 09:03:02 PM · #4 |
| Dust blows, water flows, plants grow (some of the recent discoveries in Ireland are in peat bogs), ground rises and sinks, and probably most of all, people in ancient settlements did not as a rule have sanitary landfills far outside of town -- a lot of the "dirt" is centuries-old garbage. |
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05/08/2007 09:04:20 PM · #5 |
| Some ruins may be purposely buried to allow new buildings to be built on top of it. It's common to find several layers of ruins, each one from a different epoch. |
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05/08/2007 09:05:26 PM · #6 |
| Stuff piles up in some places, and is removed in others. In areas that collect sediment, the rate of sedimentation depends on the environment, which of course changes over the course of history as well. As an extremem example, the exposed rock formations in the Grand Canyon represent about 1.5 billion years of history. Here is a graphical overview. |
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05/08/2007 09:12:33 PM · #7 |
Well, I guess I learn something new today! Thanks everybody for the answer!
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05/08/2007 09:36:02 PM · #8 |
| does archaeologists have the rights to unearth dead people's tombs as long as that dead person no longer has relatives? |
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05/08/2007 09:41:49 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by crayon:
does archaeologists have the rights to unearth dead people's tombs as long as that dead person no longer has relatives? |
I think they do it because dead people never objected. Once they start to object, and move to court on this issue things will change. |
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05/08/2007 09:47:12 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by crayon:
does archaeologists have the rights to unearth dead people's tombs as long as that dead person no longer has relatives? |
I think the name archaeologists gives them the right. lol |
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