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Re:Archaeologists hail ‘dream discovery’ as sarcophagus is u... by bluepizza on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @05:25AM (#33174650)
> It is hard to believe later generations were always just too impatient to bother doing top quality work.

I believe it. Walk around New York City or Paris and compare the level of detail in construction from a historic building to a recently built one.

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Re:Archaeologists hail ‘dream discovery’ as sarcophagus is u... by FridayoLeary on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @07:17AM (#33175326)
A good point. Also, i don't think any of our great buildings (i.e empire state building, all those skyscrapers made from steel frames and glass) or technology will survive 400 years into the future. They will think we never made anything. Not only that, but they will dismiss written accounts as fiction. Even our plastic waste should have largely dissolved by then.
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Re:Archaeologists hail ‘dream discovery’ as sarcophagus is u... by FridayoLeary on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @07:18AM (#33175329)
A good point. Also, i don't think any of our great buildings (i.e empire state building, all those skyscrapers made from steel frames and glass) or technological marvels (like jets) will survive 400 years into the future. They will think we never made anything. Not only that, but they will dismiss written accounts as fiction. Even our plastic waste should have largely dissolved by then.
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Re:Archaeologists hail ‘dream discovery’ as sarcophagus is u... by ncmncm on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @08:11AM (#33175777)
It is not. Remnants -- turbine blades -- will survive. Plastic will last for geological eons.
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Re:Archaeologists hail ‘dream discovery’ as sarcophagus is u... by permo-w on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @10:48AM (#33177788)
our graveyards will
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