more archaeological site damage...

[RamboPreacher]

http://www.cais-soas.com/news/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=54:a-large-parthian-site-in-khuzestan-province-seriously-damaged-a-partly-destroyed&catid=1
this is becoming more and more popularized in the news. we as a human-kind are progressing, and knowingly still choose to disregard ancient sites.

I assume that somewhere that there must be a line drawn, we would never be able to expand our boundaries if we didn't at some point begin to disregard other boundaries of time and historicity.

I am not one that is a proponent of stopping all progress, but I do believe that prior to that progress, there should be some examination of the past and the artifacts, etc. in order to at least quantify and qualify the "ruins" and perhaps even do what can be done for replication of the site, at the very least in the virtual/electronics, if not by model.

anyway - just wanted to rant a bit about this kind of thing again.

[Full Quiver]

Shouldn't that go for ancient American sites as well?

[RamboPreacher]

Shouldn't that go for ancient American sites as well?

yes, never said it didn't. my comment was in general about the topic, and so included "American" sites as well.

[JohnDB]

Thats a shame...Daniel's legacy might have survived in those ruins...

That would be a find...if an ancient scroll of Daniel's writings could be discovered in the ruins of Susa. That was the place where the Ulai canal was. (if my memory hasn't gone competely)

[Full Quiver]

Didn't say you didn't; just an observation.

[dolfan]

Cherokee and white burial mound in Lawrence County, Alabama on the grounds of a present Indian museum (also home to a large, well-preserved ceremonial mound that is believed to be 10,000 years old -- neat place, I've stood on it, with its four corners facing due north, south east and west). The burial mound was partially vandalized in previous years, a couple of crypts of later bodies who had settled and intermarried with the Cherokees were dug out and left to rot on the top of it. About 300 or so people, I am told, are buried in it. I've also been on that mound. You've gotta watch for snakes.