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History Ruins

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What is a ruin? We’re running off of “You know it when you see it” at the moment. Ruins should be non-functioning structures of some age, or their function reduced to tourism and the like.

Generally speaking, specific items from a ruin should go to !historyartifacts@lemmy.world

Illustrations of ruins (or their reconstructions) should go to !historyillustrations@lemmy.world

Photos of ruins back when they were functioning should go to !HistoryPorn@lemmy.world

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Remains of an Inca Empire rest post in Peru (lemmy.world)
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[–] eestileib@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It is hard to convey how fucking high up in the mountains these complexes are.

[–] BallsandBayonets@lemmings.world 6 points 1 month ago

I think the clouds convey it pretty well.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

It’s odd how European this looks. What are these giant step like things for? Clearly they can accommodate handling water runoff. So either agriculture or transportation?