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[lucklucky]

I meant in a lake.

[sunday]

The big advantage of a Venice-like city is very low cost of transport, and that is most useful in cities with lots of trade, like port cities. Most Venetian commercial family firms had a warehouse in the lower floors of their city dwellings, and transport from ship to warehouse could be done in boats with a few rowers, even only one. Amsterdam's canals had dual purposes as defensive works and transport routes.

Mexico City, as a stone-age population center, had little foreign trade, mostly slaves and luxury items. Foodstuff was growth in the lake, and here the canals were very useful, probably allowing the city to reach its pre-Spanish size. But that size could also be maintained using Renaissance-era transport.

[lucklucky]

https://phys.org/news/2023-09-shipboard-cannon-swedish-coast-oldest.html

[Stuart Galbraith]

 

[Colin]

That  is a awesome find and will likely be replicates so people can test how good they were.

[Stuart Galbraith]

They are finding incredible amounts of stuff up there, even textiles and snow shoes. They have even found pass markers they laid out, to make herding the reindeer easier.

[lucklucky]

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/columnists/2023/09/15/how-often-does-your-husband-think-about-the-roman-empire/#comment

Edited September 15, 2023 by lucklucky

[sunday]

12 minutes ago, lucklucky said:

 

That woman's twitter history shows several reasons why women can not be priests.

Edited September 15, 2023 by sunday

[Stuart Galbraith]

Another one.

 

[JWB]

 

[JWB]

 

[Ivanhoe]

2 hours ago, JWB said:

 

Fake news, unless they also unearth a building permit.

[R011]

3 hours ago, Ivanhoe said:

Fake news, unless they also unearth a building permit.

It's still awaiting apprpoval.

[Rick]

On 9/20/2023 at 12:14 PM, JWB said:

 

Looks like the ancient American Indians kept it looking like a rather large golf putting green.

[sunday]

43 minutes ago, Rick said:

Looks like the ancient American Indians kept it looking like a rather large golf putting green.

Anothe point of data that says Scots were first in North America, and they brought golf with them.

[Rick]

19 minutes ago, sunday said:

Anothe point of data that says Scots were first in North America, and they brought golf with them.

These two Scotsmen?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=9uy-lF17h_I

 

[sunday]

2 hours ago, Rick said:

These two Scotsmen?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=9uy-lF17h_I

 

Perhaps, perhaps, even if those are one Scotsman, and a Scotsbunny.

[DB]

On 9/15/2023 at 9:55 AM, lucklucky said:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/columnists/2023/09/15/how-often-does-your-husband-think-about-the-roman-empire/#comment

If I think about the Roman Empire (or Rome in general), and it's not due to some historical content on the internet about Rome, or the casual notion that the High Street in my town is on Watling Street, it's usually because of Marcus Aurelius.

I can only aspire to the level of stoicism expected, however.

[Stuart Galbraith]

 

[JWB]

 

[Peasant]

Does this belong in this thread?

 

[Rick]

41 minutes ago, Peasant said:

Does this belong in this thread?

 

Belongs in fiction. Or B.S. category. 

[Rick]

On 9/24/2023 at 12:02 PM, JWB said:

 

Every so often "science" paints a new picture of the ancient past. Gets new followers and money. Men an woman -- scientific fact, there are only two genders -- were created by God, not evolved in some Darwinian science fiction.  

[lucklucky]

What an archaeologist do if everything is discovered? They have to create new narratives.

[Rick]

18 minutes ago, lucklucky said:

What an archaeologist do if everything is discovered? They have to create new narratives.

Excellent point.