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Da_Iron_Lung t1_jbbr1gf wrote

Imagine all the stuff still under sand that we don't even know about.. It blows my mind to think of the lost cities below the sand

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dtr1002 t1_jbcdh9k wrote

Let alone all the formerly coastal stuff lost after sea level rise.

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sokoe t1_jbc32f6 wrote

You know about the Khufu ship? They found it in 1954 in a pit at the foot of the great pyramid https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khufu_ship?wprov=sfti1 https://maps.apple.com/?ll=29.978056,31.134444&q=Khufu%20ship

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mateww t1_jbc6fs5 wrote

Must be that alien ship they used to build them.

But seriously, first hearing of this. Got to do some researching

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Myfourcats1 t1_jbe08ib wrote

Not just in Egypt too. What happened to Punt? How about the Kushites? These were powerful people who traded with and fought with Egypt. We’ve got some stuff in Sudan and Somalia but how much more is out there?

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arnold001 t1_jbeiarv wrote

What I cannot understand is how is it possible they are burried?! I mean, if continents move or if there are sudden earthquakes or floods then ok sure, like there are some things that are in the sea. But so so many artefacts seem to just have been burried.

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panckage t1_jbh9gta wrote

People generally live in flood pains (where rivers meet the ocean). These rivers bring in silt and things eventually get buried over long periods of time. Just like lakes eventually fill up with silt and become land again.

In the end it is just high parts of the Earth (eg mountains) eroding and the silt piles up in the lower places... Making high places lower and lower places higher

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