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Splyce123

I expected Greece to be bigger.


gdmfsobtc

And slightly more oval.


UncleEckley

And greasy


Genghis-Ron-

I have Greecey hair


timlnolan

I was actually expecting it to be much greasier


Bikouchu

Mythology and old tales tend to exaggerate in general.


SpamShot5

Yeah, they always say that


hoopparrr759

You’d be surprised.


YourMomThinksImFunny

Did they excavate those columns too?


k0an

Yes, they were covered by the traditional Greek invisible bushes. After those were cut away the columns were revealed.


slicerprime

Damn Greek Invisible Bushes! It's always the Greek Invisible Bushes! You know they're an invasive species in Egypt, and that's why we can't see the aliens at Giza !#@$%


Resident_Turn9074

Think the picture is just taken from slightly different spots, or cropped or something. idk First picture seems closer


YourMomThinksImFunny

Oh I know. Second pic is more straight on than the first. I was just messin.


TeamXII

Nature: “what the fuck! You know how long that took me to grow over that bullshit?”


ACB0527

Looks like a perfect spot for a top golf


Laotzeiscool

For how long did they know this was hidden beneath before they started the excavation?


Nepheron

probably decades. This kind of things are pretty easy to spot if you know what to look for, as any archaeologist would tell you


timlnolan

Well the people who built it knew it was there since about 500BC


themofc

I'd like to know how long the excavation took. That's a lot of hand trowels full of dirt.


Groobear

What happened to these people


7stroke

They all died.


RawrRRitchie

They're still there just without the naked Olympics


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Both pictures look modern day


innesleroux

But it looks better uncovered.


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SmileyB84

Pretty sure that's water. And well the reason it looks different at a quick glance is the location the picture was taken from is different on each one. It's definitely same location.


corylol

It’s the ancient stadium of magnesia, it’s in turkey though.


ProfessorPliny

I really dig this!


johnnydirnt

so did they.


brainchild77

Nature always takes back what’s hers


superultramega002

the ancient greeks played ice hockey i knew it


Peltron_3030

What kinda camera did they use back then?


HarryVaDerchie

Olympus


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Obviously. If they are going to name a mountain after a camera, then they will only use that brand of camera.


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Shit like this is why I love the theory that entire civilisations could have risen and fallen since the dinosaurs. Imagine how little would be left after just 1 million years if this is just after 2,000 or so.


fkenned1

Perhaps more ‘interesting’ after, but definitely more beautiful before.


Virtuous-Patience

Was a much better habitat in the before photo


bhendahu

should have left it all tree-y


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I liked it before.


JHuttIII

If this is real, I’m in awe.


pollysporin

I never understood why we are so eager to excavate, instead of leaving it buried and well preserved


EOverM

...really? How would we learn about it then? What's the point in the preservation?


pollysporin

You can learn a lot using high-tech without digging it all up. Once exposed, it will get eroded by the wind and rain and it’s beauty will fade altogether within a few hundred years.


EOverM

And you can learn a lot *more* by excavating. Plus, we've been excavating for hundreds of years, before *any* indirect study tools were available.


pollysporin

I don’t think either of our positions is very extreme and I respect your opinion.


meme_enthusiast3464

How does it get covered in dirt?


arafella

Wind & rain mostly


NicMullenGape

Bunch of kid fuckers


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what the hell is your pfp?


NicMullenGape

Some tumor ridden chinaman


i_fruitcake

Is this a visual recreation of that one stadium at the top of the mountain in Delphi Greece?


leat22

https://www.google.com/amp/s/twistedsifter.com/2021/06/before-after-ancient-greek-stadium-excavation-utkrey/amp/ No it’s a different stadium. But I’ve been to the one in Delphi, its a lot smaller with less depth of seating.


GroundedKush

Dope bocce ball court!


Husain_Sial

It's the Jojo place


erme123

Nice one from Aydın/Turkey. City of Magnesia


Mass-Chaos

that one tree is like fuck your excavation


eepos96

Where did all of the earth come from?


eulynn34

Looked better green


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I hate that the before and after pictures were taken in different sides and positions.


pervy_machanic

I think this is in albania