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minus-squarereallykindasorta@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up76·2 days agoAs someone who consumes a lot of ancient history, it can also make you like “Ah yes, another city rises, another is displaced by climate disaster, and another falls due to land mismanagement. ‘Tis the way of things.”
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up49·edit-22 days agoNonsense, I look on Ozymandias, king of kings’ works daily and despair!
minus-squareInverseParallax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoHehe, bad news for the ‘impson’ family!
minus-squareBeMoreCareful@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 days agoI was literally thinking about this poem moments ago.
minus-squareaffiliate@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agohow does one consume ancient history? do you eat the source documents?
minus-squarereallykindasorta@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 days agoThat’s unrealistic— some of them are etched into stone
minus-squareTlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoYou need some papurus dust to sprinkle on those, like a lick-a-stick.
minus-squarebamfic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoCivilizations of a heirarchal centralized type definitely feel like temporary abberations, after reading Graeber and Wengrow
As someone who consumes a lot of ancient history, it can also make you like “Ah yes, another city rises, another is displaced by climate disaster, and another falls due to land mismanagement. ‘Tis the way of things.”
Nonsense, I look on Ozymandias, king of kings’ works daily and despair!
Hehe, bad news for the ‘impson’ family!
I was literally thinking about this poem moments ago.
It’s one of the greats.
how does one consume ancient history? do you eat the source documents?
That’s unrealistic— some of them are etched into stone
You need some papurus dust to sprinkle on those, like a lick-a-stick.
Civilizations of a heirarchal centralized type definitely feel like temporary abberations, after reading Graeber and Wengrow