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Talking to my kid's teacher made me rethink the 'lost city' hype
I was helping with my daughter's 4th grade project on ancient Egypt last week, and her teacher said something that stuck with me. She pointed out that calling a site a 'lost city' makes it sound like everyone just vanished, when really people often just moved. She used the example of a site in Peru I'd read about, saying the story is more about change than disappearance. It hit different coming from someone who teaches kids to question stories, not just repeat them. Does anyone else get tired of the dramatic 'lost and found' narrative in popular archaeology?
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brown.reese8d agoTop Commenter
What other examples change the story like that?
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brown.reese8d agoTop Commenter
Come on, does it really matter that much in the end?
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