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		sidewndr46 on May 16, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Egypt's pyramids may have been built on a long-los... So the writing is found in the same area, but may be from a much later civilization?

danparsonson on May 16, 2024 [–]

That's the idea - settlements are usually built in favourable areas (e.g. next to rivers) so the same site may be continuously inhabited or repeatedly reinhabited over very long periods of history.

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