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In Alaska we build around ancient sites. Well, we do now; it might not have always been so.
Hard to see how a pipeline can destroy the remnants of an ancient city, unless the city just happened to be built identically as a pipeline.
The notion that an archeological site has been known for a hundred years or more, but not deemed "important" enough to excavate and investigate until a pipeline is built is to say the least, "suspicious".
No, I have no idea what prompts the handwringing now, but I see it as hyperbole.
"Dragon Stone" - very interesting name - I wonder what the background of that is?
Muslims have no respect for anything ancient unless it is Muslim.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen any other country that takes so much care over historical sites than Britain. If they’re putting in a new rail system, building, or subway, and they either know ahead of time, or come upon ruins, graves, etc., they stop all construction, and bring in archaeologists to conduct detailed digs, and in the case of burials, consistently dig up each body, move it to a special building for further study, and methodically clear the site so construction can begin again. And if they find ruins on a building site, they will work to get the builders to incorporate as much of the original ruin as they can within the new building, ie., basement construction redesigned so the ruins are visible under clear platforms/walkways, etc. It’s amazing how fastidious, and thorough they are about these things.
