[afraidfortherepublic]

Ping

[Red Badger]

Alas, Babylon!...........

[RightWhale]

"Rain follows the plow"

Except when it doesn't.

[geopyg]

"Cities rise and fall depending on what made them go in the first place,"

Well, New Orleans still has the Mighty Mississippi - so it will rise again.

[hsalaw]

I don't know what happened to the other ancient places, but I do know what happened to Mesa Verde: the Anasazi were aliens, and the mothership returned for them. Okay, I don't really know what happened at Mesa Verde either. Where's Coast-to-Coast radio when you want to discuss these things?

[Stirner]

Pretty good for the NYT (doesn't blame Bush, but geological forces instead).

[Valin]

Only the wind inhabits the cliff dwellings at Mesa Verde in Colorado, birds and vines the pyramids of the Maya. Sand and silence have swallowed the clamors of frankincense traders and camels in the old desert center of Ubar. Troy was buried for centuries before it was uncovered. Parts of the Great Library of Alexandria, center of learning in the ancient world, might be sleeping with the fishes, off Egypt's coast in the Mediterranean....but Twinkies are forever.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks afraidfortherepublic for the topic and the ping.

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[Ciexyz]

How are the mighty fallen.

[Dustbunny]

New Orleans - Sodom and Gomorrah. It was just a matter of time.