When I read that “Ancient Ruins were uncovered,” I always wonder where the dirt that covered the ruins came from. Are there some areas that get continuously slowly covered and others lose their coverage in a shifting of sediment?
Is it so gradual that no one society notices that their landmarks are getting “shorter”? Or is it so fast that everyone notices but the significance is noteworthy until a future generation deems it so?
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It’s for a lot of reasons. Most abandoned ruins are primarily buried from grass/plants that grew, died and decomposed into dirt.
In cities there was also waste and rubble along with the plant matter that was often just built on. This is most apparent in the roman empire where the top halves of ancient temples were made into churches during the late empire or after. Dust and flooding can also bury structures but this is more geographically dependent.
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