What is your favorite archeological site in the world, and why do you like it?

[Wilfredtheslayer]

For me, it is Hattusa in Türkiye because it has a long fascinating history and so many ancient temples and artifacts.

[Sheppey]

Stonehenge because even though I am Germanic it reminds that I still have ancient ties , genetically, to England. It is probably from the neolithic-mesolithic but I can model a portion of my genetics , via G25, to go back to the Late Bronze Age and Iron Age in England ( I am not splitting hairs here) :

[Token]

Arkaim. A fortified stronghold built by northern Europeans in the 2nd millenium BC in the southern Urals, just north of Kazakhstan. These same people would later move south and east and crash into India and Iran, bringing the Indo-Iranian languages that living Indians and Iranians still speak to this day.

[BakersfieldChimp]

The city of Troy because it was assumed to be a legend for so long. This does not mean that the Trojan Horse existed. And certainly, Zeus didn't transform into a swan to fertilize Leda with Helen of Troy.


I am fascinated by the little seeds of truth that get transformed by oral history to become Myths and Legends.

[Duarte]

Jersey Shore since chances are good I can find lots of gold necklaces and valuable shit.

[Wilfredtheslayer]

Jersey Shore since chances are good I can find lots of gold necklaces and valuable shit.

[Duarte]

You know the Jersey freakin Shore right? Lots falogis like myself losing necklaces and jewelry on the beach. Between you and me the place is a gold mine.

[Duarte]

Stonehenge because even though I am Germanic it reminds that I still have ancient ties , genetically, to England. It is probably from the neolithic-mesolithic but I can model a portion of my genetics , via G25, to go back to the Late Bronze Age and Iron Age in England ( I am not splitting hairs here) :

Huge tourist trap.

[Wilfredtheslayer]

Ow lol

[Cybele]

I don’t have just one favorite archeological site.

Herculaneum and Pompeii

I’m fascinated with them, because they are like some time capsules. Many unlucky witnesses of the eruption and their familiar environment were simply being frozen in time. Of course, is tragic because thousands of people have died in there. At the same time, is captivating because of the human and animal remains and objects have been preserved under the thick layer of pumice and ash, which enveloped the towns in a rock-hard shell, for centuries. There are: ancient buildings (partially some of which were already ancient in the times of the Romans) beautifully painted mural frescos, statues, old streets and so on. In some houses even wooden furniture was found: bed, benches, linen chest, baby cradle, etc. On the plaster of Paris casts, some details of clothing or more rarely of facial features of the Roman inhabitants are visible. Analyzing the skeletons found in Herculaneum, some conclusions were drawn of what those Romans ate, how they lived and the kind of work they did. One can start to have a mental image of what was the real, actual life of people living in there, in those times because of all this well preserved material evidence. And it’s interesting, because new discoveries are still being made.