maximillian_arturo
maximillian_arturo t1_j9snh0n wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in When a builder found a dirty old boot under Hobart barracks, little did he know he'd stumbled upon rare treasure - Major find for early colonial history in Australia. by ArtOak
I mean fabric doesn't hold up as well as metal. Same reason why all old manuscripts are written on stone or clay. Cause the manuscripts that were written on less durable materials, like papyrus, just deteriorate over time.
And people don't really see the need to hold on to old, worn clothing. If you find it 20 years after people stop wearing it, it's just old clothes. It doesn't become interesting for a couple hundred years. At that point most of it will have been thrown out, repurchased, or just disintegrated.
Similar to the jeans that were worn by original gold miners out west in the US. There are people who search through old mine shafts just searching for denim. It's valuable because there aren't many that have made it.
maximillian_arturo t1_j99c5rn wrote
Reply to comment by ManOfDiscovery in 'The wound hasn't healed': Activists recount 1898 Wilmington coup that terrorized Black residents by janjinx
It's almost like different schools don't all teach the same exact curriculum.
maximillian_arturo t1_jaovy6b wrote
Reply to Sea creatures in Greek manuscript and Norse mythology may have been whales with mouths agape — Fish instinctively swim toward apparent shelter of creature’s mouth, a phenomenon depicted in ancient texts as early as 2,000 years ago by marketrent
To be fair there could be more than one large creature in the ocean that figured out fish will swim into their mouths if they leave them open.