History Ruins

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What is a ruin? We’re running off of “You know it when you see it” at the moment. Ruins should be non-functioning structures of some age, or their function reduced to tourism and the like.

Generally speaking, specific items from a ruin should go to [email protected]

Illustrations of ruins (or their reconstructions) should go to [email protected]

Photos of ruins back when they were functioning should go to [email protected]

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Pre-Columbian Aqueduct around Cumbemayo, Peru (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Why is it stepped like that? Was there a building there at one time?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I think it is to reduce the speed at which the it flows.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Or they copied it from a Minecraft build.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

That's so awesome, and good pictures too.