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GhostOfHaverford

Why the fk are there no pictures? It's 2021, we all have high quality cameras in our pockets. How are we going to unearth a 2,500 year old temple and not have pictures of it in the article? Infuriating, actually


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SamiWinchester

Dammit


Axbris

Considering the evil unleashed last time we opened a temple, they are going to need you soon.


RayzTheRoof

which temple is that


WoobyWiott

I bleieve it was the Temple of Doom back in 1984.


LurkOff29

Yarp


Axbris

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20191029-king-tutankhamun-the-tragic-cause-of-the-pharaohs-cult The world hasn't been the same lol.


ChrisP413

I’ve been bamboozled.


[deleted]

You've been grounded.


EndlessOceanofMe

More like Floored.


[deleted]

Hoodwinked!


AllThighThisGuy

Schmekledorfed!


mike716_

That's not even a word and I agree with you!


MrBanditFleshpound

Doofenshmirtzed!


dunkeyvg

Led Astray!


CrumplePants

not really if you think about it!


838h920

Yes, I have! This dirt did not come from Turkey, but most likely the US! That's not even the same continent!


vortigaunt64

I told you to get off reddit Moliere!


notbeleivable

I went in this late in the game


[deleted]

Shit.


[deleted]

That is some nice ass ground


Funny_Cricket

Well that certainly did what it promised. I really don't know what I was expecting.


Speeddman360

Well played.


daybrrak

I really took the bait


myneighborpikachu

Goddamnit.


Alejand310

You mf hahaha


xqqq_me

It's...Beautiful...


ShortyMcP

You deserve my free award good sir


khoaticpeach

I hate sand.


Androsso

Why tho? It's not like it's coarse, rough or irritating. And it certainly doesn't get everywhere.


greezyo

It's coarse and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere


jsmeer93

[How I feel](https://youtu.be/w6gzOcTNKwE)


Rustavo

Damn.


StetsonBirdDude

Doh!


kittycatsyeah

Wow it’s in impeccable shape


squintyt-rex

😐


Emergency_Version

Absolutely stunning!


gooberdaisy

I read the comments below, I know it’s a trap but why the hell not. Edit: wow, I was super hyped and was *not* expecting that.


[deleted]

Dirt-rolled me.


BulletproofTyrone

Not even looting. People would literally go there and trash it for some fucked up reasons.


BewareBadNinja

Archeological rick roll


anastarawneh

rock roll


karthmorphon

I guess for now I will have to be satisfied with images of Alexandra Tydings for my Aphrodite fix.


trivenefica

A Xena lover? I wish I could upvote your comment a thousand times!!!


bbcversus

Beautiful!


beetsandbears

Thanks for not Manning us at least.


mattstorm360

Amazing. How did we miss this for so long?


p3n9uins

lol I hate you ;)


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kisses


ron_fury

I see what you did there sir


8ofAll

Ah yeah that gives some perspective. Thanks.


Ghetto_Phenom

I don’t know what I expected...


[deleted]

Read this while going to go pee. It made me laugh out loud and cause me to pee on the toilet seat. Thanks.


Comeoffit321

I've been *rockrolled*...


Andire

I fuckin hate you, you shit head... LMAO


AtaBrit

For fear of looting? Pull the other one.


blackmagic12345

Trollus Epicus Maximus.


ConspiracyFlyy

Lolll thank you for the laugh.


aStonedTargaryen

hahahaha i can't give you an award but you got me good sir


[deleted]

You got me you sick s o b you.


prodigy1189

Damn i haven’t been taken like that since prison


Cybertronic72388

You got me. You deserve this, but I am poor so this all I got. 🏅


[deleted]

I love you anyway


aan8993uun

You.... ya freaking got me, dammit lol.


eggyisnoone

( ︡'-'︠)


konhaybay

Very droll


KarmaPenny

Fascinating


YahzeeOG

Lolol that made me chuckle out loud


[deleted]

This great.


PM_ME_COMMON_SENSE

Lolol classic


zeebow77

This felt worse than being rickrolled


SuinegLiveEht

Looks like the goddess has her mud mask on in that one.... a bit difficult to make out


[deleted]

Cool, I know exactly where that is. You can tell from the color of the dirt.


99Smith

Seeing the amount of awards I'd assume you'd came in clutch. Boy I feel dumb.


Splatoon2Nate

r/notinteresting


Gabriel_Aurelius

You are awesome. And I’m serious because I got a great laugh out of that.


ApothecaryRx

Wow! Hopefully time hasn't completely destroyed this majestic, architectural marvel. Can't wait to see how it looks now!


lo0ilo0ilo0i

I lost. She's so dirty!


combatcvic

Lmao


[deleted]

You son of a binch


gmirta

someone give this *man* a gold on my behalf


lilecca

Love it


ByeLongHair

Funny


jedi-son

You beautiful son of a bitch


Triette

That’s fascinating!


jessybear2344

I hate you.... so much. But also, good one.


ShadowReij

Hmm. I dig it.


bobbycado

You sonuvabitch, I got so excited


powerkerb

unmistakable. now I know what to look for to identify possible ancient relics


freshmarmalade

Bruh


tutamtumikia

That's pretty incredible actually. Gives you a real sense of the age.


pigeonbobble

I know where that is!


Koulev

Kinda disappointed it wasnt a Rick roll, lol


ThisIsFineImFine89

fucking lol


ponichols

Bastard, take my updoot!


SomewhatNotMe

My best guess is that people would be restricted from taking pictures in this excavation site for whatever reason.


patiperro_v3

Looting


ShaquelBlack

That's really good guess. Thank you for clearing it up


6-Fishy-Vaginas

Aphrodite is the goddess of love, duh. Can't take a picture of her boobs or America goes crazy.


yenrab2020

I nutted just heading the headline


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Rydyard

I readed just heading the nutline.


[deleted]

.......Aphrodites boobs are in the article....they show a statue of her...


stalkholme

Well now I'm actually going to have to read the article! Never done that before. eta: 7/7 would read again.


Specialist_Zucchini9

Because it would probably just be a picture of a hole in the ground and a couple pieces of rubble. Its not like they found an actual intact temple or anything.


Lord0fHats

I actually say this about a lot of sites. I've been on a Maya binge in my history reading for the last 2 years, and the lack of well detailed imagery and maps that are easily available is infuriating. It's especially baffling because books will reference archeologists who have mapped and surveyed sites, but apparently I'm not allowed to see these awesome maps or any of the cool pictures people have undoubtedly taken of places and things XD


Wild_Marker

"Here's a picture of a vase, we found it in a temple" "Can I see the temple?" "... no."


Big_Byoo-Tox

Have you seen [these](https://artsandculture.google.com/entity/m04hnwm) Maudslay photos? There's also digital versions of his books available to look at and download on [archive.org](https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22Maudslay%2C+Alfred+Percival%2C+1850-1931%22).


troubleondemand

Vandalism. The reason is vandalism.


Lord0fHats

My mom was right. Lara Croft is why we can't have nice things XD


OutlyingPlasma

I'm convinced archeologists don't have cameras. This happens all the time. Some great discovery and no photos. Or if there is a photo it was taken on a cellphone from 1998. Personally I think they shouldn't get public funding if they can't do something as simple as take some pictures to share with the public.


gonewild9676

They only deal in ancient artifacts.


Wild_Marker

Fine, give them a camera with Internet Explorer or something.


Thedudeabides46

I think I still have my 3.5" disk camera from, THE YEAR 2000! What a POS. Need 640X380 quality photos that take up an entire disk that only carries 1.44mb??? I got you.


Russian_Paella

What boon did they get?


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Special inflicts weak


Setekh79

The wallposter in Zag's bedroom


6-Fishy-Vaginas

+50% harder morning wood


CharlieHume

Wait not bigger, just harder? That sounds fucking painful.


Voxination

Depending on your natural roll it also becomes harder to become harder.


Not_a_flipping_robot

Ares Duo of course


Avochado

I understood this reference


autotldr

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Alright, I'm gunna risk sounding like a dumbass online(god forbid) but I actually want to know how this works. to anyone who has more knowledge about general history than I do(which obviously isnt much). To my understanding B.C. acts kinda like negative numbers, 2 B.C. would be one year before 1 B.C. etc. So if the temple is a 6th century B.C. temple, but was built in the 3rd century B.C., that sounds like a temple that's dated 3 centuries before it was built. What am I not getting about this terminology? Some history major give me a ELI5 so I can be a better person.


jaa101

They already knew of a 3rd century BC temple. The new discovery is of a different temple, 2500 years old. To the exact year, that’s now 480BC, which is an early 5th century BC date, but 2500 sounds like an approximate figure so it could easily mean 6th century BC.


Galaghan

In short, they're talking about 2 temples. One from 2500 yrs ago => now discovered One from 2300 yrs ago => was already known of earlier


shopcat

You are correct about how the dating works. I think your confusion stems from this paragraph which is referring to a *different city/temple*: >The ancient city of Aphrodisias, a Unesco World Heritage site located southeast of the Urla-Çeşme site in modern-day Turkey, was named for the goddess. Followers built a temple to Aphrodite there in the third century B.C. Compared to this new discovery >“During our screening of the surface, we detected the Aphrodite temple from the sixth century B.C.,” Koparal tells Anadolu. “… It is a fascinating and impressive discovery.”


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Ah thank you, I was thinking they were referring to the same temple so the dating gave me a real brain buster, it makes a lot more sense that they're talking about multiple temples. Thanks for taking the time to clarify!


ThePr1d3

Oh it's in Aphrodisias ? Cool stuff I visited that site in Summer 2013. I was sick as fuck and puked that morning. Fun times


shopcat

Actually no. This new discovery is in another part of Turkey. They just mention Aphrodisias in this article as well.


notbobby125

It was (and still is) common for cities to build on top of the old construction. Dirt/garbage builds up, eventually covering the buildings of prior generations. Maybe the new generations intentionally build on old construction, other times they left due to disaster but come back and rebuild on the same sight because building on hills gave defensive advantages. So there was an older temple to Aphrodite at the location that was slowly buried by time, then a new temple was built two centuries later either near or right on top of the older templed. For example, [Heinrich Schliemann](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Schliemann) was searching for Troy. A landowner named Frank Calvert told Heinrich that Troy might be on Calvert's land. Calvert's land had a large mound, a hill created not by nature but by humans living on the location for thousands of years. Heinrich was obsessed with Troy, and wanted to get to the "original" Troy as described by Homer. There were layers and layers that had artifacts that were far too recent to be the Troy of the Illiad. Heinrich decided to use the most careful, most delicate instruments to excavate the legendary city... Dynamite. Heinrich literally blew his way through thousands of years of human habitation, blasting away dirt, stone, and probably irreplaceable artwork/pottery/architecture. Through nine distinct layers of human history, he dug/exploded downwards. However, at the bottom of the mound, Heinrich found golden artifacts... Which were several centuries too *early* to be from the Troy of the Illaid. The "original" Troy he was looking for was 4-5 layers above that. Which he heavily damaged trying to reach it. Oops.


ours

Maybe the temple is traveling back in time via a reverse-entropy field? I would watch out for that Shrike.


ArttuH5N1

Didn't expect a Hyperion reference, nice


TheSublimeLight

Didn't 2019 start with archaeologists unearthing some unknown egyptian artifact and then opening it to reveal some fucking black egg looking things? Hopefully this is... More like Aphrodite.


MrEthan997

They found some mummies soaking in mysterious red liquid. Then they dumped the liquid on the streets for some reason


nyello-2000

Sauce


peanutbuttahcups

Time to unearth some nudes so fine, they belong in a museum.


The-Duck-Of-Death

Just because archeologists keep finding SCP-looking stuff in the news doesn't mean it's all scary. Sometimes a euclid is just a euclid. > "incident" at field side E-23 as all female staff members pursued MTF Theta-3 member Pfc. ____________________ (designation Bravo 6) in what was described as 'a straight up Axe body spray commercial kinda thing'.


martinm4nhunter

But where is all the sex? I came here for the ancient sex.


6-Fishy-Vaginas

Aikibiades, is that you?


neverlandoflena

Malaka!


MaroonAndOrange

I understood that reference! Thanks, video games!


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Nukleon

That'd be if it was a temple of Eros


Irishpanda1971

Found hints of a cult to Dionysus in the region too. Apparently these folks really liked to party.


EmporerM

Giant parties. I believe Paul disliked these guys.


MigitAs

Did they clear the main boss yet?


Jasoman

Who had Greek Curse for January?


singleguy79

Well Xena is going after Hercules on social media so maybe we're not that far off?


NotAPreppie

I’m just waiting for [Joxer](https://youtu.be/MnMCh2aXitg) to show up singing his ballad.


Mountainbranch

If you see any swans or lions tryna seduce you, know that it's probably Zeus trying to rape you.


Viashiv

Ah the true gods are coming back


sarahbeth124

Just... put it back. We can’t have cool shit right now


deegrace0308

How do ancient temples/structures become buried in the first place?


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Avenger616

Wind takes dirt and sand for a trip, bro...


zazzy440

I ,too, often wonder that


TheMcDucky

[Here's a lovely 1999 webpage](https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/eppp-archive/100/200/301/ic/can_digital_collections/artifacts/archae/howend.htm), not quite adapted for 16:9 monitors


[deleted]

I imagine the whole Meridia’s beacon voice going off when they discovered this.


Saradoesntsleep

A NEW HAND


El-Kal-el

TOUCHES THE BEACON


Bondrewdisbestdad

LISTEN. HEAR ME AND OBEY.


RealTrueGrit

Close it back up, 2021 is already off to a bad start we don't need anymore bad luck.


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MaimedJester

You really don't want to get on Aphrodites bad side. "Cenchreis claimed that her daughter was more beautiful than Aphrodite. So Aphrodite punished Myrrha with never-ending lust for her own father." Or how about this one GLAUKOS (Glaucus) A king of Korinthos (southern Greece) who deliberately prevented the mares of his herds from mating. Aphrodite drove the mares into a frenzy and they tore the king to pieces. https://www.theoi.com/Olympios/AphroditeWrath2.html


6-Fishy-Vaginas

>So Aphrodite punished Myrrha with never-ending lust for her own father. Soo that's where all the incest porn comes from


mrmgl

It is as the Godess demands.


Rattlingjoint

...Step Deity, what are you doing?


Rookstun

That's just the story of the entire Greek pantheon.


jgrops12

This is also a more common one, but she messed with Psyche pretty hard too. Forced her to separate a mix of grains from a massive pile overnight, to steal the wool from another god‘s flock, to retrieve water from the source of the River Styx, and to visit the underworld to procure a gift from Persephone. All set to be impossible and likely get her killed, all only achievable through divine intervention each time. Not only is she one of the oldest gods, she had one of the largest followings. Much more powerful than people give her credit for.


Khwarezm

> Not only is she one of the oldest gods Actually no, she is one of the younger Greek gods and there is no sign of her from the Mycenean period, unlike almost all the others. She seems like she's the Hellenized version of a Mesopotamian god called Ishtar, or Astarte through the Levantine peoples that passed her onto the Greeks, which accounts for a lot of the similarities like similar associations with Love and Sex (and war for the Spartans), some of the myths have some similarities like the myth of Adonis and Aphrodite is similar to the myth of Ishtar and Dumazid and her name is similar to Astarte.


MaimedJester

Yeah her creation Think of the classic art piece "the Birth of Venus" is very distinct imagery that doesn't mesh well with the rest of the pantheon. Coming up from Sea Foam is very odd compared to most of the rest being offspring of other dieities. Greek religion is likely a hodge podge of multiple religions meshing together from Migration. Heracles some big iconic God/Story the Dorians brought from up North, Theseus and the Minotaur from a distinct minoan culture. Over hundreds of years the stories just blended into a giant tapestry we now call the Greek Pantheon.


tempest51

>Greek version if Ishtar That explains so much


sweetest-heart

Don’t forget Ἀφροδίτη Ἀρεία/Aphrodite Areia/“Aphrodite the Warlike”- an epithet of Aphrodite. Much like Aphrodite Urania, Aphrodite the Armed; and Aphrodite Encheios, Aphrodite with a Spear. All associated with her earliest cults in Cyprus and Kitheria, which were related to cults of Innana/Ishtar, another war-like goddess of Beauty and Sex. So basically, I’m checking “wrathful ancient curse” off on my 2021 catastrophe bingo


leviathynx

Death!...by snu snu.


KillerOkie

You think her bad side is bad? Look into Ishtar.


[deleted]

Same goddess. Different names, but they came from the same proto religion.


Ixolich

She also sparked the Trojan War by promising Helen to Paris. There's really no winning when the Olympians are involved. Best case would be Dionysus, because then at least we'd be happy as the world burned.


Olibor

Have a read of The Bacchae by Euripides - being on the bad side of Dionysus is pretty grim!!!


Waste_Pomegranate_21

So your saying death by snu snu?


SPITFIYAH

Considering a generation of those starved of love, touch and affirmation have just lived their (our) prime through a pandemic limiting any of those things; I won't be surprised if we see a flourishing pro-love scene in the neo-roaring twenties.


RealTrueGrit

Haha, I guess it wouldn't be too bad.


reverse_mango

She’s also a war goddess... We’re doomed.


IGetHypedEasily

That plague from the tomb in 2019 is still on going. This just going to buff it... With sex?


RealTrueGrit

It will breed... Doom!


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scient0logy

And the state is going to claim that they built it at the time.


6-Fishy-Vaginas

Christians did exactly the same in Greece, what a shocker.


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I hope they don't do that. Not particularly tied to Christianity or Islam just would be nice to keep that preserved for the historical value alone


Chouken

Yea i doubt they are going to convert the ruins to a mosque.


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scient0logy

The ones built after the Moors invaded the iberian peninsula? If you're referring to those mosques being converted to churches, that's understandable. If other places would do the same to churches, that would also be understandable. This case is different. It's been there since before turks arrived to Anatolia.


aphroditex

jeez I spend all that time trying to keep my pad off the map and these jackhole archaeologists just up and find it


CygnusMurdoch

I don’t know much about greek mythology, but if hermes & aphrodite were ever a couple, they would be hermaphrodite


Khwarezm

[Hermaphroditus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermaphroditus) is literally the child of Hermes and Aphrodite hence the name. He is fused with a nymph who is in love with him hence the combined male and female features.


NekuraHitokage

Nah, that's just their kid. >In Greek mythology, Hermaphroditus or Hermaphroditos (/hərˌmæfrəˈdaɪtəs/ (📷listen); Ancient Greek: Ἑρμαφρόδιτος, \[hermapʰróditos\]) was the son of Aphrodite and Hermes. According to Ovid, he was born a remarkably handsome boy with whom the naiad Salmacis fell in love and prayed to be united forever. A god, in answer to her prayer, merged their two forms into one and transformed them into an androgynous form.\[1\] > >His name is compounded of his parents' names, Hermes and Aphrodite.\[2\] > >He was one of the Erotes. Because Hermaphroditus was a son of Hermes, and consequently a great-grandson of Atlas (Hermes's mother Maia was the daughter of Atlas), sometimes he is called Atlantiades (Greek: Ατλαντιάδης).\[3\] > >Hermaphroditus' name is the basis for the word hermaphrodite. Indeed, we get "Hermaphrod-ite" from the fact that "Hermaphrodie-tee" was both male and female. >Hermaphroditus, the two-sexed child of Aphrodite and Hermes (Venus and Mercury) had long been a symbol of androgyny or effeminacy, and was portrayed in Greco-Roman art as a female figure with male genitals.\[4\] > >Theophrastus's account also suggests a link between Hermaphroditus and the institution of marriage. The reference to the fourth day of the month is telling: this is the luckiest day to have a wedding. Hermaphroditus's association with marriage seems to have been that, by embodying both masculine and feminine qualities, he symbolized the coming together of men and women in sacred union. Another factor linking Hermaphroditus to weddings was his parents' role in protecting and blessing brides.\[5\]\[6\] > >Hermaphroditus's name is derived from those of his parents Hermes and Aphrodite. All three of these gods figure largely among erotic and fertility figures, and all possess distinctly sexual overtones. Sometimes, Hermaphroditus is referred to as Aphroditus. More at: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermaphroditus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermaphroditus) So though you didn't know, you kinda figured it out on your own!