[mhh__]

It's amazing - and yet unsurprising, the more I think of it - to think of how little has changed atl least locally.

Pick a random sentence from something written by Thucydides, 2.5 millennia ago, and (barring the nouns) it's probably a completely usual scenario involving people and/or groups of people.

edit: usual not unusual d'oh

[pjmlp]

There is a surviving letter from s famous Roman writer ( sorry forgot the name) to his son studying in Athens, complaining how he is wasting money and not going to classes, yet to finish his studies.

[thaumasiotes]

Nabonidus in the 6th century BC sponsored archaeological excavations to learn more about his hero, Sargon of Akkad.

This makes sense, since Sargon probably reigned more than 1500 years before Nabonidus. But it feels unusual to see archaeology in the past. To us, what's the difference between one ancient Mesopotamian king and another?

[ncmncm]

Usual, I suspect.

[mhh__]

My ability to think one thing and write down another knows no bounds