Luke Caverns

Ancient landfills. I'm sorry. Trash management is a very underappreciated aspect of human motivations. I think half the cities that were walked away from were probably mostly because they smelled like shit. Yeah. Yeah, that would explain why they keep them near the coast, right? Like, it's a really dirty and disgusting topic.

But, you know, if you make a city of 20,000 people and you don't have plumbing, I mean, you can only dig so many holes before the place is literally a cesspool. And you have to move away for health and safety issues. Hmm.

But, you know, if you make a city of 20,000 people and you don't have plumbing, I mean, you can only dig so many holes before the place is literally a cesspool. And you have to move away for health and safety issues. Hmm.

But, you know, if you make a city of 20,000 people and you don't have plumbing, I mean, you can only dig so many holes before the place is literally a cesspool. And you have to move away for health and safety issues. Hmm.

Yeah, there's a parallel topic to that that sort of explains why we think that burial sites in Egypt become sacred sites. Egypt is one of the places where they think that the bubonic plague began. And, you know, living right along the river with, you know, you're in this high concentration of, you know, all these rats and snakes and rodents that are living around you.

Yeah, there's a parallel topic to that that sort of explains why we think that burial sites in Egypt become sacred sites. Egypt is one of the places where they think that the bubonic plague began. And, you know, living right along the river with, you know, you're in this high concentration of, you know, all these rats and snakes and rodents that are living around you.

Yeah, there's a parallel topic to that that sort of explains why we think that burial sites in Egypt become sacred sites. Egypt is one of the places where they think that the bubonic plague began. And, you know, living right along the river with, you know, you're in this high concentration of, you know, all these rats and snakes and rodents that are living around you.

And, you know, they're living among your little house that's next to the river. It's the perfect place for diseases to begin. And so it's thought that, you know, you have limited place to bury your dead. And because the vast majority of Egypt is wheat and barley fields.

And, you know, they're living among your little house that's next to the river. It's the perfect place for diseases to begin. And so it's thought that, you know, you have limited place to bury your dead. And because the vast majority of Egypt is wheat and barley fields.

And, you know, they're living among your little house that's next to the river. It's the perfect place for diseases to begin. And so it's thought that, you know, you have limited place to bury your dead. And because the vast majority of Egypt is wheat and barley fields.

You don't really just want to throw grandpa like out in the field, you know, and you don't really want to bury him among this very scarce, precious land that you have. So what do you do? Well, this kind of gets off into another thing of the Egyptian psychology and their worldview.

You don't really just want to throw grandpa like out in the field, you know, and you don't really want to bury him among this very scarce, precious land that you have. So what do you do? Well, this kind of gets off into another thing of the Egyptian psychology and their worldview.

You don't really just want to throw grandpa like out in the field, you know, and you don't really want to bury him among this very scarce, precious land that you have. So what do you do? Well, this kind of gets off into another thing of the Egyptian psychology and their worldview.

But, you know, they would acknowledge that the sun, which they were a sun worshiping culture as so many cultures throughout the ancient world were, they would acknowledge that the sun was born every day in the east and it would die every day in the west. And so they believed that when they died, they should be buried in the west and facing east. That's how all tombs throughout Egypt are.

But, you know, they would acknowledge that the sun, which they were a sun worshiping culture as so many cultures throughout the ancient world were, they would acknowledge that the sun was born every day in the east and it would die every day in the west. And so they believed that when they died, they should be buried in the west and facing east. That's how all tombs throughout Egypt are.

But, you know, they would acknowledge that the sun, which they were a sun worshiping culture as so many cultures throughout the ancient world were, they would acknowledge that the sun was born every day in the east and it would die every day in the west. And so they believed that when they died, they should be buried in the west and facing east. That's how all tombs throughout Egypt are.

They're always on the west side of the Nile facing towards the morning sunrise because they thought that they would die in the west and then be reborn again in the east. Oh, wow. And so, but this began, you know, that early psychology was probably there and they always wanted to be, they always wanted to be buried on the West side.

They're always on the west side of the Nile facing towards the morning sunrise because they thought that they would die in the west and then be reborn again in the east. Oh, wow. And so, but this began, you know, that early psychology was probably there and they always wanted to be, they always wanted to be buried on the West side.

They're always on the west side of the Nile facing towards the morning sunrise because they thought that they would die in the west and then be reborn again in the east. Oh, wow. And so, but this began, you know, that early psychology was probably there and they always wanted to be, they always wanted to be buried on the West side.

But eventually, originally what they do is they go out to the desert where the sand, you know, where these big sand pits are and they clear away the sand and they, you know, you bury grandpa in there and maybe you bury him with some of his crap that you don't really want. You know, it's like, ah, maybe grandpa would have wanted that. I don't really have a use for this thing.