Wesley Huff
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Yeah. I mean, I'm not an archaeologist. I have friends who are archaeologists. And I think it's... Archaeology is tricky because so much of archaeology is dependent on governments and institutions and funding. That getting mad at archaeologists for not excavating is kind of like getting mad at construction workers for not fixing your potholes.
Yeah. I mean, I'm not an archaeologist. I have friends who are archaeologists. And I think it's... Archaeology is tricky because so much of archaeology is dependent on governments and institutions and funding. That getting mad at archaeologists for not excavating is kind of like getting mad at construction workers for not fixing your potholes.
Where it's like, yeah, they're kind of doing the last stage. So, yeah, I mean, I think there's certainly incentive by the Turkish government to want to capitalize on that being a tourist destination. And... you really need to safeguard archeological excavations because otherwise it's being compromised and like pillaging and stuff like that. It happens.
Where it's like, yeah, they're kind of doing the last stage. So, yeah, I mean, I think there's certainly incentive by the Turkish government to want to capitalize on that being a tourist destination. And... you really need to safeguard archeological excavations because otherwise it's being compromised and like pillaging and stuff like that. It happens.
Where it's like, yeah, they're kind of doing the last stage. So, yeah, I mean, I think there's certainly incentive by the Turkish government to want to capitalize on that being a tourist destination. And... you really need to safeguard archeological excavations because otherwise it's being compromised and like pillaging and stuff like that. It happens.
I mean, when I was in Egypt two summers ago and you go to the Valley of the Kings, they've got security cameras up everywhere. Because there are tombs there that we still haven't discovered. And so they're like, we don't want people digging around in here looking for.
I mean, when I was in Egypt two summers ago and you go to the Valley of the Kings, they've got security cameras up everywhere. Because there are tombs there that we still haven't discovered. And so they're like, we don't want people digging around in here looking for.
I mean, when I was in Egypt two summers ago and you go to the Valley of the Kings, they've got security cameras up everywhere. Because there are tombs there that we still haven't discovered. And so they're like, we don't want people digging around in here looking for.
Oh, we've only discovered 1% of ancient Egypt.
Oh, we've only discovered 1% of ancient Egypt.
Oh, we've only discovered 1% of ancient Egypt.
Like there's a thousand years between the pyramids being built and Tutankhamen in the Valley of the Kings. Yeah. A thousand years. Yeah. Nuts. It's so crazy. Egypt is one of the wildest places you'll ever go.
Like there's a thousand years between the pyramids being built and Tutankhamen in the Valley of the Kings. Yeah. A thousand years. Yeah. Nuts. It's so crazy. Egypt is one of the wildest places you'll ever go.
Like there's a thousand years between the pyramids being built and Tutankhamen in the Valley of the Kings. Yeah. A thousand years. Yeah. Nuts. It's so crazy. Egypt is one of the wildest places you'll ever go.