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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.

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Dolmen of Guadalperal, Spain (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 days ago by PugJesus to c/historyruins

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 days ago (1 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolmen_of_Guadalperal

In 1963, construction of the Valdecañas reservoir inundated the monument; and thus, it is only visible when water levels are low. Drought conditions in the last decade have exposed the monument in several summers.

Thank you global warming for helping us see this more and more...

[–] 3ntranced 3 points 5 days ago

With enough luck we'll find Atlantis by 2050