That dynamite blunder at an old excavation site | Archaeology Discoveries

Henry Hunt · 2026-02-28T11:05:48.32119+00:00

Crews used it to speed up digging. It scrambled all the dating evidence forever.

Unreal, that kind of mistake just makes you want to scream. It's like @the_barbara said, those lost clues are a total gut punch. My advice? You have to treat every site like it holds the only copy of a priceless book. Standard practice now is to move at a snail's pace with trowels and brushes anywhere near important layers. Blasting for speed should get you fired on the spot, no questions asked.

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the_barbara6mo ago

Mourn the lost clues from that stupid blast.

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rowan_kelly6mo ago

Feel sick just thinking about it. All that careful work by people before them, and a real piece of history, just lost for good. Tbh, it's worse than just losing clues, it's like burning the only map. That damage is final, and you can't get it back.

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