| ▲ | lordleft 3 hours ago |
| I knew vaguely that Troy had many layers of settlement, but I didn't realize that Troy had an extensive life in antiquity that extended into the classical Greek age (Post-Bronze Age) and Early Roman Age. It's funny to think of Roman and Greek Tourists visiting Troy VIII in 300 BC. |
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| ▲ | lamasery 3 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| I wonder if there were street vendors selling little replicas of the wooden horse. |
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| ▲ | kirubakaran an hour ago | parent [-] | | When I visited Troy, the museum's trojan horse replica said "Under Construction". Apparently it had been that way for months and months, which was pretty funny considering the original took only 3 days. | | |
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| ▲ | sidewndr46 an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| I read something about the Sphinx in Egypt suggesting that modern excavations came to the conclusion that at least one Ancient Egyptian dynasty probably excavated it trying to figure out the history of it as well |
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| ▲ | exitb 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Was there anything resembling tourism in 300 BC? |
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| ▲ | arethuza 2 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | "The final layers (Troy VIII–IX) were Greek and Roman cities which served as tourist attractions and religious centers because of their link to mythic tradition." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troy | |
| ▲ | traderj0e 23 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | All I know is that Europa Barbarorum mod for the video game Total War gives you tourism bonuses for temples, wonders, or extra ancient buildings like the Walls of Babylon. And the authors did their research. | |
| ▲ | detourdog 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | There were “pilgrimages”, trade, and extended families. Joseph traveled with his brothers to Egypt long before 300 BC | |
| ▲ | thehours 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | Alexander the Great visited it in 334 BC: https://greekreporter.com/2025/09/07/alexander-the-great-vis... Edit: this was also mentioned in the article | |
| ▲ | olalonde an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | That's covered in the article. | |
| ▲ | gostsamo 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | no, but in first century bc and after that the roman world was connected enough that rich young romans were doing their version of the grand tour. Cesar managed to be kidnapped by pirates doing something like that, if I remember it correctly. | | |
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| ▲ | alephnerd 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Don't underestimate ancient globalization. Heck, Inuit had Chinese bronze artifacts [0] well before European contact (basically 4,000 miles). [0] - https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/archive/releases/2016/Q2/old... |
