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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Silverblade The Ench" data-source="post: 4349683" data-attributes="member: 19083">Ok, long post, sorry <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />I@m not an archeaologist buit I love history etc.<ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">There was a recent program on channel4 here in UK, that showed within 100 years most modern buildings and bridges would all be gone, they are crap for durability wthout constant attention, Victorian solid stone structures may endure for hundreds of years. the Pyramids woudl last for maybe 10,000 years, they are SOLID. Stonehenge has been around for 4,000 years and runes are still barely visible on it's granite. Please note that Humans do more damage to structures than most things, by stealing rock for other buildings, and chipping bits off and graffiti. Acid rain from pollutiuon, vulcanism and earthquakes etc all cause massive damage.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Iron corrodes very fast, even gold can corrode as it's often impure but gold object should last for many thousands of years, pure gold and platinum could lasts until physically damaged. Many gemstones are also "Immortal" though prone to shattering if struck. granite walls etc in Aberdeen over 100 years old still have sharp edges, granite's incredibly durable but requires diamond or magic ot cut it effciently. Stainless steel could endure for thousands of years, but it's not a technology you'd expect to find much, though, IMHO dwarves after millenia of crafting should have it, in my homebrew world, "dwarven steel" is stainless steel.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Magic and Otherworldliness. magic could make things last for who knows how long, plus, other world's may have properties totally unlike ours. Stone many endure eternally, or crumble at daylight...</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Bodies normally rot away very fast if on the open ground: animals, bacteria etc leave little trace after a few years or much sooner. swamp and wet ground preserves them much longer, peat bogs can preserve bodies in a mummified like state for thousands of years but they will eventually decay.</li> </ol>In my home brew world, a catastrophic war 5 millenia ago left areas of magical devastation, vast, weird ruins etc, but the majority has gone.Wik,you mean Megiddo? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tel_Megiddo" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tel_Megiddo</a></blockquote>

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