Guest Celt Posted July 4, 2011 Report Share Posted July 4, 2011 12 oldest continuously inhabited cities Useful if you're looking to have ancient macguffins from the dawn of civilization buried underneath the hustle and bustle of modern day life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawnmower Boy Posted July 4, 2011 Report Share Posted July 4, 2011 Re: 12 oldest continuously inhabited cities Nice idea, rubbish list. (Plovdiv? But seriously...) For example, Cairo is built on top of Memphis, and Baghdad on top of Agade. Louyang is near a great archaeological site that has anchored it in Chinese history as "the" capital of the Xia Dynasty. But that doesn't make Louyang the same as Erlitou, on account of their being different places and all. We perform that move when we take ancient Chinese chronicles seriously. And if we do that, the grandfather of the man said to have founded Louyang was executed at this town. Many other examples could be cited, but, if you want to do Celt's plot, I've got to recommend Aleppo, because the ancient tell is still there in the middle of the city. It's crowned by the urban citadel, a masterpiece of Islamic architecture, but that wouldn't stop an opportunistic gang of cultists from mining in from the side. (And, reviewing the article, maybe you wouldn't even have to do that, as there are suspected secret passages under the citadel.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobGreenwade Posted July 4, 2011 Report Share Posted July 4, 2011 Re: 12 oldest continuously inhabited cities Actually I find this quite an interesting list. I'd been trying to figure out something for a certain ancient macguffin in the second Realm Hunter story arc, and this has me narrowing it down to Argos, Luoyang, or Varanasi. (In case anyone wants to make a recommendation: the macguffin in question is an item of great cosmic power, with connections to a person's spirit. Luoyang is the least likely of the three, not because of Lawnmower Boy's commentary but because I may decide to do something else with it in a possible third arc.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCoy Posted July 4, 2011 Report Share Posted July 4, 2011 Re: 12 oldest continuously inhabited cities Jericho is certainly an interesting place to visit, in the running for oldest city, but I doubt seriously it's been continuously inhabited. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escafarc Posted July 4, 2011 Report Share Posted July 4, 2011 Re: 12 oldest continuously inhabited cities You could throw in a cab driver named Conan if you use Argos:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverhawk Posted July 6, 2011 Report Share Posted July 6, 2011 Re: 12 oldest continuously inhabited cities Interestingly enough I came across this list on the subject on Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_oldest_continuously_inhabited_cities Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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