I don’t think fires now will have the same result in our future

Most people have seen pictures of ancient Linear B writing on clay tablets which have been baked and preserved for us to read. Most of these contain inventories of items in storehouses. These tablets were NOT meant to be baked and preserved. They were originally intended to be used and then they could be wiped out and used again. Because of fires that occurred in the ancient world these were baked and left for us to enjoy.

(The Great Courses – The Long Shadow of the Ancient Greek World)

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