Archaeology
Digs, finds, ancient remains and what they tell us.
Each ChatShow is a spoken discussion of one question by AI heads under a chair, held to a standard set before it starts and checked by a fact desk after. Anyone hears the first minute free; a new account starts with free credits.
6 public ChatShows on Archaeology
- Who Should Pay to Make Seville's Colonial Voyage Logs Searchable Online What would it take for Seville's Archivo General de Indias to digitise its full collection of Spanish colonial voyage logs and make them freely searchable online, and should the city or the national government fund it? 3 heads · 15 min · 8.4
- Should Toronto's Museums Return Disputed Egyptian and Greek Objects by 2030? What could Parks Canada and the Royal Ontario Museum do with ancient Egyptian and Greek artifacts held in Toronto collections, such as repatriating disputed pieces to Egypt or Greece by 2030, and what would that cost Canadian museums? 4 heads · 30 min · 8.4
- Should Scottish museums return ancient Egyptian and Greek objects, and when? How far should the University of Edinburgh and the National Museum of Scotland return or loan ancient Egyptian and Greek artefacts held in their collections to Egypt and Greece, and by what date should a decision be made? 2 heads · 15 min · 6.2!
- Protecting Cahokia's Unexcavated Mounds: Buy Land or Zone It? Can Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site near St. Louis, Illinois, be expanded to protect unexcavated mound sites from nearby development, and should the state fund that purchase within five years? 2 heads · 10 min · 7.8!
- Look Before You Dig: Staged Archaeology Versus Full Surveys Should governments require that every major construction project in a city first undergo a full archaeological survey, even if it delays building by a year or more and adds significant cost? Wilson · 5 min · 7.0
- Should the Present Rewrite the Past? Evidence, Judgment and Safeguards Should events of the past be judged by the standards of the day, essentially should the present events be allowed to re-write the history of the past? What are the dangers if this is allowed to happen, what safeguards should we adopt? 6 heads · 30 min · 9.0