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I remember reading about this a long time ago at [1]. They had a panel come up with the essential message they want to communicate which I found really interesting and chilling:

> This place is a message… and part of a system of messages… pay attention to it! Sending this message was important to us. We considered ourselves to be a powerful culture.

> This place is not a place of honor…no highly esteemed deed is commemorated here… nothing valued is here.

> What is here is dangerous and repulsive to us. This message is a warning about danger.

> The danger is in a particular location… it increases toward a center… the center of danger is here… of a particular size and shape, and below us.

> The danger is still present, in your time, as it was in ours.

> The danger is to the body, and it can kill.

> The form of the danger is an emanation of energy.

> The danger is unleashed only if you substantially disturb this place physically. This place is best shunned and left uninhabited.

[1]: https://www.damninteresting.com/this-place-is-not-a-place-of...




How could I ever sleep again if I was investigating a ruin and read that message.

I'd have to dig into it.

It'd be like `Well, we warned you...` but that message is too intriguing.


This sounds like the beginning of an Indiana Jones knockoff! He will dig after reading this, for sure!




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