Guy Goes Down Strange Ancient Ruins Rabbit Hole In Awesome Twitter Thread

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mattstaff
Nov 11, 2018 4:00 PM EST

The kind of Twitter thread we live for! Rabbit hole approved. 

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  • 01
    Tweet by Paul Cooper of the Temple of Olympian Zeus in Athens, which has a little house atop it
    via @PaulMMCooper
  • 02
    tweet of a strane potrudence from the structure that stands out a bit, doesn't seem to belong
    via @PaulMMCooper
  • 03
    Rendering of how the building used to look doesn't explain the protuberance
    via @PaulMMCooper
  • 04
    tweet of the same photo, but with the protruedence not visible
    via @PaulMMCooper
  • 05
    thought he found the answer that someone had photoshopped it out of the pic to make it look taller or something
    via @PaulMMCooper
  • 06
    1833 painting that seems to also validate that protuberance on the structure
    via @PaulMMCooper
  • 07
    tweets of several other photos that clearly show the protuberance from multiple angles
    via @PaulMMCooper
  • 08
    Turns out christians would live atop pillars to be close to god
    via @PaulMMCooper
  • 09
    ropes and buckets were used to bring food and water to the stylites who sat on these pillars
    via @PaulMMCooper
  • 10
    story of an old athien who would put a basket down to receive the gifts people brought him
    via @PaulMMCooper
  • 11
    the stylists had built a small stone room atop the temple to have some shade as they were close to god
    via @PaulMMCooper
  • 12
    Greece got rid of the christian symbols of the past after independence from the Ottoman empire
    via @PaulMMCooper
  • 13
    tweet showing detail of the little house being brushed out of an old photo
    via @PaulMMCooper

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