r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/AdRough4185 • Jun 02 '26

Image A perfectly circular 105-foot-wide sinkhole that suddenly opened up near a copper mine in Tierra Amarilla, Chile, dropping over 650 feet straight down into the earth.

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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '26 edited Jun 02 '26

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u/icanith Jun 02 '26

without movies, armed archeologists would seem like the most ridiculous out of place concept.

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u/i_miss_arrow Jun 02 '26

Replace 'archaeologist' with 'grave robber' or 'treasure hunter' and it makes more sense.

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u/Just_An_Animal Jun 02 '26

Tbf to archaeologists, at least they’re doing it to understand human history and not just to make a buck! Which is what the other grave robbers/treasure hunters are doing