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Do you think archeologists and/or anthropologists have discovered the first jail ever built, or know who built it?

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Posted - April 21, 2023

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  • 13277
    Maybe. There are two possibilities.
      April 22, 2023 12:30 AM MDT
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  • 3699
    "The earliest records of prisons come from the 1st millennia BC, located on the areas of mighty ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia and Egypt. During those times, prisons were almost always stationed in the underground dungeons where guilty or suspected criminals spent their life either awaiting death sentence, or a command to become slaves (often working as galley slaves)."

    https://www.prisonhistory.net/prison-history/history-of-prisons/
      April 22, 2023 6:50 AM MDT
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  • 844
    I read that also. I had to chuckle that there was a site called "prisonhistory.net".
      April 22, 2023 10:29 AM MDT
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  • 3699
    It is funny, isn't it?
      April 22, 2023 10:35 AM MDT
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  • 13277
    1st millennia millennium BC
      April 22, 2023 10:43 AM MDT
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  • 3699
    I copied the explanation and put it in quotes, so the error was not mine. :)
      April 23, 2023 7:14 AM MDT
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  • 13277
    Not saying it was. Just pointing it out.
      April 23, 2023 8:28 AM MDT
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  • 53503
    Thank you.
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      April 22, 2023 11:07 AM MDT
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