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> Lack of rat skeletons is curious, but not
> definitive (how well do such small bones preserve
> in England? Poorly I suspect).
I also wondered about the prominence given to that bit of "evidence". Where would diseased rats go to die? Not necessarily in places convenient for archaeologists.
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> They support the stones from two points above near
> the top of the step or from small spots on the
> corners left open.
What are the counterweights moving along on the other side of the pyramid? Bearing in mind that the tracks for the counterweights will also have been removed.
And how are the casi
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cladking Wrote:
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> I believe the entire thing was built in five
> steps. These steps had about a 70 degree angle.
> When the top step was completed they made an 80'
> pyramid right on top using essentialy the same
> techniques. And this pyramid on top was cladded
> from the bottom up. Then they started work
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cladking Wrote:
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>
> But this is not the only cause of the distinct
> vertical lines. The paths on which the stones rode
> were very heavy and were built deep into the side
> of the growing pyramid as they were extended
> higher with each course. When they were removed
> they left a gaping wound that was
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cladking Wrote:
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> This mechanism or series of mechanisms or process
> would be raised with each course and on each
> course its place would be the last part of the
> course that was built.
> (snip)
> The vertical lines are essentially proof that the
> stones arrived on the pyramid tops in the same
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Lee Olsen Wrote:
(snip) Without knowing the exact
> circumstances, blaming the the property owner or
> the house simply is unwarranted without knowing
> all the facts.
>
Likewise, blaming the "Clovis-first Police" for engineering a sinister plot to prevent re-re-re-re-excavation of the site is unwarranted.
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donald r raab Wrote:
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> Who fricking cares. Now the mainstream is
> debating about a house. it is that the house
> appeared out of nowhere and is at nowhere
> (valsequillo) and a planned paid for permit
> approved DEFINITIVE dig at the site is canceled;
> maybe forever in the words of the sponsor.
> Serendipity
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donald r raab Wrote:
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> Probably. I'm not a bibical expert. And i am
> mentioning the symbolism in the bible which does
> NOT refer to meat.
Er - how is the symbolism in the bible (a great deal of which has nothing to do with meat) in any way relevant to the OP?
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donald r raab Wrote:
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> Wasn't there something in the bible about god
> providing mana and fish for the starving
> israelites? maybe the symbolism in the bible has
> been the real story telling us the real story all
> the time.
Just bread (manna) and, on one occasion in Exodus 13, quail. No fish.
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Katherine Reece Wrote:
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> They aren't the greatest novels ever written but
> they're a great -easy to read- way to learn about
> different models and standards.
>
I look forward to getting them! On the dig at Meroe, we plotted a murder mystery to be entitled "The Body in the Backdirt", but nobody eve
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Katherine Reece Wrote:
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> I would suggest for starters Dug to Death and it's
> "sequel" Death by Theory .... great books and
> much easier to read than textbooks.
>
>
I was thinking more along the lines of Bruce Trigger's History of Archaeological Thought - but hey! Those two sound like fun
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donald r raab Wrote:
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> <<Hawass must go. You have no idea the level
> of his corruption, his nationalistic bias; corrupt
> self interests, cronyism, bigotry and
> chauvinism.>>
>
> If this is the case then ALL of those who bit
> their tongue to do research in Egypt have their
> research and findi
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donald r raab Wrote:
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> Say what?
>
> NObody? The field is littered with those thrown
> out because their findings did not mesh wih his
> views.
>
> The ones that stayed sold their professional soul.
> Sorry that is fact.
>
> I am not hostile to professional scholarship. I
> am hostle to prof
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donald r raab Wrote:
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> OOOOH. Isn't there something in the papers about
> playing with these types of people (Murdoch). You
> sell your soul for a crumb.
>
> And let it be said from the black and white
> person. ALL egyptology is suspect in its
> findings; period. And the soul selling
> egyptologist
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donald r raab Wrote:
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> I thought this guy was the hero in chief for the
> mainstream egyptologists?
That shows how little you know about Egyptologists. While Zahi has done some admirable things, he has generally been regarded as midway between a necessary evil and a not-terribly-funny joke.
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Khodok Wrote:
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> Oh no, after me. I thought of it.
>
> Maybe a cable TV channel could come in on it, do a
> sort of Mythbusters, but with archaeology.
>
>
>
Heh. We could share. Heaven knows, there's enough pseudoarchaeology around for a whole platoon of researchers.
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Khodok Wrote:
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> (snip) ... That person's primary
> responsibility would be to fly around the country
> peering at a never-ending procession of
> wondrous-treasures-that-will-rewrite-history-as-we
> -know-it.
> Pseudoarchaeologists would get some form of
> scholarly interest, and some archaeologists would
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donald r raab Wrote:
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> >
> Actually the sailors/marines/traders rode asses
> back and forth to Punt once docked. It is my
> error in making the leap to assembly disassembly
> overland to Punt. However reading the article
> closely the ships were RECYCLED.
>
> it is an important technological achievem
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Katherine Reece Wrote:
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> Donald that article doesn't support what you are
> saying. (snip)
>
> > There is NOTHING in the article that even suggests
> that they carried their boats overland to Punt.
>
>
Kat's right, and such good points deserve an answer. I've been Watching with interest fo
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sansahansan Wrote:
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> I followed his logic on why no language is older
> than another language.
>
> But I do not understand how it can not be flawed
> somehow, or else my understanding of the statement
> is flawed. ...snip...
> Can any one clarify? Either the statement is
> flawed or my perception of it is.
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PZ goes postal on a lot of things - part of his charm.
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Here's PZ Myers take on both the paper and the journal, on Pharyngula:
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Cool. Ebible's young earth is more than twice as old as that of the Creation Science bunch - 13,000 as opposed to 6,000. Is that progress?
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I don't think it will make any difference at all. Remember what happened after the "Great Disappointment" in the 1840s, when the Millerites sold up their stuff and went to stand on hilltops in the confidence that the Second Coming was about to take place. After Miller's prophecy failed - twice! - many of his followers fell away, but others simply recalculated and morphed int
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Another good deconstructor of Gimbutas's theories is Cynthia Eller, whose critique holds up even though it produced howls of outrage from Gimbutas's fans. The whole issue is a nice example of archaeology rejecting a failed hypothesis on the basis of evidence, while pseudoscholarship retains it on the grounds of ideological wishful thinking.
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> Hmm... I though still believe it's true.
On what grounds? It was thrown out some time back by most prehistorians and anthropologists, as a falsified hypothesis.
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donald r raab Wrote:
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> 3. It gets alittle rediculous when one would
> expect plato to clearly describe the depth of the
> sea, it's width, and it's exact gps locations.
> Talk about the number of angels on the head of a
> pin.
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The Sargasso Sea is deep and exceptionally clear, and is not (contrary to popular conception) densely covered with mats of sargassum. Shallow and muddy does not, to me, sound like an accurate description.
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donald r raab Wrote:
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> Terra incognita??
>
> He said the Atlantic was navigable in those times.
> And he described the dead sea accurately
> (sargasso) still in existence today.
>
> say what you will; those are concrete descriptions
> of reality.
Where does Plato accurately describe the Sargasso Sea?
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