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Posted by MaydayDesiax (Member # 5012) on :

As a child, I wanted to be a palentologist or an archaeologist. As an adult (well, almost adult), I have a pretty healthy obsession with history, so I found this to be rather intriguing.

Bronze Age City found in Greece

[ December 12, 2003, 12:13 PM: Message edited by: MaydayDesiax ]

Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :

Wow, that place is older than the Earth!!!

Cool!

Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :

Wow, that's great! I want to read a more in-depth article on it. I'll start googling, and will be browsing the table of contents on all of the Archaeology magazines at my local bookstore for the next few months.

Posted by ssywak (Member # 807) on :

Bob,

???

--Steve

Posted by Christy (Member # 4397) on :

quote:
An article on excavations at both the Classical and prehistoric sites at Helike is scheduled for publication in the January issue of Archaeology, the magazine of the Archaeological Institute of America.

Can't wait for the article to come out! [Smile]

DISCOVERIES AT ANCIENT HELIKE

Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :

Ooops, I read it wrong. I thought they said the place was from 4,500 BC, not that it was 4,500 years old.

Okay, so the Earth was around for 1,500 years before this place was built. Still...I think that deserves some sort of special mention. Don't you?

[Wink]

Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :

Thanks Christy! You just saved me all sorts of legwork. I really need to subscribe to that one, but it's so expensive!

I'm also toying with subscribing to Antiquity, but I can't quite decide if I'm interested enough in Archaeology to pay $70 for a quarterly (even if it is the premier academic Archaeology journal). I wonder if the local college gets it? I'll have to check.

Posted by asQmh (Member # 4590) on :

Bob, you've been reading Bishop Usher's Bible again, haven't you? ^_~

Q.

Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :

I bet it's just a publicity stunt by Wolfgang Peterson.

Posted by Christy (Member # 4397) on :

We subscribe to Archaeology because we enjoy it so much, but it is expensive. Actually, a lot of their material is on the website I linked to as well, though. *laugh*

Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :

Yeah, I was noticing that! I've bookmarked the site.

Still, I'd like to get the magazine as well. I may just go with Antiquity though. More cutting edge archaeology news for my dollar.

Posted by ssywak (Member # 807) on :

Bob,

The Earth is 10,000 years old, not 5,000!

Some people are so stupid, it infuriates me!

--Steve

Posted by ssywak (Member # 807) on :

(Sorry--6,000. Simple math eror)

Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :

The earth is either 6,003 years old or 12,003 years old. It depends on whether you apply the Southern Baptist fudge factor or not.

There's no 10,000 or 5,000 though. That's heresy!

Unbeliever!!!!!

Apostate!!!

Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :

oops, sorry, you posted while I was working up my religious fervor. You are forgiven. But watch it next time. I almost called a jihad on your @ss!!!

Close one!

Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :

Actually, 5764. But who's counting? [Wink]

Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :

STONE THE HERETIC!!!!

So, um, where'd you get that number?

Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :

Off my calendar.

Posted by Damien (Member # 5611) on :

[Evil Laugh]

DXM

Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :

"...that place is older than the Earth!!!"

Occam's Razor. The city was built, then got a bunch of Earth dumped on top of it.

Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :

rivka...oh yeah. I forgot.

[Smile]

Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :

That I have calendars? [Wink]

Clearly, you have never seen my collection. While not as impressive as my mother's, I do have half a dozen or so, scattered around the place.

Some of them are even hung up. [Big Grin]

Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :

I was referring to the fact that your calendar might show the year you indicated, not the one based on the papal decrees over the years.

Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :

I know. [Smile]

But if I put too many [Wink]

s in my posts, Ralphie'll come after me. [Angst]

Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :

[The Wave]

There can never be too many smilies. 8 is the limit.

Posted by David Bowles (Member # 1021) on :

:determines to read posts more carefully:

[ December 17, 2003, 01:47 PM: Message edited by: David Bowles ]

Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :

So I was right all along!!!

I knew it!!!

Yippee!!!

Older than the Earth! How could they "find" a city that's older than the Earth?

God is messing with our carbon dating again folks! I think we should protest by burning all the science books and Bibles!!!

Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :

That's really amazing...

Posted by ssywak (Member # 807) on :

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[ December 17, 2003, 11:06 PM: Message edited by: ssywak ]

Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :

I feel like I'm watching A Chorus Line

Posted by ssywak (Member # 807) on :

As long as you don't feel like you're watching "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen;" I'd hate to be responsible for that.

--Steve

Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :

People actually watch that? [Angst]