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Maltese claims extraordinary discovery in Sahara desert
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| Saturday, December 29, 2007
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Posted on 12/29/2007 8:01:23 PM PST by SunkenCiv
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To: The Spirit Of Allegiance
Yam straight this is hugh. I think they deciphered some of the letters and they made out Corriganankhamun who was notorious for never asking for directions.
To: The Spirit Of Allegiance
I think we could start a pyramid scheme for punners. I know the pharoah, having a terrible nightmare, woke up, screaming, “I want my mummy!” When the Sahara dried up, they were getting their just deserts. Of course, the Egyptians were prone to gambling, they liked to play pharoah. They may have been in a state of de nile, about their gambling. Then again, they could have taken a river cruise, a senile tour. They actually had a form of radio, and the news commentator was a talking dog, who was a star. An that is really sirius.
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posted on
12/31/2007 3:55:57 PM PST
by
punster
To: potlatch
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Thanks for the Egyptian Pingeroo!
“M” will get a kick out of this
I guess they clearcut the forests like John Edwards (private 18-hole golf course and tennis courts, indoor swimming pool, indoor full basketball court, and the rest of his 30,000 square foot moansion on hundreds of formally “pristine” C woodlands), burned energy at a rate of 30 average homes (algore’s Tennessee mansion), and used water and fuel like John Kerry (9 mansions [with 7 “tax-exempt foundation” vehicles each!] here and abroad plus 2 exec jets, 3 luxury yachts/boats, and a “NIMBY” wind power free Cape Cod view!)
Good graphic potlatch!
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posted on
12/31/2007 4:08:52 PM PST
by
devolve
(---- - Hey Boone! - My bonus check is late again! -)
To: devolve
No pictures at the site. I’ve never heard of ‘the fabled land of Yam’ before.
Strangely - to me - sandstone sounds somewhat like limestone. I would think of it as being soft and amazed that it would preserve hieroglyphics after all this time.
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posted on
12/31/2007 4:18:31 PM PST
by
potlatch
("Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we're here we might as well dance!")
To: potlatch
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Shifting desert sands cover and protect many remains of huge dinosaurs in the African deserts
They may have discovered the fabled ancient Land Of Sweet Potato Pie
Tut Tut Tut!
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posted on
12/31/2007 4:25:32 PM PST
by
devolve
(---- - Hey Boone! - My bonus check is late again! -)
To: devolve
Yes I know dry sand can preserve things, look at all that has been buried in the sands of Iraq.
But we talk of ‘shifting sands’ and I’m still amazed they are preserved.
et tu tut tut, heh.
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posted on
12/31/2007 4:32:16 PM PST
by
potlatch
("Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we're here we might as well dance!")
To: SunkenCiv
Happy New year to you too! Put me on your ping list if you have one.
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posted on
12/31/2007 6:10:39 PM PST
by
Inyo-Mono
(If you don't want people to get your goat, don't tell them where it's tied.)
To: Tanniker Smith
I wanted to add "Help me, Rick!!", but that's that other Bogart movie. Perhaps this quote:
Captain Renault: What in heaven's name brought you to Yam?
Rick: My health. I came to Yam for the waters.
Captain Renault: The waters? What waters? We're in the desert.
Rick: I was misinformed.
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posted on
12/31/2007 6:32:22 PM PST
by
LexBaird
(Behold, thou hast drinken of the Aide of Kool, and are lost unto Men.)
To: LexBaird
Desert would be "I yam who yam" . . .
nah.... that might be going a little too far . . .
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posted on
12/31/2007 6:49:04 PM PST
by
Tanniker Smith
(wee fish ewe a mare egrets moose panda hippo gnu deer)
To: Inyo-Mono
I had been thinking of starting one... yeah, a ping list... I’ll make that my New Year’s resolution.
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posted on
12/31/2007 10:02:09 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
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To: maine-iac7
Canine help it that none were provided? ;’) HNY!
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posted on
12/31/2007 10:06:12 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
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To: Hegemony Cricket
Just a second, I didn’t quite hear your response. It’s my own fault, too, every January 1 I ring in the new year by cranking up the stereo. Always the same song, too, “Alexandria’s Ragtime Band”.
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posted on
12/31/2007 10:07:44 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
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To: wildbill
Okay, that was excellent, and what a way to end the old year. :’)
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posted on
12/31/2007 10:08:34 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
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To: TASMANIANRED
:’) This whole experience gave me an idea for a science fiction short story, set on Earth, but with the “aliens built the pyramids” angle; the title, Starship Tubers. Okay, maybe that one took the long way around...
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posted on
12/31/2007 10:10:45 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
Good Dog!
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posted on
12/31/2007 10:13:04 PM PST
by
freedomlover
(Make sure you're in love - before you move in the heavy stuff)
To: SunkenCiv
Eighteenth Dynasty is 3500 years ago. That’s an awfully long time for exposed hieroglyphics to stay readable. I think I’ll wait a bit before I get too excited.
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posted on
01/01/2008 5:42:38 AM PST
by
Grut
To: Grut
There are carvings and paintings older than that which have survived in inhabited areas, so there’s not much impediment to having this one.
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posted on
01/01/2008 7:42:32 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
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land of Yam (a number of hits, one common idea is that it's in Nubia):
Google
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posted on
01/01/2008 7:57:18 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
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"Egypt: Definition and Much More from Answers.com"
Mapping Specialists, Ltd.
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posted on
01/01/2008 8:01:48 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
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Jimmy Dunn, InterCity Oz, Inc.
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posted on
01/01/2008 8:03:48 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
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