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To: SunkenCiv
I dont see anything wrong with his statement, maybe you do. He seems to be more of an authority than anyone here or on other chat boards, so you have your opinion.

"Zahi Hawass, Egyptian archeologist and secretary-general of the Egyptian Supreme Council for Antiquities, strongly disagrees with the use of carbon dating in archeology."

“Carbon-14 dating has a margin of error of 100 years. In order to date Egyptian dynasties, we need to have specific dates; you cannot use carbon dating,” Hawass explained to Al-Masry Al-Youm. “This technique shouldn’t be used at all in making changes to the chronology of the ancient Egypt, not even as a helpful addition.”

17 posted on 07/17/2010 7:00:15 AM PDT by valkyry1
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To: valkyry1

You have your opinion about Hawass’ authority; meanwhile, the article linked there merely ends with Zowie’s kooky talk, while a real (as opposed to bureaucratic) Egyptologist welcomes the study. But go ahead and saddle on Zahi Hawass’ ignorant statement because it seems to fit into some preconceived and baseless notion.


19 posted on 07/17/2010 7:13:01 AM PDT by SunkenCiv ("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)
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