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Archaeologists hit jackpot in Mali
SwissInfo ^
| July 9, 2009
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Posted on 07/10/2009 8:35:01 AM PDT by decimon
Archaeologists from Geneva University have discovered what they claim is Africa's oldest ceramic, dated at around 9,400BC, in eastern Mali.
"It's a tiny, ornate fragment that was made with great skill and the use of fire," said ethno-archaeologist Anne Mayor in Bamako, the Malian capital.
(Excerpt) Read more at swissinfo.ch ...
TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: africa; archaeology; creation; evolution; godsgravesglyphs; mali
Via Phil von Hohenheim
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posted on
07/10/2009 8:35:02 AM PDT
by
decimon
To: decimon
That’s a “Dogon” nice piece of ceramic!
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posted on
07/10/2009 8:37:30 AM PDT
by
Jagman
(You comport, We deride!)
To: Jagman
That’s a “Dogon” nice piece of ceramic!Why'd jougou there?
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posted on
07/10/2009 8:39:57 AM PDT
by
decimon
To: decimon; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; ...
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posted on
07/10/2009 8:50:13 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
To: decimon
Here we go again.
The oldest.
The biggest.
The rarest.
The most superlative!
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posted on
07/10/2009 8:54:54 AM PDT
by
djf
(Go tell everybody its calm before the storm Can you hear the distant thunder baby....)
To: djf
The oldest.
The biggest.
The rarest. The most superlative!
Enough about Robert Byrd. What did you think of the article?
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posted on
07/10/2009 9:10:19 AM PDT
by
decimon
To: SunkenCiv; decimon
Darn, I didn’t see any dogon images with the article.
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posted on
07/10/2009 10:01:45 AM PDT
by
colorado tanker
("Lastly, I'd like to apologize for America's disproportionate response to Pearl Harbor . . . ")
To: decimon
Wow, and the world is now a better place.
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posted on
07/10/2009 10:13:24 AM PDT
by
Sequoyah101
(Half of the population is below average)
To: colorado tanker
I’ve got an image with a dog on it.
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posted on
07/10/2009 10:14:17 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
07/10/2009 10:16:25 AM PDT
by
colorado tanker
("Lastly, I'd like to apologize for America's disproportionate response to Pearl Harbor . . . ")
To: decimon
Their idea of a ‘jackpot” and mine are a little different.
It’ll probably have ‘made in china’ on it when they get it cleaned up anyway.
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posted on
07/10/2009 11:39:55 AM PDT
by
wildbill
( The reason you're so jealous is that the voices talk only to me.)
To: decimon
So, where is the picture of it??
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posted on
07/10/2009 2:58:31 PM PDT
by
Dustbunny
("Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them. " Ronald Reagan)
To: Dustbunny
So, where is the picture of it??It's in the Mali.
I see articles on this but no pictures. But you can trust Swiss archaeologists.
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posted on
07/10/2009 4:14:05 PM PDT
by
decimon
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