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Swiss archaeologists find 5,000-year-old door
Associated Press ^
| October 20, 2010
| FRANK JORDANS
Posted on 10/20/2010 3:13:36 PM PDT by decimon
GENEVA – Archaeologists in the Swiss city of Zurich have unearthed a 5,000-year-old door that may be one of the oldest ever found in Europe.
The ancient poplar wood door is "solid and elegant" with well-preserved hinges and a "remarkable" design for holding the boards together, chief archaeologist Niels Bleicher said Wednesday.
Using tree rings to determine its age, Bleicher believes the door could have been made in the year 3,063 B.C. — around the time that construction on Britain's world famous Stonehenge monument began.
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TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: door; godsgravesglyphs; swiss
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Something tells me this story has some holes in it.
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posted on
10/20/2010 7:59:08 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
To: SunkenCiv
THIS is older than Helen Thonas?!?
That is one well preserved Door!
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posted on
10/20/2010 9:18:41 PM PDT
by
ApplegateRanch
(Made in America, by proud American citizens, in 1946.)
To: central_va; All
Do you think maybe the archeologists put it there so one could compare size. Sheesh!!
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posted on
10/20/2010 10:40:20 PM PDT
by
gleeaikin
(question authority)
To: Revolting cat!
Hell has gates that are older than that.
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posted on
10/21/2010 7:51:20 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(The establishment clause isn't just against my OWN government establishing state religion in America)
To: gleeaikin
Do you think maybe the archeologists put it there so one could compare size. Sheesh!!Gee, never thought of that.
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posted on
10/21/2010 8:15:54 AM PDT
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.)
To: ApplegateRanch
If Jimbo had knocked on the door, I’d never have let him in. He’s a scary-lookin’ set of eyes.
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posted on
10/21/2010 12:22:09 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
To: SunkenCiv
Finally, someone who can fix that squeak . . .
To: colorado tanker
That’s the most important find — a 5000 year old can of WDXL.
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posted on
10/21/2010 4:37:59 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
To: decimon
Strange, isn’t it, doors and cockroaches will out live us all.
But were they able to unlock it or did they have to break it down?
To: decimon
Some doors are just better left closed.
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posted on
10/22/2010 9:59:32 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
To: SunkenCiv
I read about this door and was really frustrated that the article comments on the “remarkable” design holding the boards together.
Nothing further is said as to what is so d**n remarkable about the design!!
I guess maybe we’ll find out 6 months from now.
Maybe never, maybe we’ll have to pay $50 for a book explaining how remarkable this door really is!
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posted on
10/23/2010 8:08:00 PM PDT
by
Drammach
(Freedom - It's not just a job, It's an Adventure)
To: Drammach
If it’s really 5000 years old (which I very much doubt, btw), it must have been built with copper, or without any metal at all. :’)
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posted on
10/24/2010 3:04:41 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
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