Hmmmm... mysterious...
Posted on 05/16/2011 3:51:11 PM PDT by decimon
An archaeological team in the Bayuda Desert in northern Sudan has discovered dozens of new rock art drawings, some of which were etched more than 5,000 years ago and reveal scenes that scientists can't explain.
The team discovered 15 new rock art sites in an arid valley known as Wadi Abu Dom, some 18 miles (29 kilometers) from the Nile River. It’s an arid valley that flows with water only during rainy periods. Many of the drawings were carved into the rock faces — no paint was used — of small stream beds known as "khors" that flow into the valley.
Some of the sites revealed just a single drawing while others have up to 30, said lead researcher Tim Karberg, of the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster in Germany.
“We asked the local people about the rock art and they said that it would be very old, before their grandfathers,” Karberg told LiveScience.
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Bang a gong ping.
They can’t explain it?? Perhaps some Grant Money will help them to ponder....and ponder....and ponder..
To some money is apparently less important than knowledge.
Money comes and goes. Knowledge grows.
So let the scientists study it on their own time. No American tax dollars should be used.
Love grows where Rosemary goes.
its says D R I N K M O R E O V A L T I N E
Scientists are trying to translate
A crummy commercial? Son of a b@tch!
Not likely they are a recipient of American tax dollars - but it seems everyone else is - from PBS to Planned Parenthood to ACORN. ;)
Be noble/Not a knave/Tutankhamen uses/Burma Shave.
Single lines? multi lines? Maybe it was kpimps rating khors.
Um yeah,.,,,the locals said it was old past their grandfathers time...that would put it around 1920.
/snark
Hmmmm... mysterious...
This would be a cool thread if there were PICTURES!
Stargate tech manual.
I've been telling them for years that a right-click
will pull down a whole new menu, with time travel options.
Does anybody listen? Hell-to-the-no.
With some drinks, the bubbles goes up your nose!
The link links to pictures but I didn't think them all that cool.
"And nobody knows but me."
8^D
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