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Ro_Thunder; SunkenCiv
It isn't so sure that gizmo wasn't a later artifact that just happened to land on an older wreck.
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12/11/2010 11:51:19 AM PST
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BenLurkin
(This post is not a statement of fact. It is merely a personal opinion -- or humor -- or both)
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it is certain that it's ancient, from the inscriptions on the artifact; also circumstantially, the virtual reconstructions of it show a narrow range of a few ancient centuries when the planetary motions it will generate would be accurate.
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12/11/2010 6:17:35 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
(The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
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