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Sailors may have cruised the Med 14,000 years ago
Reuters ^ | Wednesday, July 18, 2007 | Michele Kambas

Posted on 07/18/2007 11:22:55 AM PDT by SunkenCiv

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Khirokitia
The Neolithic preceramic period is represented by the settlement of Khirokitia and about 20 other similar settlements, spread throughout Cyprus... The settlement of Khirokitia is situated on the slope of a hill in the valley of the Maroni River towards the southern coast of the island about 6 km from the sea. It is a closed village, cut off from the outside world, apart from by the river, by a strong wall of stones 2.5 m thick and 3 m at its highest preserved level. Access into the village was probably via several entry points through the wall. The buildings within this wall consist of round structures huddled close together. The lower parts of these buildings are often of stone and attain massive proportions by constant additions of further skins of stones. Their external diameter varies between 2.3 m and 9.20 m while the internal diameter is only between 1.4 m and 4.80 m. A collapsed flat roof of one building found recently indicates that not all roofs were dome shaped as was originally believed... The population of the village at any one time is thought not to have exceeded 300 to 600 inhabitants... The village of Khirokitia was suddenly abandoned for reasons unknown at around 6000 BC and it seems that the island remained uninhabited for about 1.500 years until the next recorded entity, the Sotira group.

1 posted on 07/18/2007 11:22:56 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
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Climb a tree, see an island, sail to an island, make tools, eat pygmy elephants, stay there. :')

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2 posted on 07/18/2007 11:23:20 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Profile updated Wednesday, July 18, 2007. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: SunkenCiv

The earliest Club Med?...


3 posted on 07/18/2007 11:26:01 AM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: SunkenCiv

“small groups of voyagers on hunting expeditions for pygmy elephants”

Today small groups of constituents voyage to Washington where they find pigmy elephants roaming the republican caucus.


4 posted on 07/18/2007 11:27:58 AM PDT by dblshot
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To: dblshot

So, will this explain the cannabis in the Egyptian tombs?

:)


5 posted on 07/18/2007 11:29:14 AM PDT by CarrotAndStick (The articles posted by me needn't necessarily reflect my opinion.)
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;’)

Mystery of the Cocaine Mummies
http://lime.weeg.uiowa.edu/~anthro/webcourse/lost/coctrans.htm (dead link) | 8 September 1996 | EQUINOX - Channel 4 - UK
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6 posted on 07/18/2007 11:31:01 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Profile updated Wednesday, July 18, 2007. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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Actually my last post was meant for you, I just realised I clicked the wrong reply button!


7 posted on 07/18/2007 11:32:23 AM PDT by CarrotAndStick (The articles posted by me needn't necessarily reflect my opinion.)
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To: CarrotAndStick

Oh, well, I missed that, thought it was for me. ;’)

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1867914/posts?page=6#6


8 posted on 07/18/2007 11:34:16 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Profile updated Wednesday, July 18, 2007. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: CarrotAndStick

Pot will do that to you.


9 posted on 07/18/2007 11:37:05 AM PDT by dblshot
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Indeed.


10 posted on 07/18/2007 11:38:52 AM PDT by CarrotAndStick (The articles posted by me needn't necessarily reflect my opinion.)
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To: SunkenCiv

The considered conclusion that I have reached is that Archeologists never sail boats. Sailors sail. That is who they are, that is what they do.


11 posted on 07/18/2007 11:54:08 AM PDT by TexanToTheCore (If it ain't Rugby or Bullriding, it's for girls.........................................)
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BUMP!


12 posted on 07/18/2007 11:57:52 AM PDT by Publius6961 (MSM: Israelis are killed by rockets; Lebanese are killed by Israelis.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Interesting~!


13 posted on 07/18/2007 12:26:25 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: SunkenCiv

Barnacle Bill and Popeye sure got around...


14 posted on 07/18/2007 12:46:00 PM PDT by Monkey Face ("Equal opportunity" means everyone will have a fair chance at being incompetent. ~~ L J Pete)
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To: SunkenCiv

I hope you get to visit Khirokitia one day. Quite place. One feels very spiritual and connected to the ancestors.


15 posted on 07/18/2007 1:46:46 PM PDT by aristotleman (Confront sociopaths.)
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To: dblshot

Not hard to pick out among the many Jackasses, with whom they form symbiotic relationships.


16 posted on 07/18/2007 1:59:42 PM PDT by ZULU (Non nobis, non nobis Domine, sed nomini tuo da gloriam. God, guts and guns made America great.)
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"Pot will do that to you."

Best laugh of the day.

17 posted on 07/18/2007 3:08:09 PM PDT by blam (Secure the border and enforce the law)
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Reuters should post their articles on a single page, even if it is long.

Europe pinglist ping.

18 posted on 07/18/2007 4:28:04 PM PDT by Jedi Master Pikachu ( What is your take on Acts 15:20 (abstaining from blood) about eating meat? Could you freepmail?)
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To: SunkenCiv

All of this is confusing. First the sea level was allegedly 500 feet lower 6000+ years ago. So how did this port stay at sea level?

The “H” Channel had a program on the other day to trace the Garden Of Eden. Who knows if the alleged site is actual, but the data are contradictory to this matter as well. The “H” found the four possible Biblical rivers near the Persian Gulf and postulated that there was a major flooding 6000 years ago - at least that ties into some of the 6000 year old occurrences in this article.


19 posted on 07/18/2007 9:07:31 PM PDT by Mumbles (Because we disagree doesn't make you or me right. Treat each ther with respect.)
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To: Mumbles

The sealevel rose before 6000 years ago, but there appear to be other parts of the settlement which are submerged right now.

It has been suggested that Catal Huyuk in modern day Turkey, which was abandoned over 7000 years ago after about 3000 years of occupation, was founded by members of a culture which used to live on what is now the continental shelf.


20 posted on 07/18/2007 10:39:15 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Profile updated Wednesday, July 18, 2007. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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