Former Dornoch man discovers 5500-year-old cup in loch

Northern Times ^ | June 23, 2020 | Mike Merritt

[SunkenCiv]

If memory serves, that one was attributed to a more or less historical ruler?

[SunkenCiv]

If they're Scottish, they'll really go crazy that there's no unopened ones.

[SunkenCiv]

Those don't get discarded until they've been finished off. :^)

[SunkenCiv]

It could be they were just a bunch of butterfingers. :^)

[tet68]

Soooo, cranberry egg nog has existed for thousands of years?

[SunkenCiv]

Emphasis on the nog. In fact, screw the cranberries and eggs. :^)

[kvanbrunt2]

and then when your gone your kids would throw it out.

[fieldmarshaldj]

[Oatka]

Mr Murray described it as "a beautiful example" of the Neolithic age and was the first person to drink from it in thousands of years.

And was the first person to come down with some unknown disease that the mug harbored.

[SunkenCiv]

LOL!

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

They lived there for 2,500 years. Let's say every ten years there was an oops! That is a lot of drinking vessels.

I tend to start off with, "Having rejected the notion that our ancestors spent all their time playing with toys or praying, what other logical explanations are there?"

Sometimes, possibly they were toys or religious objects. But I see no harm in looking at other possibilities.

[trebb]

I have a “bicycle cup” (collapsible and made of metal - Dad called it a bicycle cup because his Dad rode a bicycle and peddled bug and tar remover after coming to America from Poland) from the 20s - before he died, Dad gave it to me as the only item he had that had belonged to his Dad.
Sits in our china cabinet and will go to my son someday.

[OldGoatCPO]

Thanks..I spent the rest of the night watching Time Team Shows on YouTube. They are really interesting and I actually learned something. Pretty good for an old dog.

[Thurifer the Censer]

And at this entire modern archaeological site not a single person has a cell phone capable of taking a quick pic to go along with the article, amazing....