[blam]

GGG Ping.

[FReepaholic]

The Fuentes Magna?

[winodog]

It seems we are being flooded with new discoveries. This one sounds like it is going to change the rules.

[Publius6961]

When an author can't get a simple fact right, like the difference between a "reed" and a "rod" in modern measurement, I tend to lose interest and to question more esoteric facts about which I know a lot less...

In the modern world, the "rod" is still a recognized unit of land measurement, being used extensively in the 19th and early 20th century, but I have never heard of a "reed", even by reference.

[Publius6961]

The provenance of this artifact has been seriously compromised. When exactly it was found is not mentioned; all we know is that it was pre-1958. Establishing age by inference is probably the wildest varying method in the universe. It could end up being 100 years old, or 100,000. Nothing in the article suggests any serious attempts at truly scientific dating, so that aspect is inconclusive.

Finally, why hasn't the "proto-cuneiform" been totally photographed or documented by transcription?

All is not well with this Fuente Magna.

[wildbill]

Maybe we got the story of Atlantis backward. Remember that Bolivia is at a high altitude compared to sea level.

Perhaps Atlantis (Bolivia) didn't sink--but the country around it did!

Or maybe Atlantis/Bolivia rose instead of sinking.

Or maybe...

[SunkenCiv]

Alas, we had a topic about this, just saw it this morning while cruisin' the keyword "PERU" here on FR. I'm inclined to believe those marks on the item are representations of something akin to quipu. Let's see...

The Monolith of Pokotia (Sumerian Language etched on Ancient Mesopotamian Items)!
Bernardo Biadós Yacovazzo & Freddy Arce, | FR Post 10-19-2002
Posted on 10/19/2002 10:28:48 AM PDT by vannrox
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/772170/posts

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Blam.

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[RightWhale]

There are 5000 year old Egyptian hieroglyphs in the Australian outback.

[Tijeras_Slim]

I prefer the Fuente Opus X.

[nkycincinnatikid]

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