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Polish Archaeologist Unearths Europe's Most Ancient Graves
M & C Science And Nature ^ | 3-2-2006

Posted on 03/02/2006 11:11:13 AM PST by blam

Polish archaeologist unearths Europe's most ancient graves

Mar 2, 2006, 14:15 GMT

Warsaw - Five of Europe's most ancient graves, dating back 10,000 years, have been unearthed in the village of Dwreca, central Poland.

Archaeologist Marian Marciniak found the graves on the site of ancient post-glacial dunes, the Rzeczpospolita daily reported. In them, a young woman, believed aged 18 to 21, was put to rest with a baby, a child aged 5 to 7 and another aged 7 to 11.

An adult male found at the site was buried sitting upright, as if on a throne or chair.

The bodies were dressed in animal skins decorated with the teeth of wild animals and wrapped in tree bark. The remains were then placed in tombs lined with pine logs, sprinkled with powdered red ochre to symbolise blood and burned.

The burnt-out graves where then likely covered to create small mounds.

'We've been digging for 9 years, but there are still unanswered questions,' Marciniak told Rzeczpospolita of puzzling half-circles made of small bonfires researchers found near the graves.

© 2006 dpa - Deutsche Presse-Agentur


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ancient; archaeologist; europes; godsgravesglyphs; graves; most; polish; unearths
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1 posted on 03/02/2006 11:11:15 AM PST by blam
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To: SunkenCiv

GGG Pings.


2 posted on 03/02/2006 11:11:54 AM PST by blam
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To: blam; SunkenCiv

GGG Ping


3 posted on 03/02/2006 11:12:21 AM PST by To Hell With Poverty (excess ain't rebellion, you're drinkin' what they're sellin'...)
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To: blam

Interesting. Bttt.


4 posted on 03/02/2006 11:15:17 AM PST by DoctorMichael (The Fourth-Estate is a Fifth-Column!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
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To: blam

I am very disappointed at the lack of Helen Thomas pics and jokes.


5 posted on 03/02/2006 11:34:50 AM PST by Mcirrus (Future Reference)
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To: blam

he's off by at least 4000 years.


6 posted on 03/02/2006 11:37:18 AM PST by balch3
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To: blam
Somebody went to a lot of loving trouble to send these people on their journey.
7 posted on 03/02/2006 11:55:28 AM PST by Mike Darancette (In the Land of the Blind the one-eyed man is king.)
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To: balch3

> he's off by at least 4000 years.

14,000 years old?


8 posted on 03/02/2006 12:16:59 PM PST by orionblamblam (A furore Normannorum libra nos, Domine)
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To: blam

"'We've been digging for 9 years,"

Man, how deep were the graves? What were they using a Taco Bell spork?


9 posted on 03/02/2006 12:20:50 PM PST by tucker93
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To: orionblamblam

they can be no more than 6000 years old.


10 posted on 03/02/2006 12:31:05 PM PST by balch3
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We've been digging for 9 years

Is there a Polish joke in there?

11 posted on 03/02/2006 12:32:34 PM PST by Thinkin' Gal (As it was in the days of NO...)
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To: balch3

And you base that on....?


12 posted on 03/02/2006 12:45:05 PM PST by orionblamblam (A furore Normannorum libra nos, Domine)
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To: orionblamblam

the book of Genesis.


13 posted on 03/02/2006 12:49:04 PM PST by balch3
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To: balch3

No, really. What do you base that on?


14 posted on 03/02/2006 1:37:15 PM PST by orionblamblam (A furore Normannorum libra nos, Domine)
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To: blam
...sprinkled with powdered red ochre to symbolise blood...

Is this just another Arrogant Archaeologist's Assertion (A3), or do they have a valid reason for this analysis?

15 posted on 03/02/2006 1:39:38 PM PST by TChris ("Wake up, America. This is serious." - Ben Stein)
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To: balch3
Polish Archaeologist Unearths Europe's Most Ancient Graves

"he's off by at least 4000 years."

He's off by a lot more than that. According to the below article, he's off 1.65 million years.

Stranger In A New Land

"Republic of Georgia have unearthed a trove of spectacularly well preserved human fossils, stone tools and animal remains dated to around 1.75 million years ago."

16 posted on 03/02/2006 2:11:29 PM PST by blam
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To: tucker93

"We've been digging for 9 years"

...and boy are their arms tired.


17 posted on 03/02/2006 3:45:11 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Fiction has to make sense, unless it's part of the Dhimmicrat agenda and its supporting myth.)
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To: balch3; orionblamblam

Please don't turn this thread into yet another Crevo bloodbath. Thank you.

http://www.concordant.org/version/how2.html

"'IN A BEGINNING created by God [Elohim] were the heavens and the earth. Yet the earth became a chaos and vacant, and darkness was on the surface of the submerged chaos.'

"That this is the correct rendering, is confirmed by Isaiah 45:18, as given by the American Standard Revised Version, which speaks of the primal creation before the earth 'became a chaos and vacant.'"


18 posted on 03/02/2006 4:09:46 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Fiction has to make sense, unless it's part of the Dhimmicrat agenda and its supporting myth.)
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To: Mike Darancette

Was this some sort of sacrifice ritual? Otherwise how do you explain the ages of the mother with 3 small children?!


19 posted on 03/02/2006 4:13:21 PM PST by NotJustAnotherPrettyFace
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To: SunkenCiv

LOL. Great punchline! You should be writing jokes for Jay Leno!


20 posted on 03/02/2006 4:14:20 PM PST by NotJustAnotherPrettyFace
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