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New Discoveries In Syria Confirm Theory On Spread Of Early Civilization
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| 6-2-2002
| Carrie Golus
Posted on 06/03/2002 1:42:03 PM PDT by blam
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posted on
06/03/2002 1:42:03 PM PDT
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blam
To: blam
...back in the good old days, before Islam.
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posted on
06/03/2002 1:45:43 PM PDT
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TADSLOS
To: RightWhale,farmfriend,LostTribe,Ernest_at_the_Beach
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posted on
06/03/2002 1:50:19 PM PDT
by
blam
To: blam
Check your link on post #3.
To: blam
Yes, and I believe that some of the Mayan ruins are actually thought to be way, way pre-Mayan.
To: blam
But Al-Azm and Gibson argue that the turning point in the development of civilization was not cities and writing originating in Mesopotamia, as commonly held, but deep changes in social structure that happened in more than one place at once. They're probably right, but if you change the definition of what constitutes civilization you shouldn't be surprised if the inception date gets pushed back a bit as a result, or if the place of origin gets adjusted a bit.
Cities and writing are secondary measures at best. Beer is the signal characteristic of civilization. Can there be said to be civilization without beer? I thought not.
To: blam
Lost Civilisation From 7,500 BC Discovered Off Indian CoastDo you mean this story?
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06/03/2002 2:08:56 PM PDT
by
facedown
To: blam
Geologists who have studied the weathering and water erosion on Great Sphinx insist that it is more like 8,000 years old. Egyptologists are not happy with the findings of the rock guys, but of course the 'gyptos base their dates on something I believe is called the "Inventory Stela", which dates from a much more recent dynasty.
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posted on
06/03/2002 2:16:11 PM PDT
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Wm Bach
To: blam
What surer sign of civilization can there be? Show me a clerk's rubber stamp and I will agree you have found a civilization.
To: facedown
Comment #11 Removed by Moderator
To: Gods, Graves, Glyphs;
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
"Likely meant this :" Yup. Thanks Ernest.
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posted on
06/03/2002 3:00:21 PM PDT
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blam
To: facedown
"Do you mean this story?" Yup. That one too. I made the post and went outside to water my plants. It`s 97 degrees and very dry here.
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posted on
06/03/2002 3:02:58 PM PDT
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blam
To: Wm Bach
"Geologists who have studied the weathering and water erosion on Great Sphinx insist that it is more like 8,000 years old. " You mean this at 9,000 years old?
How Old Is The Sphinx?
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posted on
06/03/2002 3:08:18 PM PDT
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blam
To: orual; joe montana
FYI.
To: Wm Bach
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06/03/2002 3:11:45 PM PDT
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blam
To: Wm Bach
Not happy with the findings of the rock guys. The rock guys have also made intereting discoveries about the Black Sea region and have posited that for a time the center of middle eastern civilization was the fresh water lake that was flooded when the natural dam on the Bosporus broke. They are now exploring the ancient shorline, which is under water, for evidence, but it's a slow process using side-scanning sonar.
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06/03/2002 4:40:48 PM PDT
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blam
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