[vannrox]

cool

[LurkedLongEnough]

You have an affinity for rocks, vannrox?

[Agnes Heep]

The inscriptions have already been partially decrypted: "Here I sit, broken hearted ...."

[Blzbba]

""It raises all sorts of questions on what people were doing there"


Looks like they were carving big rocks..

[Riley]

An ancient rock covered in carved symbols has been discovered in a South American jungle by an archaeologist from Cornwall.

"'Here may be found the last words of Joseph of Arimathea. He who is valiant and pure of spirit may find the Holy Grail in the Castle of aaaaaagggh'."

[theDentist]

I understand it prognosticates: "2003-2004 Patriots by a Field Goal"

[tubebender]

It would make a hellofa paper weight...

[ClearCase_guy]

I'm struck by the carving of the enormous Christian symbol on the rock, which is clearly visible in the first picture!!!

[SpinyNorman]

The one in Dighton, MA is much better, and easier to get to!!

Check out http://members.skyweb.net/~channy/dighton.html

[Dog Gone]

The rock is a lot older than 3000 BC. Perhaps they meant the carvings are that old.

[RockChucker]

Indiana Jones lives! We spend a lot of time and energy trashing the socialist on college campuses, but they have provided so much good and still do, regardless of their brutal socialist political culture.

Reminds me of when I was a student at the University of Michigan School of Natural Resources. There were these turbo nerdy graduate students who did the dirty work for the distinguished professors. Some of these guys even buttoned their top buttons on their shirts, they were such geeks.

Then I saw some video of them in the Central and South American jungles, on a sucessful trip to survey some almost extince mamuals.

In the video, these nerdy grad students were in camo, armed with AK-47s and side arms(protection from the rebels that ruled the area) and buff as a college wrestler.

[Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)]

"I believe the rock is a ceremonial place or a boundary marker for a tribe's territory.

Archaeologists have the most active (nutty) imaginations. They are followed closely by astronomers.

[Lee Heggy]

Wonder how long untill it shows up on E-bay.

[Scott from the Left Coast]

Long Live Rock

[pabianice]

The rock has been dated to 3,000 BC.

How?

[curmudgeonII]

What method[s] did they use to determine the age of the writings on the rock?

[stainlessbanner]

there is a possibility of more rocks like this being found, it is impossible to say what it means."

It means there might be more rocks....

[kt56]

[azhenfud]

"It raises all sorts of questions on what people were doing there, but until more research is done in this area and whether there is a possibility of more rocks like this being found, it is impossible to say what it means."

HELP!

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