Well, the person who found this ancient writing wasn't on an archaeological dig when he found it:
A construction worker in Ireland came across the ancient 20-page book dated to the years 800-1000 A.D. while driving his backhoe's shovel into the mud last week.
Does this sound like an archaeologist on a relic finding dig? You may have read it, but nothing seems to have been absorbed. It's one thing to eat something, it's another thing to absorb it.
A construction worker in Ireland came across the ancient 20-page book dated to the years 800-1000 A.D. while driving his backhoe's shovel into the mud last week.
Does this sound like an archaeologist on a relic finding dig? You may have read it, but nothing seems to have been absorbed. It's one thing to eat something, it's another thing to absorb it.
I read the article.
The fact that somebody backhoes out something from underground does not impress me. Happens all the time. I dig things up myself all the time.
If you want to make something mystical about the page to which this find was opened, be my guest. It had to be open to some page, or closed. No big deal either way--unless you have some evidence that the article does not mention.