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You're entitled to your opinion but no one is required to be impressed by it.

He hasn't broken any rules, Circ. Lately I've been knocking out 3-4 spammers per day so he's actually a breath of fresh air as far as I am concerned.

but ive done worse Ive pulled figure stones from chalk cliffs that look perfectly stratified/un-messed with (66MYA) That, in and of itself, ought to undermine your certainty about how those stones were made. Personally I am not inclined to want to dismiss all of evolutionary history because someone...

I have the most trouble with the dating. You start going back 2 million years and we're back to Australopithecus times. But I am open to a discussion on the dating techniques. I think Sam Van Landingham made a solid case for diatom sequencing at Valsequillo..... which drives the Clovis-Firster crowd...

Well, the concept of pareidolia is well established so I am leery of anything which superficially seems to be "art." After all, that was the whole point behind this take off on the "Bowling Green Massacre." https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C4BKIpwUYAAu5so.jpg Oddly, I visited Charlie ...

Not rejected - merely awaiting approval and since I am the only one moderating the board that does take some time. I also have to consign the night's gaggle of spammers to oblivion. You did have one duplicate post that was deleted. I would like to see a peer-reviewed paper which supports those dates...

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/01/ancient-toilet-reveals-jerusalem-elite-suffered-from-infectious-diseases-and-worms/142407 Ancient toilet reveals Jerusalem elite suffered from infectious diseases and worms Researchers studying an ancient toilet in Jerusalem from the 7th century BC have reveale...

Amazing what they can do now. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-59808883 Egyptian pharaoh's mummy digitally unwrapped for first time The mummified body of an ancient Egyptian pharaoh has been studied for the first time in millennia after being digitally "unwrapped". The mummy of A...

Herculaneum, yet again. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/vesuvius-skeleton-discovery-near-herculaneum-ancient-rome-180979160/?utm_source=smithsoniantopic&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20211212-weekender&spMailingID=46086954&spUserID=NzQwNDU2ODI3MjAS1&spJobID=2141209107&a...

Seems like the only realistic possibility. https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/09/world/archaeologists-crucifixion-uk-scn-gbr-scli-intl/index.html Rare example of Roman crucifixion unearthed in UK London (CNN)Archaeologists have unearthed what they believe is the first example of a crucifixion in northern E...

Well, for one thing, it is a 10 year old thread.

Probably did them some good. The hand that rocks the cradle, you know.

Among the elite, slaves took care of the kids.

So they found a 4 wheeled chariot at the house.... which sounds more like a cart than a chariot but whatever and they found a small room which they surmise to be slave quarters. Other than sheer speculation I don't see anything which connects the two. Suppose in 10,000 years archaeologists dig into ...

"Lost" takes up less space in the Headline than "Forgotten."