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Johnny wrote:They spinnin, Pharaoh! They spinnin!

Tutankhamun 'n the house!

There are people who swear that this burned cheese sandwich is the image of "jesus."

Just looks like a garden variety hippie to me!

dannan14 wrote:i dunno, looks like a hubcap to me.

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here is no evidence from before for bringing any kind of animals from such a distance Nonsense! Animal husbandry has countless examples of (relatively) long distance trade in animals. Bees can't walk/must be carried Yes but we've established that prehistoric peoples weren't stupid why wouldn't they...

Minimalist wrote:Charlie sent this link back, Sam.


http://www.preclovis.com/

Thanks for that-have it bookmarked

I understand it was meant as a storage facility but even that is gone.

http://www.phpbb88.com/nohandaxesinus/

Revealing the Ancient Chinese Secret of Sticky Rice Mortar ScienceDaily (May 29, 2010) — Scientists have discovered the secret behind an ancient Chinese super-strong mortar made from sticky rice, the delicious "sweet rice" that is a modern mainstay in Asian dishes. They also concluded tha...

The first fences were almost certainly built to stop the depredations of wild animals on crops.

I knew I'd seen a reference to South American influence on SW USA indigenous culture somewhere here it is.

http://www.jstor.org/pss/971939

I wonder how much this has to do with the Spondylus shell trade-even today they are highly prized by collectors around the world.

Johnny wrote:

Sam Salmon wrote:edited

That must've been interesting.

I was tired and misread a few things-my comments were out of context/uninformed -will try to get back to this later tonight.

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And the Phoenicians kept the sources/origins of their exotic and extremely valuable commodities ("spices" = drugs like cannabis, opium, cocaïne, and tobacco ) secret. State secrets. Especially from their biggest rival, the Romans. And the dumb Romans (dumb as in blissfully unaware) hated ...

It's been suggested that Greece sell its islands to solve its debt problem... akin to selling the family jewels of course. I think that German newspaper was-in a ponderous Teutonic manner-making a point about Greek spendthrifts-they've pissed away everything they've been given/racked up billions mo...

Some of the science behind this discovery is mind-boggling!