The Old World is a reference to those parts of Earth known to Europeans before the voyages of Christopher Columbus; it includes Europe, Asia and Africa.
Beagle wrote:However, I remember that the grave of one fellow, dubbed the "king" of Stonehenge was determined to be from the Alps, or somewhere in there.
I saw that one. Figured it out by isotope analysis of his teeth as I recall.
I believe you both are referring to this article from New Scientist in February of 2003.
Something is wrong here. War, disease, death, destruction, hunger, filth, poverty, torture, crime, corruption, and the Ice Capades. Something is definitely wrong. This is not good work. If this is the best God can do, I am not impressed.
"We are simply an extension of an ancient age, living now in the next lost civilization."
I really believe that. On the other side of the next ice age glaciation, we will be mostly myth. It's fun to imagine what those myths will be and wonder how similar they might be to our own mythology.
Something is wrong here. War, disease, death, destruction, hunger, filth, poverty, torture, crime, corruption, and the Ice Capades. Something is definitely wrong. This is not good work. If this is the best God can do, I am not impressed.
I saw a news report a few years ago that talked about our nuclear dumps. Nuclear waste is buried in a few locations around the globe.
These areas are toxic for many thousands of years, and scientists were trying to figure out a way to get that message to future civilizations. They decided to inscribe symbols into granite monuments that would be understood by all mankind.
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Something is wrong here. War, disease, death, destruction, hunger, filth, poverty, torture, crime, corruption, and the Ice Capades. Something is definitely wrong. This is not good work. If this is the best God can do, I am not impressed.
