Radiocarbon dating 2.0

[Rokcet Scientist]

It looks like radiocarbon dating is rising from its ashes and just got a new lease on life:

Radiocarbon dating verifies ancient Egypt's history

Experts have used scientific dating techniques to verify the historical chronology of ancient Egypt.

Radiocarbon dating was used to show that the chronology of Egypt's Old, Middle and New Kingdoms is indeed accurate.

The researchers dated seeds found in pharaohs' tombs, including some from the tomb of the King Tutankhamun.

They write in the journal Science that some of the samples are more than 4,500 years old.

Radiocarbon dating of ancient Egyptian objects is nothing new.

But this time, the scientists say, they were able to use a very precise [...]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science_and_ ... 345875.stm

[Minimalist]

Ah....but when were they all killed by the 'flood?'

[uniface]

The only problem with this is that the horoscopes they painted on their building walls (commemorating their completion dates) yield only-possible dates in the era we call the Middle Ages.

[Minimalist]

Huh?


I went through the whole article and did not find the word "horoscope." Which, btw, has nothing to do with "science."

[uniface]

http://www.revisedhistory.org/egyptian-horo.htm

[Rokcet Scientist]

http://www.revisedhistory.org/egyptian-horo.htm

Nice convoluted text... Pretty standard m.o. really. Reminiscent of the Creation Museum's logic.

[uniface]

There are two components :

1) Data

and

2) the rest of it.

You're focusing on the rest of it.

Free country.

[Minimalist]

http://www.revisedhistory.org/egyptian-horo.htm

You're fucking kidding, right? I hope.

http://revisedhistory.org/manifest-mission.htm

[Digit]

I like the inscription that reads, 'Kilroy was here!'

Roy.

[uniface]

Judging a book by its cover -- or an article by the site it appears on -- is . . . well, sub-optimum procedure.

[Digit]

Then why did you post it?

Roy.

[Tiompan]

This is reminiscent of the putative Bantu “stone circles “ being dated not by any of the usual archaeological methods but by a possible stellar orientation which due to precession could make it appear to be older than than any other stone circle by a factor of 10 ,of course the orientation is as likely as the suggested date . In this case why accept an outlandish date when it would appear that the reading , the reason given and the “horoscope “ itself are more than likely wrong .
George

[Johnny]

http://revisedhistory.org/manifest-mission.htm

Man, I love realizing that my personal viewpoints on some things are closer to the nutjobs than I had previously thought. Like these folks, I despise the grip of nationalism and the effects it can have on academia and our understanding of culture. I've argued for open borders and global government but I don't think I'd ever pen and publish a manifesto. Especially not one containing the line, "The national bosom gives rise to the soldier." WTF is that even supposed to mean?

[Digit]

You're not meant to understand it Johnny, just embrace it, asking questions is not what these people are about.
They tell you that they are the thinkers, that we are just state poodles, till you ask a question then you are insulted.

Roy.

[uniface]

why did you post it?

Because of a naive faith in human nature -- that somebody would read it for content.

The language is a little out of kilter because it's largely translated from Russian.