Er.....Wouldn't This be 3,300 Years?

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Er.....Wouldn't This be 3,300 Years?

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Headline writers who can't count.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080628/lf ... LOV6VFeQoB
Syria unearths 2,300-year-old pharaonic engraving
DAMASCUS (AFP) - Syrian archaeologists have unearthed a hieroglyph close to Damascus which dates back to the pharaonic period around 1,300 years BC, the official SANA news agency reported on Saturday
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Hmmm - nope - 3,308 :D
i'm not lookin' for who or what made the earth - just who got me dizzy by makin it spin
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I'm willing to give them the 8 for rounding off.
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I wouldn't give them anything, other than a lesson in maths.
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