Hahaha, that was my first thought. That and "definitely high status".
It's to do with the small walls. (With apologies to Eddie Izzard)
Unanswerable questions
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It's to do with the small walls. (With apologies to Eddie Izzard)
I have often wondered about this. What will be left behind us for the archaeologists. We have churches that have stood for 1000 years. Pyramids that have stood for Millennia. Will our little 2 up 2 down terraces still stand in 50 years? 100? What about the millennium dome? Will that be standing when we welcome the year 2100?
I often wonder if I should put in my will to be buried in chain maille armour... my victorian era corset... and a pair of nike trainers... If you can't play with archaeologists in your death, then the world really has become too boring...
Imagine a body in the bog style scenario in 5000+ years and the body with loads of plastic surgery modifications, were they tribal? Signs of nobility? Lunatics?
Oh the fun and games when people find some items in the archaeological record. Imagine an iphone that's been in the ground for a few centuries... or a camera... most items of modern ladies clothing... credit cards... clothes hangers...
If you didn't have any preconception of these items, they would baffle the mind. "We've found thousands upon thousands of these small plastic rectangles. Each inscribed with different names and numbers..."
Oh how infuriating that so often is.
Julia
@ Julia; Pretty optimistic to think that many here will welcome the year 2100, eh? I can only hope your optimism will be justified
I'll be 117 on 01/01/2100. Which the way average ages are going up, is not infeasible. Tho I admit it's more than likely to be to the right of the bell curve.
But the question was more about if the millennium dome will be standing, rather than us lot...
Interesting take... How will that last in the ground?
Julia
Because when there were more than one they couldn't agree on who owned Bond Street
Because when there were more than one they couldn't agree on who owned Bond Street
I do like unanswerable questions a buddy of mine with reading difficulties and a speech impediment once asked
I do like unanswerable questions a buddy of mine with reading difficulties and a speech impediment once asked
I'm stealing that quote to FB. LOL
Exactly, and that can be applied to a lot of what is referred to as 'legends' and 'scripture'. Look at how much fiction for pure entertainment purposes that is produced nowadays. That capacity also resided in the ancients. They were the same humans were are.
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If the Egyptians built the sphinx why does it have a water level marking above it's ear from the end of the last Ice Age almost 12'000 years ago?
Graham Hancock Fingerprints of the Gods
If the Egyptians built the sphinx why does it have a water level marking above it's ear from the end of the last Ice Age almost 12'000 years ago?
Graham Hancock Fingerprints of the Gods
If I recall, Mr. Hancock has stated his conclusion that the Sphinx is pre-Egyptian and it predates by quite a bit what we now consider to be the Egyptian civilization. Graham Hancock is a very interesting person to listen to and to read his writings.
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Watermark my backside. It is a fault in the rock/stone the object is made from. Not every rock is made from a perfect production line. What it looks like and what it is are 2 very different things. (and yes I have seen it up close for real)
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