| Re: The greatest archeological discovery ever made - the Dead Sea Scrolls |
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Author: GeorgeGeorge Date: Jan 2, 2008 23:49
On Jan 3, 11:08 am, Hal gmail.com> wrote:> On Jan 2, 2:52 pm, George hnpl.net> wrote:
>>> On Jan 3, 4:05 am, Doug Weller ramtops.removethis.co.uk>
>> wrote:>
>>> I'll second this. Please don't respond to Christainsen. One of
>>> sci.archaeology's best posters has left, probably to a large extent
>>> because of him.
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>> We could always take advantage of the thread and discuss what exactly
>> we consider the 'greatest' discovery to have been
>> Amongst the most important discoveries in archaeology would have to be
>> the Rosetta Stone
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> Figuring out that all of those bits of broken pots had some value
> beyond landfill. The application of stratigraphy is another biggy.
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It's got to be way up there.
14c has to be an entrant
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