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Comments on: Earlier Than We Thought https://whynow.dumka.us/2008/04/28/earlier-than-we-thought/ On-line Opinion Magazine...OK, it's a blog Wed, 30 Apr 2008 05:14:23 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 By: Bryan https://whynow.dumka.us/2008/04/28/earlier-than-we-thought/comment-page-1/#comment-35976 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 05:14:23 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/?p=4115#comment-35976 I occasionally work for a small local archaeological firm and they were livid when they saw the pictures and identified what was happening. People were filling sand bags with thousands of years of history.

]]> By: hipparchia https://whynow.dumka.us/2008/04/28/earlier-than-we-thought/comment-page-1/#comment-35973 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 04:05:47 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/?p=4115#comment-35973 yep.

]]> By: Bryan https://whynow.dumka.us/2008/04/28/earlier-than-we-thought/comment-page-1/#comment-35972 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 03:11:54 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/?p=4115#comment-35972 Like the way we parked tanks on the site of archaeological digs in Iraq.

]]> By: hipparchia https://whynow.dumka.us/2008/04/28/earlier-than-we-thought/comment-page-1/#comment-35969 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 02:34:04 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/?p=4115#comment-35969 that was way cool.

but now we gotta invade iran, smash all those ancient treasures they might have lying around.

]]> By: Bryan https://whynow.dumka.us/2008/04/28/earlier-than-we-thought/comment-page-1/#comment-35967 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:46:22 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/?p=4115#comment-35967 I think it tells us that the culture had the leisure to support “the arts” and that this was probably not an isolated incident. If they could do this, what other innovations were lost in the various invasions?

It is a fascinating piece that speaks to a lot of misconception about the ancient world and their level of technology and craft.

]]> By: jams o donnell https://whynow.dumka.us/2008/04/28/earlier-than-we-thought/comment-page-1/#comment-35966 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:46:41 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/?p=4115#comment-35966 Thanks for teh plug Bryan. It truly is amazing eh?

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