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Swiss archaeologists find 5,000-year-old door
Associated Press ^
| October 20, 2010
| FRANK JORDANS
Posted on 10/20/2010 3:13:36 PM PDT by decimon
GENEVA – Archaeologists in the Swiss city of Zurich have unearthed a 5,000-year-old door that may be one of the oldest ever found in Europe.
The ancient poplar wood door is "solid and elegant" with well-preserved hinges and a "remarkable" design for holding the boards together, chief archaeologist Niels Bleicher said Wednesday.
Using tree rings to determine its age, Bleicher believes the door could have been made in the year 3,063 B.C. — around the time that construction on Britain's world famous Stonehenge monument began.
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TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: door; godsgravesglyphs; swiss
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posted on
10/20/2010 3:13:38 PM PDT
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decimon
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
10/20/2010 3:14:21 PM PDT
by
decimon
To: decimon
Talk about a door to the past.
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posted on
10/20/2010 3:16:33 PM PDT
by
Beowulf9
To: decimon
Archaeologists in the Swiss city of Zurich have unearthed a 5,000-year-old door that may be one of the oldest ever found in Europe. The door, however, is locked - stymieing all efforts of the archaeologists to learn what is behind it.
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posted on
10/20/2010 3:17:32 PM PDT
by
Alex Murphy
("Posting news feeds, making eyes bleed, he's hated on seven continents")
To: decimon
Using tree rings to determine its age, Bleicher believes the door could have been made in Ummmm...I'm thinkin' the tree would have stopped growing when someone made a door out of it.
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posted on
10/20/2010 3:19:43 PM PDT
by
EternalVigilance
(There were fourteen victims at Fort Hood.)
To: Alex Murphy
Underneath the door was a skeleton and 50 copies of The Watchtower.
To: decimon
5000 years from now, Archaeologists will find the door missing from the Branch Davidian Compound and remark about all the holes made from the outside.
To: decimon
"What Knockers! Young Frankenstein
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posted on
10/20/2010 3:24:49 PM PDT
by
de.rm
To: decimon
Dig a little deeper, archaeologists. You’ll find an old piano and they played it hot.
It’s a green door.
To: EternalVigilance
LOL. Well yes of course, but you see - in harsh years the tree rings are closer together - and in lush years the tree rings are further apart. By looking at the PATTERN of such you can correlate with OTHER trees and tree rings and figure out at what time the tree was growing.
Follow?
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posted on
10/20/2010 3:30:34 PM PDT
by
allmendream
(Income is EARNED not distributed. So how could it be re-distributed?)
To: decimon
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posted on
10/20/2010 3:32:58 PM PDT
by
frithguild
(Joe Wilson was wrong when he shouted "You lie!" Obama doesn't just lie - he lies all the time.)
To: decimon
Quick!
Call Whoraldo....
He will find out what is behind it!
Fortunately, he’s in Afganistan...this is the first and only time I’m rooting for a Taliban sniper....
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posted on
10/20/2010 3:33:04 PM PDT
by
nevergore
("It could be that the purpose of my life is simply to serve as a warning to others.")
To: decimon
That’s some pretty good work.
Mine is only a few years old and there have been a few nights I couldn’t find it.
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posted on
10/20/2010 3:33:44 PM PDT
by
EEDUDE
To: decimon
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posted on
10/20/2010 3:34:26 PM PDT
by
bigbob
To: EEDUDE
“It’s hard to leave when you can’t find the door”!
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posted on
10/20/2010 3:36:31 PM PDT
by
milagro
To: allmendream
Well, that sounds more believable than most of the dating claims you read in articles like this.
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posted on
10/20/2010 3:37:54 PM PDT
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EternalVigilance
(There were fourteen victims at Fort Hood.)
To: bigbob
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posted on
10/20/2010 3:39:33 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
To: frithguild
AP photo.
I looked for another source for a pic but didn’t see any.
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posted on
10/20/2010 3:39:36 PM PDT
by
decimon
To: decimon
” Scientists discover the origins of the very first ‘knock-knock’ joke. “
To: EternalVigilance
Not just believable, but reproducible.
Given the same segment of tree rings, two independent scientists can match it to the correct time span based upon the ring pattern.
It also correlates rather well with radiometric dating.
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posted on
10/20/2010 3:43:37 PM PDT
by
allmendream
(Income is EARNED not distributed. So how could it be re-distributed?)
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