"7000-Year-Old sleepin' beauty" in Bolaghi Gorge discovered

Iranian News ^ | Apr 27, 2006 | unattributed

[Sax]

No, but I'll give it a shot. Had a BELT (Egg) about a week ago in a breakfast joint.

I cheat and use bacon fat and finely chopped bacon in my gumbo too.

[SunkenCiv]

Depends -- in northern North America, the Bacon Era is really the Ham era.

[Bacon Man]

I cheat and use bacon fat and finely chopped bacon in my gumbo too.

That's not cheating! It's genius!!!

[U S Army EOD]

You might have hit of something there. Maybe Hillary has been dead for 7000 years.

[bannie]

I'm just trying to imagine an era in which bacon was the most definitive weapon...

[ansel12]

Addressing the picture of a mummified body of a young Incan girl, this was President Clintons comment.

"One of the memorable moments of this kind was his comment on "Juanita" (pictured above), a newly discovered Incan mummy exhibited at the National Geographic museum in 1996. "You know, if I were a single man, I might ask that mummy out. That's a good-looking mummy," Clinton famously remarked.

[Mike Darancette]

A person does not live long, but is dead for a really long time.

[SunkenCiv]

By the time Hendrix was my age, he'd been dead twenty years.

[BlackVeil]

Archeological excavations in Bolaghi Gorge started when experts learned of the hazards the newly constructed Sivand Dam poses to this historical site. Several Iranian and foreign archeologists rushed to save this ancient site before flooding of the dam. Luckily, Iranian dam authorities accepted to postpone inauguration of the Sivand Dam until excavations finish in this area. Yet considering the enormous amount of historical relics hidden in this ancient site, it seems almost impossible to save all of them in any given time.

Iranian-German joint archeology team has continued its excavations in Bolaghi Gorge historical site since winter 2006 under the supervision of Mojgan Seyedein from Iran and Barbara Helwing from Germany. Due to the discovery of a new area near Sivand Dam which is believed to have been a settlement area belonging to the fifth millennium BC, they will continue their excavations until the end of May. The team has discovered 5 clay ovens belonging to the fifth millennium BC in area number 73 so far.

These archaologists are doing important work - may they be blessed with success, professional support and respect.

[SunkenCiv]

Bill Clinton sez:

[it was only a matter of time, so I may as well say it first]

[chesley]

Now cut that out!