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To: Renfield; SunkenCiv; blam

No one has ever explained to my satisfaction how people who couldn’t even smelt iron knew where the sun was going to shine on the solstices. I guess even that long ago, the ironworkers on Atlantis had a strong union. ;-)


3 posted on 10/05/2007 4:36:22 AM PDT by CholeraJoe (Bring me the head of Miley Cyrus!)
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......people who couldn’t even smelt iron knew where the sun was going to shine on the solstices

That is elementary, my dear CholeraJoe. You can do it yourself, with nothing more than some stakes and a few years of observation. Just keep marking out where the shadow of a central stake falls, at about the same time of day.

Neolithic people were ignorant, not stupid.

6 posted on 10/05/2007 9:12:05 AM PDT by jimtorr
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