Archaeologists Announce Discovery Of Underwater Man-Made Wall (Very Old)

China Post ^ | 11-26-2002

[Vidalia]

Too many "experts" at the dig will ruin the relics...

[ClearCase_guy]

Cthulhu bump.

[blam]

Heads up.

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Previously posted:

Lost Civilisation From 7,500BC Discovered Off Indian Coast

[Grampa Dave]

Thanks, this kinda of ties in with the finds in that Japanese Island at the southern tip of their islands that is not far away from Taiwan. I can't think of the island's name.

[blam]

Jomons? (...or friends of Kennewick Man?)

[VadeRetro]

Call me a skeptic on this one.

[Gumlegs]

Underwater archaeologists yesterday announced the discovery of a man-made wall submerged under the waters of the Pescadores Islands that could be at least six and seven thousand years old.

Let's see, six and seven thousand make thirteen thousand years, but I'm not sure whether the article means the Pescadores are 13,000 years old or the water is.

[VadeRetro]

At any rate, it's evidence for ancient scuba divers.

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The Ainu People

[Gumlegs]

Right now I'm picturing Strom Thurmond in a wet suit.

[aristeides]

Isn't that underwater temple that was found off India also supposed to be thousands of years old?

[billybudd]

The stone wall, with an average height of one meter and a width of 50 centimeters, covers a distance of over 100 meters, Hsieh said.

This thing is 50 cubic meters of stone, I don't think there's much chance that the divers would ruin it. After all, it's not as if they're running and stomping on top of it. They're swimming around it and touching it in a few places to see what it's made of (like the pebbles).

[billybudd]

Well, duh, the earth was created 6,000 years ago, so I don't see how it's possible that anything ON the earth can be older. Silly scientists.

[Vidalia]

Archaeological structures that are being dated back 8,000 to 12,000 years are becoming more numerous.

A severe revision (based on facts) of civilization as we know it may be in the workings in the next 25 - 30 years...

[r9etb]

The underwater finds are part of a growing body of evidence suggesting the existence of civilizations older than anything previously imagined.

There are probably a lot of reasons for this. I suspect one major reason has to do with the fact that archaelogy started in, and was focused on, the roots of western civilization, which pretty much means it took place in the neighborhood of the Mediterranean.

[aristeides]

Maybe old structures survive longer underwater because they're no longer subject to disruption by later people?

[Vidalia]

Clarification: Figurative comment only. Take-off on the cliche of "Too many cooks in the kitchen".

As in many other professions, "experts" tend to come out of the woodwork in increasing numbers until it gets to the point that the law of diminishing returns is reached concerning objectivity.

Point, counterpoint, point, counterpoint ad nauseum until the hypothetical and theoritical ruin any semblance of factual objectivity is lost...

[johnny7]

Sounds like the Chinese are building a tunnel to Taiwan!