World's Oldest Wheel Found In Slovenia, Claim Archaeologists

Ananova ^ | 2-25-2003

[TADSLOS]

It was found buried beneath an ancient marsh settlement near the Slovenian capital of Ljubljana.

You just might be an ancient redneck if...

[S.O.S121.500]

Alright then, no more humor attempts for you......

[Carry_Okie]

If I couldn't laugh, I'd go nuts in short order.

[strela]

Two wonderful kids.

You said it. You have the most well-mannered, cutest little girls on the planet in my opinion. I hope they are doing well.

[Robert A Cook PE]

Speaking of lost wheels, I'd hate to have to lug nuts around for 5000 years....

(BTW, why do engineers need contraception?)

[Carry_Okie]

Thank you kindly.

[par4]

Sorry, but I have it on good authority that the artifact is, in reality, a massive frisbee used by giant neolithic cave men for mastadon hunting - This race of huge humans has all but disappered, but sightings are still known to happen. As a matter of fact, Sasquatch is one.

Then again, maybe it's a beer keg.......

[driftless]

By God, I knew that if I lived long enough, I'd find something that I can be proud of my Slovenian ancestors for. (ha,ha)

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Blam. Another oldie.

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[jimtorr]

I've always thought that the wheel would most likely be invented by plains nomads. Carts with wheels are very usefull to carry all of your stuff around as you follow the seasons and the herds.

The Sumerians apparently introduced the war cart to the land of the two rivers, so what does that say about their origions?

[SunkenCiv]

The Sumerians' origin stories include arrival by sea, and scholars have generally looked east to India for their origins. The Indus Valley script is a syllabary (like cuneiform) and appears to express an agglutinative language (which Sumerian is). The Sumerians' names for the local great rivers were not Sumerian names; also at least some of their cities had non-Sumerian names. The Sumerians came from elsewhere, but from whence, and how, isn't clear 5000 years on. :')

[SunkenCiv]

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