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Oldest Yet Known Metal Object Discovered in the Middle East
Live Scient ^
| August 22, 2104
| Charles Q. Choi
Posted on 08/22/2014 8:00:53 PM PDT by fatez
A copper awl is the oldest metal object unearthed to date in the Middle East. The discovery reveals that metals were exchanged across hundreds of miles in this region more than 6,000 years ago, centuries earlier than previously thought, researchers say.
(Excerpt) Read more at livescience.com ...
TOPICS: History; Science
KEYWORDS: archaeology; godsgravesglyphs; history; letshavejerusalem
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A copper awl is the oldest metal object unearthed to date in the Middle East. The discovery reveals that metals were exchanged across hundreds of miles in this region more than 6,000 years ago, centuries earlier than previously thought, researchers say.
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posted on
08/22/2014 8:00:54 PM PDT
by
fatez
To: fatez
Pretty cool pictures at the site.
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posted on
08/22/2014 8:01:39 PM PDT
by
fatez
("If you're going through Hell, keep going." Winston Churchill)
To: fatez
Is that awl there is? /Peggy Lee
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posted on
08/22/2014 8:02:04 PM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
("Harvey Dent, can we trust him?" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBsdV--kLoQ)
To: ClearCase_guy
Someone give Clearcase a rim shot please...
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posted on
08/22/2014 8:03:00 PM PDT
by
fatez
("If you're going through Hell, keep going." Winston Churchill)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
08/22/2014 8:04:58 PM PDT
by
Lurkina.n.Learnin
(It's a shame nobama truly doesn't care about any of this. Our country, our future, he doesn't care)
To: fatez
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posted on
08/22/2014 8:05:09 PM PDT
by
Bratch
To: fatez
6000 years ago, 4000 years before Christ.
That IS old, even before the Egyptians.
Apparently OUR very own ancestors Homo sapiens sapiens evolved into what we are today around 200,000 years ago, in Africa.
THAT is even older.
So what we humans doing from 200,000 BC - 4000 B.C.? That is a HUGE chunk of time.
To: ClearCase_guy
To: ClearCase_guy
Is that awl there is? /Peggy LeeIf that's all there is...then lets keep daaaaaancing. ♪♫♪♫♪♫
Let's break out the booze and have a baaaaall. ♪♫♪♫♪♫
To: Bratch
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posted on
08/22/2014 8:09:41 PM PDT
by
Domangart
(Tho I walk Through the valley of Wall Mart, I fear no man.)
To: ClearCase_guy
This is one reason why I love FR. Informative and funny-—good stuff!
kg/nancy
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posted on
08/22/2014 8:12:07 PM PDT
by
krunkygirl
(force multiplier in effect...)
To: cloudmountain
That is an unbelievable chunk of time.
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posted on
08/22/2014 8:12:11 PM PDT
by
kjam22
(my music video "If My People" at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74b20RjILy4)
To: Bratch
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posted on
08/22/2014 8:18:34 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: cloudmountain
I refuse to believe all these stories are lost. I believe, without any evidence, that it’s all recorded. Somewhere.
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posted on
08/22/2014 8:18:51 PM PDT
by
DManA
To: ClearCase_guy
Old news...
They struck awl in the middle east years ago!
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posted on
08/22/2014 8:19:24 PM PDT
by
null and void
(If Bill Clinton was the first black president, why isn't Barack Obama the first woman president?)
To: Domangart
It’s not surprising that copper was our first useful metal. You can find almost pure copper in nature.
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posted on
08/22/2014 8:20:02 PM PDT
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DManA
To: DManA
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posted on
08/22/2014 8:20:49 PM PDT
by
null and void
(If Bill Clinton was the first black president, why isn't Barack Obama the first woman president?)
To: ClearCase_guy
Along with first recorder will stating: Someday this awl will be yours.
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posted on
08/22/2014 8:21:50 PM PDT
by
CrazyIvan
(I lost my phased plasma rifle in a tragic hovercraft accident.)
To: DManA
And if is ductile enough that primitives could work it.
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posted on
08/22/2014 8:23:20 PM PDT
by
Lurkina.n.Learnin
(It's a shame nobama truly doesn't care about any of this. Our country, our future, he doesn't care)
To: cloudmountain
Some dude invented the surf board around 150,000 BC. Things kind of went downhill from there.
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posted on
08/22/2014 8:23:24 PM PDT
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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