Oldest Yet Known Metal Object Discovered in the Middle East

Live Scient ^ | August 22, 2104 | Charles Q. Choi

[doc1019]

Milling about smartly wishing they could create aw(l)some awl’s

[DManA]

We got surfboards, we got plenty of food. Life’s good.

Dude, what do you think is on the other side of that hill?

[DManA]

I’m not talking about myths. I’m every instant in time is frozen in amber. Somewhere.

[Tainan]

And in other archeological news...we have

2,800-Year-Old Zigzag Art Found in Greek Tomb

[Kirkwood]

If a man went back in time to this era with nothing more than a common knife, he could form a tribe and then an army and then rule the world.

[Fungi]

They counted the beads but the “The area was a village from about 5100 B.C. to 4600 B.C., and was first discovered in A.D. 1950, with digs taking place from the end of the 1970s up to the present day” is just an estimate. Never mind, my “there you go again with the date” will not be accepted. Actually, this article was close to the truth, but not close enough. These writers should just admit they really don't know what the date was and leave it at that.

[PA Engineer]

Someday this awl will be yours.

The curtains?

[DManA]

There is a short story about that I read once. A man (somehow) was transported to 10’th century Iceland. He thought he would be king. But he was frustrated because he didn’t have access to the tools to make the tools he needed to make the stuff he knew how to make.

Mark Twain’s “A Connecticut Yankee in King Author’s Court” addressed this too.

[Rockpile]

Obviously this tool was used by the woman to sew with in cloth,leather or both.

[null and void]

I’m not talking about myths. I’m [talking about] every instant in time is frozen in amber. Somewhere.

So am I.

[Redcitizen]

The second oldest thing was a pawn ticket for a copper awl.

[DManA]

Ok, if you recommend it I’ll look up the Akashic records.

[Oztrich Boy]

There is a short story about that I read once. A man (somehow) was transported to 10’th century Iceland. He thought he would be king. But he was frustrated because he didn’t have access to the tools to make the tools he needed to make the stuff he knew how to make.

Poul Anderson's "The Man Who Came Early"

[DManA]

Ah, Edgar Cayce.

I don’t know what Edgar Cayce was. He was not a fraud. He was something. I have no idea what.

[BigEdLB]

A man (somehow) was transported to 10’th century Iceland.

Bing Crosby went to 5th century England ;)

[DManA]

Sort of related - H.G. Wells “The Country of the Blind”

[DManA]

You should read the book. It’s where Roosevelt got the phrase “A New Deal”.

[Vermont Lt]

You have to watch Ancient Aliens on History 2. All of your questions will be answered.

[BulletBobCo]

38 posts and no photo of the awl’s owner.

[Robert A Cook PE]

The second oldest thing was a pawn ticket for a copper awl.

Nah. Awl they had to do first was invent money!

THEN, the inventor could PAY for the pawn ticket to pay for the copper awl to pay the taxes to the head honcho who was demanding HE get paid for not breaking the head open of the guy who was going to pay the pawnbroker.