Archaeology
Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 7:13 pm
Digging to a depth of 1,000 meters last year, French scientists found
traces of copper wire dating back 1,000 years. The French came to the conclusion
that their ancestors had a telephone network centuries ago.
Not to be outdone by the French, English scientists dug to a depth of
2,000 meters. Shortly thereafter headlines in the U.K. newspapers read:
"English archeologists have found traces of 2,000-year-old fiber-optic cable and
have concluded that ancestors had an advanced high-tech digital communications
network a thousand years earlier than the French."
One week later, Israeli newspapers reported the following: "After digging as
deep as 5,000 meters in a Jerusalem marketplace, scientists found absolutely nothing.
They thus concluded that 5,000 years ago Jews were using wireless technology."
traces of copper wire dating back 1,000 years. The French came to the conclusion
that their ancestors had a telephone network centuries ago.
Not to be outdone by the French, English scientists dug to a depth of
2,000 meters. Shortly thereafter headlines in the U.K. newspapers read:
"English archeologists have found traces of 2,000-year-old fiber-optic cable and
have concluded that ancestors had an advanced high-tech digital communications
network a thousand years earlier than the French."
One week later, Israeli newspapers reported the following: "After digging as
deep as 5,000 meters in a Jerusalem marketplace, scientists found absolutely nothing.
They thus concluded that 5,000 years ago Jews were using wireless technology."