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- From: v064lnev@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Avatar)
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- Subject: Re: The Great Pyramid of Giza
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- Date: 19 Nov 92 23:24:00 GMT
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- In article <Bxyq15.6zL@acsu.buffalo.edu>, v064lnev@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Avatar) writes...
- > "The natural tendency of a traditionally trained archeologist is to fit
- >his finds into the fashionable preconcieved matrix of ideas regarding the shape
- >of prehistory that it is a long, slow, upward gradient leading inexorably from
- >primitive man to the summit of modern society's achievements. It is his very
- >ability to do so that has gained him his qualifications as an archeologist.
- >Consequently, had earlier civilizations left behind aircraft runways, say, then
- >it is likely that they would be classified as 'ritual causeways'; an
- >earth-and-stone-built chamber for screening off radioactive waste or machinery
- >would of course take on an unintended role as a 'tomb'; an astronomical
- >observatory-cum-computer would immediately start a new life as a temple; and
- >skyward-facing navigational markings for airships would become 'magic designs
- >for the appeasement of the gods'." -unknown author
-
- Still, it seems no one would like to address the above passage. Does
- anyone have any thoughts about this?
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