Another bizarre structure made by bored people 4000 years ago.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

TFA said some guy thinks it might be 4000 years old, but they have to dig to see if there's anything to date it to then.
my hypothesis is that it was the height of fashion for palestinian discordians during the early 1800's to play 'sink' in this particular spot.
"I sunk the ottoman empire!"

HEY, MOSES!  NOBODY LIKES A SMARTASS! 

[Aucoq]

TFA said some guy thinks it might be 4000 years old, but they have to dig to see if there's anything to date it to then.
my hypothesis is that it was the height of fashion for palestinian discordians during the early 1800's to play 'sink' in this particular spot.
"I sunk the ottoman empire!"

That's a neat find.  I hope they find something exciting somewhere down in there.

[Luna]

Actually, it's probably a collapsed tomb.

Water can do that.

Possible.  Now that they've found it, it's a sure bet that somebody is gonna go fuck with it.  There's grant money to be had!

[Bebek Sincap Ratatosk]

TFA said some guy thinks it might be 4000 years old, but they have to dig to see if there's anything to date it to then.
my hypothesis is that it was the height of fashion for palestinian discordians during the early 1800's to play 'sink' in this particular spot.
"I sunk the ottoman empire!"

You win the internets today, Ippy!

[deadfong]

The mysterious structure is cone shaped, made of "unhewn basalt cobbles and boulders," and weighs an estimated 60,000 tons

It appears to be a giant cairn, rocks piled on top of each other. Structures like this are known from elsewhere in the world and are sometimes used to mark burials.

Whatever it is the ancient peoples of the Near East united to kill four thousand years ago, they took the time and effort to pile 60,000 tons of rock on top of it to make sure it didn't rise from the dead.

And now archaeologists are going to fuck with it.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

The mysterious structure is cone shaped, made of "unhewn basalt cobbles and boulders," and weighs an estimated 60,000 tons

It appears to be a giant cairn, rocks piled on top of each other. Structures like this are known from elsewhere in the world and are sometimes used to mark burials.

Whatever it is the ancient peoples of the Near East united to kill four thousand years ago, they took the time and effort to pile 60,000 tons of rock on top of it to make sure it didn't rise from the dead.

And now archaeologists are going to fuck with it.

BOO YEAH


COME ONNNNN, CTHULU!

[Suu]

I don't know a whole hell of a lot of anything about early Judaic/pre-Judaic cultures, but this is way cool.

4000 years ago is near contemporary to the construction of the Pyramids of Giza, but boulders and not cut stone, so definitely no connection. The IAA (Israeli Antiquities Association) works closely with my school and the University of Louisville in underwater archaeology, and I've been asked to go to dive school this summer in lieu of my previous trip to Israel being cancelled, but considering the state of things over there, I doubt they will be taking students anytime soon. It's just too dangerous. I'll ask and see if anyone I know is headed over or if they know more than a Yahoo article.

[Anna Mae Bollocks]

I don't know a whole hell of a lot of anything about early Judaic/pre-Judaic cultures, but this is way cool.

4000 years ago is near contemporary to the construction of the Pyramids of Giza, but boulders and not cut stone, so definitely no connection. The IAA (Israeli Antiquities Association) works closely with my school and the University of Louisville in underwater archaeology, and I've been asked to go to dive school this summer in lieu of my previous trip to Israel being cancelled, but considering the state of things over there, I doubt they will be taking students anytime soon. It's just too dangerous. I'll ask and see if anyone I know is headed over or if they know more than a Yahoo article.

Awesome, keep us posted!

The mysterious structure is cone shaped, made of "unhewn basalt cobbles and boulders," and weighs an estimated 60,000 tons

It appears to be a giant cairn, rocks piled on top of each other. Structures like this are known from elsewhere in the world and are sometimes used to mark burials.

Whatever it is the ancient peoples of the Near East united to kill four thousand years ago, they took the time and effort to pile 60,000 tons of rock on top of it to make sure it didn't rise from the dead.

And now archaeologists are going to fuck with it.

BOO YEAH


COME ONNNNN, CTHULU!

Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!

Because somebody had to say that. 

[tyrannosaurus vex]

I don't know a whole hell of a lot of anything about early Judaic/pre-Judaic cultures, but this is way cool.

4000 years ago is near contemporary to the construction of the Pyramids of Giza, but boulders and not cut stone, so definitely no connection. The IAA (Israeli Antiquities Association) works closely with my school and the University of Louisville in underwater archaeology, and I've been asked to go to dive school this summer in lieu of my previous trip to Israel being cancelled, but considering the state of things over there, I doubt they will be taking students anytime soon. It's just too dangerous. I'll ask and see if anyone I know is headed over or if they know more than a Yahoo article.

Nuh-uh!! Graham Hancock told me the pyramids were built 25,000 years ago. BY ALIENS.