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Principia Discordia => Apple Talk => Topic started by: The Good Reverend Roger on April 10, 2013, 09:36:23 PM

Title: Another bizarre structure made by bored people 4000 years ago.
Post by: The Good Reverend Roger on April 10, 2013, 09:36:23 PM
http://science.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/10/17688598-mysterious-stone-structure-found-beneath-sea-of-galilee?lite
Title: Re: Another bizarre structure made by bored people 4000 years ago.
Post by: Anna Mae Bollocks on April 10, 2013, 10:03:31 PM
"Galilee".

This is going to get twisted into a Jesus thing, isn't it?
Title: Re: Another bizarre structure made by bored people 4000 years ago.
Post by: Junkenstein on April 10, 2013, 10:12:25 PM
I wonder who could be ideologically motivated with these things?

Old times:
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3d/First_century_palestine.gif)

Modern times:
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Israel_and_occupied_territories_map.png/374px-Israel_and_occupied_territories_map.png)

Lets just say I doubt it'll speed up any peace process.

Fucking images
Title: Re: Another bizarre structure made by bored people 4000 years ago.
Post by: Richter on April 10, 2013, 10:13:04 PM
They let you use an airplane john AGAIN Roger?

WHAT THE FUCK.  Did someone "Forget" that little UN order requiring you to wear a "the plug" when flying over the airspace of sovereign countries not part of NATO?
Title: Re: Another bizarre structure made by bored people 4000 years ago.
Post by: The Good Reverend Roger on April 10, 2013, 10:16:47 PM
Quote from: stelz on April 10, 2013, 10:03:31 PM
"Galilee".

This is going to get twisted into a Jesus thing, isn't it?

Um, no, it's more likely related to Masada.
Title: Re: Another bizarre structure made by bored people 4000 years ago.
Post by: The Good Reverend Roger on April 10, 2013, 10:17:02 PM
Quote from: Richter on April 10, 2013, 10:13:04 PM
They let you use an airplane john AGAIN Roger?

WHAT THE FUCK.  Did someone "Forget" that little UN order requiring you to wear a "the plug" when flying over the airspace of sovereign countries not part of NATO?

CAN'T STOP ME
Title: Re: Another bizarre structure made by bored people 4000 years ago.
Post by: Anna Mae Bollocks on April 10, 2013, 10:19:17 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on April 10, 2013, 10:16:47 PM
Quote from: stelz on April 10, 2013, 10:03:31 PM
"Galilee".

This is going to get twisted into a Jesus thing, isn't it?

Um, no, it's more likely related to Masada.

Oh.
FUCK.
Title: Re: Another bizarre structure made by bored people 4000 years ago.
Post by: Junkenstein on April 10, 2013, 10:22:59 PM
Remember,Israeli settlers have very firm ideas about how far the boundaries of Israel actually extend. With Syria in strife this is just another reason to land grab in the Golan Heights.
Title: Re: Another bizarre structure made by bored people 4000 years ago.
Post by: The Good Reverend Roger on April 10, 2013, 10:24:19 PM
Quote from: Junkenstein on April 10, 2013, 10:22:59 PM
Remember,Israeli settlers have very firm ideas about how far the boundaries of Israel actually extend. With Syria in strife this is just another reason to land grab in the Golan Heights.

Sometimes it's okay to just think about how cool the ruins are.
Title: Re: Another bizarre structure made by bored people 4000 years ago.
Post by: Junkenstein on April 10, 2013, 10:34:28 PM
Oh shit, I was taking things seriously again. Fuck.
Title: Re: Another bizarre structure made by bored people 4000 years ago.
Post by: Q. G. Pennyworth on April 10, 2013, 10:38:21 PM
Quote from: Junkenstein on April 10, 2013, 10:34:28 PM
Oh shit, I was taking things seriously again. Fuck.

It's okay, you're a Professional Discordian, that's your job.
Title: Re: Another bizarre structure made by bored people 4000 years ago.
Post by: Luna on April 11, 2013, 12:36:29 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on April 10, 2013, 09:36:23 PM
http://science.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/10/17688598-mysterious-stone-structure-found-beneath-sea-of-galilee?lite

Not sure if I'd define a big-ass pile of rocks as a "structure," but, that is pretty cool.
Title: Re: Another bizarre structure made by bored people 4000 years ago.
Post by: Trivial on April 11, 2013, 12:45:46 AM
I sure somebody back then just got a commission for some art, got a bunch of workers for it, couldn't think of anything, and had them pile impossibly heavy stones to look like he was doing something. Told the king he calls it "mouse", it's abstract, and that he should ponder its meaning.
Title: Re: Another bizarre structure made by bored people 4000 years ago.
Post by: The Good Reverend Roger on April 11, 2013, 04:41:22 AM
Actually, it's probably a collapsed tomb.

Water can do that.
Title: Re: Another bizarre structure made by bored people 4000 years ago.
Post by: Elder Iptuous on April 11, 2013, 04:54:03 AM
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!"
Title: Re: Another bizarre structure made by bored people 4000 years ago.
Post by: The Good Reverend Roger on April 11, 2013, 04:54:54 AM
Quote from: Elder Iptuous on April 11, 2013, 04:54:03 AM
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!"

:lulz:

HEY, MOSES!  NOBODY LIKES A SMARTASS! 
Title: Re: Another bizarre structure made by bored people 4000 years ago.
Post by: Aucoq on April 11, 2013, 06:25:14 AM
Quote from: Elder Iptuous on April 11, 2013, 04:54:03 AM
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!"

:lulz:

That's a neat find.  I hope they find something exciting somewhere down in there.
Title: Re: Another bizarre structure made by bored people 4000 years ago.
Post by: Luna on April 11, 2013, 11:12:32 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on April 11, 2013, 04:41:22 AM
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!
Title: Re: Another bizarre structure made by bored people 4000 years ago.
Post by: Bebek Sincap Ratatosk on April 11, 2013, 07:09:22 PM
Quote from: Elder Iptuous on April 11, 2013, 04:54:03 AM
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!"

:D

You win the internets today, Ippy!
Title: Re: Another bizarre structure made by bored people 4000 years ago.
Post by: deadfong on April 13, 2013, 12:08:30 AM
QuoteThe mysterious structure is cone shaped, made of "unhewn basalt cobbles and boulders," and weighs an estimated 60,000 tons

QuoteIt 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.

:scared:
Title: Re: Another bizarre structure made by bored people 4000 years ago.
Post by: The Good Reverend Roger on April 13, 2013, 12:10:06 AM
Quote from: deadfong on April 13, 2013, 12:08:30 AM
QuoteThe mysterious structure is cone shaped, made of "unhewn basalt cobbles and boulders," and weighs an estimated 60,000 tons

QuoteIt 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.

:scared:

BOO YEAH


COME ONNNNN, CTHULU!
Title: Re: Another bizarre structure made by bored people 4000 years ago.
Post by: Suu on April 13, 2013, 02:49:17 PM
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.
Title: Re: Another bizarre structure made by bored people 4000 years ago.
Post by: Anna Mae Bollocks on April 13, 2013, 05:04:26 PM
Quote from: Suu on April 13, 2013, 02:49:17 PM
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!

Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on April 13, 2013, 12:10:06 AM
Quote from: deadfong on April 13, 2013, 12:08:30 AM
QuoteThe mysterious structure is cone shaped, made of "unhewn basalt cobbles and boulders," and weighs an estimated 60,000 tons

QuoteIt 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.

:scared:

BOO YEAH


COME ONNNNN, CTHULU!

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

Because somebody had to say that.  :lulz:
Title: Re: Another bizarre structure made by bored people 4000 years ago.
Post by: tyrannosaurus vex on April 13, 2013, 08:00:28 PM
Quote from: Suu on April 13, 2013, 02:49:17 PM
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.