http://science.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/10/17688598-mysterious-stone-structure-found-beneath-sea-of-galilee?lite
"Galilee".
This is going to get twisted into a Jesus thing, isn't it?
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
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?
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
Oh shit, I was taking things seriously again. Fuck.
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.
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.
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.
Actually, it's probably a collapsed tomb.
Water can do that.
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!"
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!
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.
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!
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!
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:
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!
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.
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:
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.