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In reply to the discussion: Mysterious Stone Structure Discovered Beneath Sea of Galilee [View all]muriel_volestrangler
(101,405 posts)8. Can you link to the report that called it 'religious'?
This one calls it 'monumental'. They suggest it may mark a burial site, but says they don't know.
Since "it appears to be a giant cairn, rocks piled on top of each other", it would not be much good as a "market" or "restaurant", would it? Or a home.
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And yet this article calls the discovery 'monumental' and repeatedly says we don't
Bluenorthwest
Apr 2013
#11
When my son was a toddler, bubble bath came in Muppet shaped bottles. Of course, I bought all
1monster
Apr 2013
#21
This is the Science Group. If you start by assuming that scientists don't know what they're doing
muriel_volestrangler
Apr 2013
#42
It's also about working with the evidence, and putting forward reasonable hypotheses
muriel_volestrangler
Apr 2013
#44
You mentioned sediment to date it. That would only date how long it was submerged....
Spitfire of ATJ
Apr 2013
#55
Tailings "of basalt boulders up to 1 m (3.2 feet) long", 4,000 years ago?
muriel_volestrangler
Apr 2013
#9
But that doesn't mean people think a several ton rock is a good thing
muriel_volestrangler
Apr 2013
#54
Could be worse. We could be claiming these were Jesus' stepping stones.
Spitfire of ATJ
Apr 2013
#41