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2006-03-06 Africa North
4000 yr old military base "mothballed" in desert
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Posted by lotp 2006-03-06 08:28|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 Hieroglyphics seen on the cave walls include the following messages: "No Smoking", "Slaves Must Wear Protective Amulets At All Times", and "Buy Bonds".
Posted by Anonymoose 2006-03-06 13:09||   2006-03-06 13:09|| Front Page Top

#2 It is written that the Ancient Land of Punt is very likey near the Loveliest Village on the Plain.
Posted by 6 2006-03-06 14:27||   2006-03-06 14:27|| Front Page Top

#3 Nope, I'm wrong. It's the ancient village of Tie that's near the loveliest village.
Posted by 6 2006-03-06 14:28||   2006-03-06 14:28|| Front Page Top

#4 I hear the French are considering leasing the base to support their carrier.
Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford  2006-03-06 15:00|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/]  2006-03-06 15:00|| Front Page Top

#5 was a lagoon during ancient Egypt's Middle Kingdom era.

That would mean sea levels were substantially higher than at present and we all know that can't be true.
Posted by phil_b">phil_b  2006-03-06 15:40|| http://autonomousoperation.blogspot.com/]">[http://autonomousoperation.blogspot.com/]  2006-03-06 15:40|| Front Page Top

#6 Actually, the coast of egypt has shifted in elevation (both up and down, depending on the place) due to seismic activity between ancient times and now.
Posted by Phil 2006-03-06 17:36||   2006-03-06 17:36|| Front Page Top

#7 So, this is the 3764th holiest site in Islam?
Posted by Jackal">Jackal  2006-03-06 19:00|| http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html]">[http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html]  2006-03-06 19:00|| Front Page Top

#8 pharaoh's servants launched expeditions, perhaps five or six ships every few hundred years, to the fabled land of Punt

Regular business dynamos, weren't they ?
Posted by Carl in N.H.">Carl in N.H.  2006-03-06 19:01||   2006-03-06 19:01|| Front Page Top

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