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   Oh so rich & successful JTEM to Eric Stevens   
   Re: The Builders of World's Oldest Known   
   14 May 20 22:27:00   
   
   From: jtem01@gmail.com   
      
   Eric Stevens wrote:   
      
      
   > It beats me how modern archaeologists could unambiguously define the   
   > precise geometric centre of each of the three irregularly formed   
   > enclosures constructed of random stone and rubble. That the three were   
   > tied together by an approximate equilateral triangle is possible. All   
   > that the buiders would need to do that is a length of rope and three   
   > pegs. But the claim as to the 'prfectly formed equilateral triangle'   
   > sounds like the result of post-hoc juggling of equilatral triangles.   
      
   It is garbage, as I explained earlier. In fact, it looks like they created   
   their "Proof" after they invented their perfect geometry.   
      
   Also, there's a hell of a lot more than three!   
      
   And, who says that they're temples?   
      
      
      
      
      
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