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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?                                          -- --              https://jtem.tumblr.com/post/617846739590889472              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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