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   Oh so rich & successful JTEM to Garry Denke   
   Re: "5 Ancient Mysteries We Still Haven'   
   11 May 22 08:15:55   
   
   From: jtem01@gmail.com   
      
    Garry Denke wrote:   
      
   > 2:00 1) Zaroaster   
      
   Deceptive. We don't actually "Know" much about any ancient figure.   
   As the video points out, "History" wasn't actually a thing. It's not   
   even a "Thing" now!  Go to the middle east right now and their   
   accounts of even relatively recent events, like the Arab Israeli wars,   
   does not resemble anything that might be mistaken for reality.   
      
   > 4:32 2) Bronze Age   
      
   The collapse, you mean.   
      
   Roman collapsed, Egypt collapsed a number of times... we might   
   not have specific reasons but at least we have the cause/method,   
   which is more than we can say for most collapses.   
      
   > 6:57 3) Genghis Khan   
      
   Nothing special.   
      
   We don't know where Anthony & Cleopatra were buried, or Alexander   
   the Great. Or Nefertiti. Or most historical figures.   
      
   > 9:14 4) Ninth Legion   
      
   Should we have records?   
      
   > 12:30 5) Nazca Lines   
      
   Unimpressed. As a kid, we did similar lines in the snow, out in a   
   baseball/football field.   
      
      
      
      
      
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