Archaeology Today

Surely this belongs in the “Because Fuck You metric system” thread?

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They do have metric scales as well.

And don’t call me Shirley.

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Somehow I’m sure it’s not so bad, since he was dead.

There’s just that little voice…

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Archaeologists find ‘first ever’ intact Roman pot in Ireland

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i find this to be pretty damn cool:

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From the article;
Nine thousand years ago, it might have been normal for a differently-colored female, who was physically different from the average person in her community, to become a powerful spiritual or political leader.

But they don’t cite any proof that she was different from the local population, and even go on to say that an earlier person was also dark skinned, as was Cheddar Man, from southern England, but not mentioned in this article.

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