Ancient American writing

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_Gazelam
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Ancient American writing

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Stumbled across this, thought you might find it interesting:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/09/060914-oldest-writing.html

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_Brackite
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Cool!
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_SatanWasSetUp
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Re: Ancient American writing

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Gazelam wrote:Stumbled across this, thought you might find it interesting:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/09/060914-oldest-writing.html

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I'm not a professional translator, nor do I have a Urim and Thummim or seer stone, but I'm pretty sure #12 is an ice cream cone.
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_Who Knows
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Re: Ancient American writing

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SatanWasSetUp wrote:I'm not a professional translator, nor do I have a Urim and Thummim or seer stone, but I'm pretty sure #12 is an ice cream cone.


Some might say that's an anachronsim. But I'm sure FARMS could find a way out of it...
WK: "Joseph Smith asserted that the Book of Mormon peoples were the original inhabitants of the americas"
Will Schryver: "No, he didn’t." 3/19/08
Still waiting for Will to back this up...
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_moksha
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Post by _moksha »

Looks to me to be some sort of ancient dental chart and no, #12 is not an ice cream cone but rather a fissure below the gum line.
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