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MrDarwin · 03-31-2003, 06:15 AM

Egypt Finds Oldest Evidence of Mummification

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Egyptian archaeologists on Sunday opened a 5,000-year-old wooden coffin in the desert near Cairo to find a pile of bones which they said showed the oldest evidence yet found of human mummification in Egypt.

...The coffin was found in one of more than 20 mud-brick tombs, which Hawass said belonged to officials who had lived between 3100-2890 BC under Egypt's 1st Dynasty.

What I want to know is, why weren't these mummies buried under flood sediments?

Wounded King · 03-31-2003, 06:23 AM

Clearly, as it was made of wood, the coffin floated on top of the flood waters.

braces_for_impact · 03-31-2003, 06:41 AM

Maybe he was a catholic saint, and this is an incorruptable mummy? Perhaps the "freshening power" extends to the coffin as well?

Arbogast · 03-31-2003, 06:52 AM

As a Church going Christian, here is my proposal.

Cause The Flood is a parable to teach people things of deep spiritual importance, not a serious history lesson.

cpickett · 03-31-2003, 07:28 AM

Would you mind letting Kent Hovind know?

MortalWombat · 03-31-2003, 07:39 AM

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Originally posted by Arbogast
As a Church going Christian, here is my proposal.

Cause The Flood is a parable to teach people things of deep spiritual importance, not a serious history lesson.

Well, there are a lot of other church going Christians who believe that �The Bible is the actual word of God and is to be taken literally, word for word.� About a third of American adults in a recent Gallup poll, to be precise.

And with regard to creation, an even bigger percentage of Americans, about 45%, believe that humans were created in their present form in the last 10,000 years.

Given those two stats alone, I would wager that a majority (at least half) of American Christians would probably say that the story of Noah and the Ark is more than merely a parable, but is actual history.

You're basically preaching to the choir here, but try that on a Christian discussion forum and see what kind of response you get.

source of the figures

Coragyps · 03-31-2003, 08:43 AM

Ewwww, MW! I knew things were bad over here, but that poll is frightening.

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03-31-2003, 06:23 AM	#2
Wounded King Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 1,211	Clearly, as it was made of wood, the coffin floated on top of the flood waters.

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braces_for_impact Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: In a nondescript, black helicopter. Posts: 6,637	Maybe he was a catholic saint, and this is an incorruptable mummy? Perhaps the "freshening power" extends to the coffin as well?

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cpickett Regular Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Arcadia, IN, USA Posts: 308	Would you mind letting Kent Hovind know?

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Coragyps Veteran Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Snyder,Texas,USA Posts: 4,411	Ewwww, MW! I knew things were bad over here, but that poll is frightening.

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