Brit-Am Megalithic Bulletin Update (17 November, 2013, Kislev 14, 5774)
Contents:
1. Key-Hole Shapes of Megalithic Tombs in Japan and Saudi Arabia
2. Great Orme Copper Mine in Wales
3. Tell Hamman in Jordan and Indications that the Dating of Ceramic Vessels is Mistaken
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1. Key-Hole Shapes of Megalithic Tombs in Japan and Saudi Arabia
http://researchgallery.weebly.com/
Note: This could indicate that at least some of the ancestors of the Japanese came from the Middle East area.
The keyhole shape was otherwise identified with the Egyptian goddess Tanit.
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2. Great Orme Copper Mine in Wales
http://www.galenfrysinger.com/wales_copper_mine.htm
Extracts:
... probably the worlds largest prehistoric underground excavation...
The mines were abandoned in 600BC and not worked again until 1692.
It has been estimated that up to 1.769 tons of copper metal was extracted from the Great Orme mine during the Bronze Age. Some of this copper was used for ornamental purposes but on its own is too soft for tools and weapons. Mixed with 10% tin, copper gives bronze: a tougher metal that can be poured into moulds and hardened by hammering with stone. .Axes were probably the most commonly made bronze objects and the amount of metal extracted would have permitted the manufacture of over 10 million of them. It is quite possible that the Great Orme was producing such a surplus of copper that it might even have been exported outside of Britain. Perhaps the most remarkable aspect of this bronze production is that the tin must have come from Cornwall. involving a round trip of over 500 miles.
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3. Tell Hamman in Jordan and Indications that the Dating of Ceramic Vessels is Mistaken
Tall el-Hammam Excavation Project
http://www.tallelhammam.com/uploads/TeHEP_Discovery_3.pdf
Extract:
At approximately 1m x 3.2m, the chamber of HD.78 was larger than average. It contained over 40 ceramic vessels
spanning almost 2,000 years, from the Chalcolithic Period,Early Bronze Age, and Intermediate Bronze Age, including
jugs and small juglets, bowls and amphoriskoi.
Note: This note suggests that a populace would continue to use ceramic vessels for over 2000 years. This stretches the point too much. The most logical explanation would seem to be that ALL of the said items were contemporary with each other!