helemon
5th January 2006, 07:04 PM
More fuel for the mormon apologists:
http://www.mesoweb.com/reports/SanBartolo/01.jpg
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/01/05/guatemala.discovery.reut/index.html
Archaeologists excavating a pyramid complex in the Guatemalan jungle have uncovered the earliest example of Mayan writing ever found, 10 bold hieroglyphs painted on plaster and stone.
The 2,300-year-old glyphs were excavated last April in San Bartolo and suggest the ancient Maya developed an advanced writing system centuries earlier than previously believed, according to an article published Thursday in the journal Science.
Although the writing is mostly indecipherable, Saturno and his team claim one glyph could be an early version of the word "ajaw," or "ruler."
Whoa! How could JS have known that they had kings? The church must be true! :duh
The archaeologists say some of the glyphs are pictorial, with one resembling a hand holding either a brush or a sharp instrument to draw blood.
This can only be a depiction of the sword of Laban! The church rocks!
The earliest writing in the region dates as far back as 600 B.C. and was found in Mexico's Oaxaca valley, said Saturno, though that date is still debated by scholars.
600 B.C.??? Why that is exactly when Lehi and his family arrived in the Americas! This is so flippin awesome!
The complexity of the writing found at San Bartolo indicates that even earlier glyph examples could be uncovered in the future.
Take that Grant Palmer! :slap:
PS for those who can't tell I was trying to channel a mopologist. ;)
http://www.mesoweb.com/reports/SanBartolo/01.jpg
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/01/05/guatemala.discovery.reut/index.html
Archaeologists excavating a pyramid complex in the Guatemalan jungle have uncovered the earliest example of Mayan writing ever found, 10 bold hieroglyphs painted on plaster and stone.
The 2,300-year-old glyphs were excavated last April in San Bartolo and suggest the ancient Maya developed an advanced writing system centuries earlier than previously believed, according to an article published Thursday in the journal Science.
Although the writing is mostly indecipherable, Saturno and his team claim one glyph could be an early version of the word "ajaw," or "ruler."
Whoa! How could JS have known that they had kings? The church must be true! :duh
The archaeologists say some of the glyphs are pictorial, with one resembling a hand holding either a brush or a sharp instrument to draw blood.
This can only be a depiction of the sword of Laban! The church rocks!
The earliest writing in the region dates as far back as 600 B.C. and was found in Mexico's Oaxaca valley, said Saturno, though that date is still debated by scholars.
600 B.C.??? Why that is exactly when Lehi and his family arrived in the Americas! This is so flippin awesome!
The complexity of the writing found at San Bartolo indicates that even earlier glyph examples could be uncovered in the future.
Take that Grant Palmer! :slap:
PS for those who can't tell I was trying to channel a mopologist. ;)