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Seems to be debunked - https://ahotcupofjoe.net/2019/08/pre-columbian-explorers-in-the-americas-the-flaccid-evidence/ https://ahotcupofjoe.net/2019/08/pre-colum
by starfishjenga 5y ago
Seems to be debunked - https://ahotcupofjoe.net/2019/08/pre-columbian-explorers-in-the-americas-the-flaccid-evidence/ https://ahotcupofjoe.net/2019/08/pre-columbian-explorers-in-...
- microtherion 5y agoAlso with a NY Times sourced story: https://www.nytimes.com/1985/06/25/science/underwater-exploring-is-banned-in-brazil.html https://www.nytimes.com/1985/06/25/science/underwater-explor... It would seem to me that if the amphorae were truly made in the 3rd century, there should have been enough time in the intervening 38 years to establish more conclusive dating than the stylistic comparisons that were apparently used originally (and that were bound to be misleading if the amphorae were replicas of a particular style).