After having dug to a depth of 10 feet last year,
British scientists found
traces of copper wire dating back 200 years and came to the conclusion that
their ancestors already had a telephone network more than 150 years ago.
Not to be outdone by the Brits, in the weeks that followed, an
American
archaeologist dug to a depth of 20 feet, and shortly after, a story was
published in the New York Times: “American archaeologists, finding traces of
250-year-old copper wire, have concluded that their ancestors already had an
advanced high-tech communications network 50 years earlier than the
British”.
One week later, the Bulletin, in Queensland, reported the following: “After
digging as deep as 30 feet in his backyard in
Townsville, Lucky Simelane, a
self-taught archaeologist, reported that he found absolutely f–k all. Lucky has
therefore concluded that 250 years ago,
Australia had already gone
wireless.”
Just makes you bloody proud to be an Aussie!
Acknowledgements: Australian
Blogs
http://australianblogs.com.au
1 comment:
Great achievement of finding the 250 years old copper wire.
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