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To: Brumar89 who wrote (70259)	1/2/2000 11:40:00 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

I think the issue with the textiles was that no other archeological evidence, other than these mummies, had the particular type of twill weave that the mummy wrappings had, in Asia, but it was common in Europe, especially in the Halstatt burials in Austria, and in other Celtic cites. Of course, no one knows where the Celts came from. Nevertheless, the contemporary burials of dead people with Asian features (skeletal, as well as what flesh was preserved) did not contain similar textiles. The conclusion I would draw was that the dead people with European features were culturally different than the contemporary dead people with Asian features. If the dead people with European features were from the same culture as the dead people with Asian features, then they would be wearing similar textiles and would be buried with similar artifacts. In fact, they were not. The artifacts are segregated by type consistent with the physical characteristics of the people with whom the artifacts were buried.

To: Brumar89 who wrote (70259)	1/3/2000 1:54:00 AM
From: Grainne	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

You didn't offend me; I just could not figure out where you were coming from on this issue. I have watched the documentary several times, and in fact there is significant evidence, not only from the textiles but from other examples, such as the way they designed their wagons, that they came from Europe. If you did not see the documentary, then I am curious as to why you are so insistent on your point of view. I believe that if you did see the documentary, you would not be arguing so vehemently. I wondered if something about this issue disturbed you, since you seem very adamant. There is a growing, although minority, group of archaeologists who insist that there was lots of movement by ancient peoples out of Europe, not into it. The Bay of Jars, off of the coast of South America, is the site of a shipwreck and the bottom of the ocean is littered with still existing Roman jars from a very particular period. The Egyptian mummies have cocaine in their systems, which almost certainly they got from South America, so this early travel may have been quite widespread.