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To the Heart of the Matter

Pete G Dec 3, 2007 13:43:01

Replying to goffik

well if you read the updates you'll know that EH left the site on 14th Nov.
From here on it is an engineering/conservation project to remove ALL foreign material and backfill with chalk.
What is there to say in an update?
"We took another metal support out today and filled the void with chalk" X80

On a photography forum I have been on for years there is quite a lot of decent discussion about Silbury with none of the bickering found on this one. (lots of photos too)
No one here seems to have noticed that a Tooth was found on the last day of excavations, elsewhere this is being discussed with interest.
Is it from King Zil or from a miner from the 1960's or is it just an animals....
No doubt EH will release details when it has been analysed properly.

PeteG

Squid Tempest Dec 3, 2007 14:22:38

Replying to Pete G

Pete,

Not everyone is bickering. I for one am just interested in the whole thing. It's a shame that some of the discussions have got personal, but I guess that's simply because people feel strongly about the subjects in question. And to me at least, some of the discussions have been interesting and informative.

I had noticed the tooth thing too - presumably at this stage no-one can say if the gnasher is important or not. Anyone for ritual dentistry?!

Squid

goffik Dec 4, 2007 09:20:11

Replying to Pete G

Pete G wrote:

On a photography forum I have been on for years there is quite a lot of decent discussion about Silbury with none of the bickering found on this one. (lots of photos too)

Yeah, but I bet they know little of it's history and of EH's history of neglect and mishandling of the situation, just that "it looks nice in a certain light". ;o)

And I bet they bicker about other things. Like the size of a lens, or the right filter to use. It's all relative.

Pete G wrote:

No doubt EH will release details when it has been analysed properly.

We'll see. Be nice to hear something.

G x