New Pompeii Graffiti May Rewrite History

Re:New Pompeii Graffiti May Rewrite History by colechristensen on Saturday October 20, 2018 @03:53PM (#18265084)

When you say things like "rewrite history" the implication is one of significance.

The month Vesuvius erupted is fairly irrelevant. There aren't any consequences to the fact changing. Pompeii is quite important in historical understanding of Rome, you would expect "history rewriting" discoveries to really be something. This isn't. Mildly interesting perhaps.

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Re:New Pompeii Graffiti May Rewrite History by ravenstine on Saturday October 20, 2018 @05:34PM (#18265619)

"Rewrite history" is the historical version of "scientists are baffled/astounded".

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Re:New Pompeii Graffiti May Rewrite History by rriepe on Saturday October 20, 2018 @07:21PM (#18265992)

This theory on it happening in 1631 might scratch your itch:

https://www.stolenhistory.org/threads/79-a-d-no-more-pompeii...

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Re:New Pompeii Graffiti May Rewrite History by colechristensen on Saturday October 20, 2018 @08:16PM (#18266175)

The first article on the frontpage of stolenhistory.org is about how triumphal arches were, in fact, teleportation devices.

So no, whacky conspiracy theories don't scratch any itches.

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Re:New Pompeii Graffiti May Rewrite History by fassina2 on Saturday October 20, 2018 @08:39PM (#18266236)

Do you know if there's a report button here? That guy's comment should be removed.

This conspiracy theory he posted makes this entire platform look bad. And that's not even considering the missinformation it could spread..

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Re:New Pompeii Graffiti May Rewrite History by nine_k on Sunday October 21, 2018 @09:31AM (#18267879)

I suppose the link was posted ironically.

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Re:New Pompeii Graffiti May Rewrite History by rriepe on Saturday October 20, 2018 @08:59PM (#18266280)

If you look closer, you'll notice it's a community with featured threads on the front page. Like any forum, the quality varies across posts. The thread I link is well-sourced and presents compelling arguments.

EDIT: Granted, the author of the teleporter article is the same guy...

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