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In reply to the discussion: Mysterious Stone Structure Discovered Beneath Sea of Galilee [View all]lumberjack_jeff
(33,224 posts)16. Ballast stone.
Loaded cargo ships are more stable than unladen ones, so cargo vessels load up on rocks for their return trip after they offload their cargo. When they get to the pickup dock, the toss the stones overboard.
This is the location of an ancient dock, at which cargo was loaded onto vessels, and stones tossed overboard.
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And yet this article calls the discovery 'monumental' and repeatedly says we don't
Bluenorthwest
Apr 2013
#11
When my son was a toddler, bubble bath came in Muppet shaped bottles. Of course, I bought all
1monster
Apr 2013
#21
This is the Science Group. If you start by assuming that scientists don't know what they're doing
muriel_volestrangler
Apr 2013
#42
It's also about working with the evidence, and putting forward reasonable hypotheses
muriel_volestrangler
Apr 2013
#44
You mentioned sediment to date it. That would only date how long it was submerged....
Spitfire of ATJ
Apr 2013
#55
Tailings "of basalt boulders up to 1 m (3.2 feet) long", 4,000 years ago?
muriel_volestrangler
Apr 2013
#9
But that doesn't mean people think a several ton rock is a good thing
muriel_volestrangler
Apr 2013
#54
Could be worse. We could be claiming these were Jesus' stepping stones.
Spitfire of ATJ
Apr 2013
#41