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Tango0111 May 2020 10:07 p.m. PST

"On a cool Sunday evening in March, a geochemist named Sun Weidong gave a public lecture to an audience of laymen, students, and professors at the University of Science and Technology in Hefei, the capital city of the landlocked province of Anhui in eastern China. But the professor didn't just talk about geochemistry. He also cited several ancient Chinese classics, at one point quoting historian Sima Qian's description of the topography of the Xia empire — traditionally regarded as China's founding dynasty, dating from 2070 to 1600 B.C. "Northwards the stream is divided and becomes the nine rivers," wrote Sima Qian in his first century historiography, the Records of the Grand Historian. "Reunited, it forms the opposing river and flows into the sea."…"
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Personal logo ColCampbell Supporting Member of TMP12 May 2020 7:03 a.m. PST

An interesting thesis.

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Personal logo The Virtual Armchair General Sponsoring Member of TMP12 May 2020 10:19 a.m. PST

Remarkable. A great "think piece," but--as clearly delineated within--fraught with politics and Communist world view.

But wouldn't it be neat if more evidence should turn up?

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Tango0112 May 2020 11:55 a.m. PST

Glad you enjoyed it my friend!. (smile)

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Major Bloodnok15 May 2020 6:19 a.m. PST

Weren't Greeks involved in the making of the Terra-cota Army? Not to mention the remains of red-headed people with tartan fabric found in Northern China.

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