Talk:Saqqara Bird

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An entry from Saqqara Bird appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know? column on 13 September 2006.

1 B.C.E.?
2 Is it a bird? Is it a plane?
3 unnecessary dumb think stressed on main page link to this article
4 Pic needed

[edit] B.C.E.?

B.C.E. or BCE was a new one to me. I find it means same as BC. Should that be Wiki's standard style and the one used here?--Tony in Devon 14:36, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

It's allowed in Wikipedia (since it's quite common in scholarly writing) -- see the Wikpedia style manual. AnonMoos 19:51, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

OK, thanks. I have searched but can't find - can you say where specifically in the manual and I (and anyone interested) can look at all the similar refs. Thanks.--Tony in Devon 11:02, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Is it a bird? Is it a plane?

This theory about the thing being an aircraft reminds me of the Orkney Satanic Panic, where a child's primitive model aircraft was wilfully misinterpreted as a crucifix by social workers determined to find evidence of what they had decided to find. Then again, perhaps the Egyptians saw the planes flying over from Nasca.... The Real Walrus 14:52, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] unnecessary dumb think stressed on main page link to this article

Stressing on the September 13, 2006 main page of notation from this article -- about the interpretation that the ancient Egyptians had aeroplanes because of the artifact -- makes Wikipedia look quite foolish... if one reads the article and digs in the links to this article, the most respected scientific interpretations of this falcon artifact, perhaps a boomerang, are http://www.catchpenny.org/Mercado.html and http://www.catchpenny.org/birdtest.html. The artifact is worthy of note without the sensationalistic hook.

The artifact has a beak, holes for feathers, eyes, and was painted to resemble a falcon with clear images and carving of feathers on the wings. The technology of a boomerang is not unusual among Paleolithic cultures, much less Neolithic and historical epochs. The falcon is the icon of one of the most important gods in Egyptian mythology.

Let’s be the best we can be… ---- kb – 2006.9.13