Digging to a depth of 1,000 meters in rural France last year, archaeologists found traces of copper wire dating back 1,000 years. The French came to the conclusion that their ancestors had a telephone network centuries ago.
Not to be outdone by the French, English scientists dug to a depth of 2,000 meters. Shortly thereafter, headlines in the U.K. newspapers read: "English archeologists have found traces of 2,000-year-old fiber-optic
cable and have concluded that ancestors had an advanced high-tech digital communications network a thousand years earlier than the French."
One week later, Israeli newspapers reported the following: "After digging as deep as 5,000 meters in a Jerusalem marketplace, scientists found absolutely nothing. They thus concluded that 5,000 years ago Jews
were using wireless technology.
Ron
