Quotes from the living room
"What is the simplest explanation here?"
"\o/! AFRICA!"
(Context: tobacco derivatives [including leaves + beetle] in ancient Egyptian mummies. Yes, really.
I have no problem whatsoever with the Norwegian coin in Maine. That's not even a stretch, given where Newfoundland is in relation to Maine. Same--largely--with the Lost Romans and the Lost Japanese, but the mummies are making me go whut.
Obviously the easiest explanation is an African relative of tobacco that's been lost between the mummification period and the present. Hence exchange above. :))
"\o/! AFRICA!"
(Context: tobacco derivatives [including leaves + beetle] in ancient Egyptian mummies. Yes, really.
I have no problem whatsoever with the Norwegian coin in Maine. That's not even a stretch, given where Newfoundland is in relation to Maine. Same--largely--with the Lost Romans and the Lost Japanese, but the mummies are making me go whut.
Obviously the easiest explanation is an African relative of tobacco that's been lost between the mummification period and the present. Hence exchange above. :))