Comments on: 5,000 Year Old Recordings Caught On Pottery

By: Debbie

Debbie — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 03:49:57 +0000

NOT FAKE! Saw this for the first time when it was displayed at the Reuben H. Fleet Science center in San Diego. It is a hands on Science museum and they had a laser wand and speakers set up so visitors could “play” the clay pot. Very cool, very real – Very wild! Believe it…! Granted, it didn’t have digital clarity, but you could hear laughing and talking.

Now, I haven’t seen the video posted on this site, though… maybe THAT is fake…

By: gabi

gabi — Sun, 17 Dec 2006 02:21:27 +0000

“People will believe what they want to believe, no matter if there is nothing to backit up! E.G. U.F.O.s & mermaids ”

I believe in all of the above

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Top 10 Best April Fool?s Gadget Stories and Hoaxes » Coolest Gadgets — Sun, 02 Apr 2006 12:36:38 +0000

[...] The Belgian scientists were able to extract audio recordings of conversations from patterns on the surface of the vase, and were reportedly able to discern the sound of talking and laughter. http://www.ohgizmo.com/2006/02/20/5000-year-old-recordings-caught-on-pottery/ [...]

By: Ima pahlsey

Ima pahlsey — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 22:25:48 +0000

I missed my bus today and a car splashed me on purpose.

By: Majmac

Majmac — Sat, 18 Mar 2006 09:41:12 +0000

People will believe what they want to believe, no matter if there is nothing to backit up! E.G. U.F.O.s & mermaids

By: Ledigtator

Ledigtator — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 23:39:23 +0000

I’m french and I can give you a reliable translation of the figures quoted in the movie:
-The first vase is said to be 500 years old (”5 siecles”) and not 5000 as I have read in many comments.
-The second one is said to be 2000 years.

Therefore, figures presented here match with History (cf Latin Language). What I am much more skeptical about is the reliability of this so-called scientist. It sounds like a big joke to me.

By: sen oreilly

sen oreilly — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 15:06:52 +0000

This may be a hoax but the operative concept behind it can’t be too far from the truth. There was a science fiction story from many years back that featured a way of recovering sounds from objects based on molecular imprintation. I suspect that sooner or later we will be able to pick up sound patterns from solid objects much in the same way that the intelligence agencies can pick up converstations from the vibrations of glass window panes. Imagine the possibilities: being able to listen to the original words of Jesus, Mohammed, the Buddha and others. History may be rewritten in many strange ways in the near future.

By: George Wagner

George Wagner — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 04:29:18 +0000

While I believe that some ancient sounds will eventually be recovered in this or some similar manner (the field is known as Archaeoacoustics), this story is not proof.

For a simple reason – there was no Latin language in 3,000 BC.

Also, when such sounds are eventually recovered they are most likely going to be in one- or two-second fragments, tops, not extended speech.

By: Toph

Toph — Wed, 15 Mar 2006 22:55:34 +0000

This is actually a proven method of recording voices, scientists at the SD Institute of Archaeology MADE a working replica of this and placed it on display, it sounds eerily life-like…

By: Mikey

Mikey — Wed, 15 Mar 2006 03:10:01 +0000

Come on. Doesn’t anybody READ anymore? Try the book by the name “The HAB Theory”.