After digging to a depth of 100 metres last year,
> Russian
> scientists found traces of copper wire dating back
> 1000 years,
> and came to ! the conclusion that their ancestors
> already had a
> telephone network one thousand years ago.
>
> So, not to be outdone,in the weeks that followed,
> American
> scientists dug 200 metres and headlines in the US
> papers read:
> “US scientists have found traces of 2000 year old
> optical
> fibres, and have concluded that their ancestors
> already had
> advanced high-tech digital telephone 1000 years
> earlier than
> the Russians.”
>
> One week later,the Israeli newspapers reported the
> following:
> “! After digging as deep as 5000 metres, Israeli
> scientists have
> found absolutely nothing. They have concluded that
> 5000 years
> ago, their ancestors were already using wireless
> technology