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[Ilsanman]

I got a history pamphlet about Korea recently.

It said the Go-GoRyeo or whatever it's called started around 2333 BC.

Now it is 2005.

That's about 4338 years, if my math is correct. And that's assuming that this history is not doctored in some way.

So what's this about 5000 years of history? Some people even say 'OVER 5000 years'.

Someone can't count, me thinks.

[bellum99]

They count squatting in one place as history. It may be over 5000 years, but by my counting it is really right after the Japanese invaded.

[Wrench]

[joe_doufu]

Well, geologically speaking, the peninsula has probably been here for millions of years. That's a guess, I haven't looked it up. So the "history" could be tracked back to the first human presence here. Or even further, to the bear that gave birth to the Korean race. Or whatever it was.

[Bee Positive]

A couple of years ago I had an interesting conversation with a Korean-American, retired US Army, who was visiting Seoul.

What he said was quite fascinating, though I can't confirm that it's true.

According to his story, some of the archeological digs of REALLY old sites here in Korea have turned up . . . Caucasian remains.

Shades of Kennewick Man in the States, and the blond mummies of Western China.

If I can believe what this fellow told me, the finds caused a great deal of consternation here in Korea ("What! Our ancestors were . . . white?") and were then pretty quickly and conveniently hushed up/no longer talked about, etc.

Quite frankly, I do NOT know that any of this is true (it's just what someone I happened to meet happened to tell me), and am quite curious to know whether there's anything to it.

I'm not grinding an ax here, nor do I have a dog in the fight, if there is one, and if you'll pardon the mixed metaphors.

Anyone know anything about this?



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[sheba]

From what Ive heard, there have been people in Korea for around 30,000 years (dated artifacts), but there has only been documentation for the past 5000 years or so.

[Ilsanman]

They found some caucasian remains in North America a while back too. They dated back to before the aboriginals came there, so of course they were hushed and covered up too. That could open up a big pandora's box.

Their 'history', I heard from a Korean source, dates back to 2333 or so. That would make it 4300 years or so. I always hear about Korea's math ability. Now I wonder.

[Satori]

[Privateer]

Considering you don't know what date the Koreans are counting from what makes you think Koreans can't count?

[Hater Depot]

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[thursdays child]

I don't know much detail about all this - but I know evidence of 'white people' being in places they were thought not to have been is being discovered in many continents. Travelling scandanavians/vikings?? In New Zealand they have discovered celtic rock art that is pre-Maori and the Maori have legends of white people being in NZ when they arrived. The official 'word' isn't being released until 2060 because it could undermine the treaty unto which the culture and law is based.

[Wrench]

[edmiller2b]

[Satori]