After having dug to a depth of 10 feet last year, British scientists
found traces of copper wire dating back 200 years and came to the conclusion
that their ancestors already had a telephone network more than 150 years ago.
Not to be outdone by the British , in the weeks that followed, an
American archaeologist dug to a depth of 20 feet, and shortly after, a story
published in the New York Times: “American archaeologists, finding traces
of 250-year-old copper wire, have concluded that their ancestors already had
an advanced high-tech communications network 50 years earlier than the
British”.
One week later, Australia’s Northern Territory Times , reported the
following: “After digging as deep as 30 feet in his backyard in Tennant
Creek , Northern Territory, Lucky Bunji, a self-taught archaeologist,
reported that he found absolutely nothing. Lucky has therefore
concluded that 250 years ago, Australia had already gone wireless.”
