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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 3598893, member: 51347&quot;]I have posted this before, but it is kinda fun and puts things in perspective. </p><p><br /></p><p>I am reading “Gus, Germs, and Steel” which creates some cool timelines. Homo genus hominids are 5,000,000 years old. Modern Homo Sapiens are 50,000 years old. Recorded History is 5,000 years old.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Oldest Coin:</b></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/upload_2018-4-9_17-36-2-png.762787/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Iona Kolophon AR Tetartemorion 530-520 BCE Archaic Apollo Incuse Punch 0.15g 4.5mm- SNG Kayhan 343</p><p>Ex: [USER=42773]@John Anthony[/USER] </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Oldest Scarab:</b></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/upload_2018-4-9_17-40-39-png.762788/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Egypt SCARAB Middle Kingdom 2065-1650 BCE Scarabaeus Sphinx</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Oldest Seal:</b></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/upload_2018-4-9_17-47-54-png.762793/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Akkadian <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/tel:2350-2200" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/tel:2350-2200">2350-2200</a> BCE Cylinder Seal Buff stone scene hero wresting antelope winged lion Ex J Tabot with SCENE</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Oldest Relic Material:</b></p><p>These are figurines carved from Russian Mammoth Tusks imported into and carved in China into Chinese Zodiac Figurines: I am Year of the Boar, my Wife is Year of the Rabbit...</p><p>At the time, it was perfectly legal to own and transport Mammoth Tusk, as it was NOT an endangered species, rather it was Extinct. However, I understand NOW you cannot purchase nor transport them into the US. These are grandfathered.</p><p>I purchased these on one of my trips to China.</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/mammoth-tusk-russia-find-china-carved-chinese-zodiac-boar-and-rabbit-jpg.762790/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/mammoth-tusk-russia-find-china-carved-chinese-zodiac-boar-and-rabbit-underside-jpg.762791/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Mammoth Tusk - Russia find China carved Chinese Zodiac BOAR and RABBIT.&nbsp; <b>Estimated age of Mammoth Tusks: 55,000-60,000 BCE.</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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