After having dug to a depth of 10 meters last year, Scottish scientists found traces of copper wire dating back 100 years
and came to the conclusion that their ancestors already had a telephone network more than 100 years ago.
Not to be outdone by the Scots, in the weeks that followed, British scientists dug to a depth of 20 meters, and shortly
after headlines in the UK newspapers read: "British archaeologists have found traces of 200 year old copper wire and have
concluded that their ancestors already had an advanced high-tech communications network a hundred years earlier than
The Scots."
One week later, an East Coast newspaper, reported the following: "After digging as deep as 30 meters in fields near
Washington,DC ... George Upshal, a self taught archeologist, reported that he found absolutely nothing. George
has, therefore, concluded that 300 years ago Americians were already using wireless."
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