Talk:Mohenjo-daro

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[edit] Alexander Gorbovsky

From the removed offering of a BoN:

A Primary source for the claims pertaining to the radioactivity of the bodies comes from a reputable source , Alexander Gorbovsky, a Russian Scientist who published an article in Sputnik Magazine in 1986. " ... Russian researchers found a skeleton with a radioactive level 50 times greater than normal. "<ref name=evidence>[1]</ref>

A brief search found that despite Gorbovsky being widely (and inconsistently) cited on similar sites, there are no indications that he was a scientist, leave alone a reputable one. There are at least three people named that way - a munitions expert, a sci-fi writer, and some guy who appears to be a Soviet equivalent of Erich von Däniken. Wikipedia describes the Sputnik magazine as a Soviet Readers' Digest. In all cases, it's not a scientific publication.--ZooGuard (talk) 18:29, 22 May 2012 (UTC)

The original appears to be a 1966 book Riddles of Ancient History. I am trying to track it down or the digest version to take a look at it, as it would make for a good addition to the article. But as entered by the BoN it was more about spamming his site than adding content. If anyone else has better luck finding the passage or more on Gorbovsky do post. Tmtoulouse (talk) 18:34, 22 May 2012 (UTC)

[edit] BoN's dirty bomb

A BoN left this:[2]

(It is important to note that no discussion of potential yield or, indeed, type of nuclear device is undertaken. Could it have been a low yield device or even a 'dirty bomb'? Uranium is not a new element and someone in antiquity may have mined sufficient quantities to fashion a 'dirty bomb' device.)

Well, for a start, a "low yield" or a "dirty" bomb unable to topple mud-brick walls contradicts the claims of AA believers, because it wouldn't cause mass death (and there was no mass death in the first place).--ZooGuard (talk) 10:43, 18 October 2012 (UTC)

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