https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=Fiddlinmacx 2026-05-15T16:17:56Z User contributions MediaWiki 1.30.0 https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1355:_Airplane_Message&diff=65367 2014-04-14T14:18:09Z

<p>Fiddlinmacx: </p> <hr /> <div>How can Iry-Hor, who's name comes from a ''written record'', be considered &quot;prehistoric&quot;? History begins with the written record. By definition, Iry-Hor would be the earliest historical name we know.<br /> <br /> [[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.38|108.162.216.38]] 13:51, 14 April 2014 (UTC)<br /> <br /> I agree. In fact, the Hebrew Bible goes even farther back, making the beginning of recorded history a much earlier date. I've always thought that the term &quot;prehistoric&quot; was farcical.<br /> <br /> The Hebrew Bible contains the names of many individuals alive before Iry-Hor was born. The man Adam would then qualify as the oldest named individual in history. Even if Adam isn't accepted (and I can't see why not; the Hebrew Scriptures being as much a historical document as any Egyptian papyrii) then take your pick of the many others named well before the Eqyptians came on the scene.<br /> [[User:Fiddlinmacx|Fiddlinmacx]] ([[User talk:Fiddlinmacx|talk]]) 14:18, 14 April 2014 (UTC)</div>

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