[linux-audio-user] [OT] Audio recording from ancient Pompeii?

[David]

On Sun, 12 Mar 2006 19:51:31 -0500
Lee Revell <rlrevell at joe-job.com> wrote:

> Forwarded from another list I am on:
> 
> From: Mike Cheponis 
> Date: February 18, 2006 2:48:00 PM PST
> Subject: audio recording from - ancient Pompeii !!!
> 
> French archaeologists have taken pottery from ancient Pompeii and  
> played the grooves back like a record to get the sounds of the  
> pottery workshop, including laughter. Click "Telecharger la video"
> to play the short video which contains a sample of the audio.
> 
> <http://www.zalea.org/article.php3?id_article=496>
> 
> I can't understand a word of it, can someone fluent in French tell me
> whether this seems legit?

Well, there is doubt.

http://www.pournelle.com/mail/mail401.html#record

The video mentions a university in Cheratte (Belgium) but I couldn't
find any web site.

> Lee

-- 
David