{"product_id":"2940014094191","title":"THE ISSAHAR ARTIFACTS","description":"_Lincoln said it eons ago.... It took\u003cbr\u003e a speck of one-celled plant life on a\u003cbr\u003e  world parsecs away to prove it for\u003cbr\u003e           all the galaxy._\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe following manuscript was discovered during the excavation of a\u003cbr\u003elateral connecting link between the North-South streamways in Narhil\u003cbr\u003eProvince near Issahar on Kwashior. The excavator, while passing through\u003cbr\u003ea small valley about 20 yursts south of the city, was jammed by a mass\u003cbr\u003eof oxidized and partially oxidized metallic fragments. On most worlds\u003cbr\u003ethis would not be unusual, but Kwashior has no recorded history of\u003cbr\u003emetallic artifacts. The terrestrial operator, with unusual presence of\u003cbr\u003emind, reported the stoppage immediately. Assasul, the District\u003cbr\u003eEngineering monitor, realized instantly that no metallic debris should\u003cbr\u003eexist in that area, and in consequence ordered a most careful excavation\u003cbr\u003ein the event that the artifacts might have cultural significance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe debris proved to be the remnants of an ancient spaceship similar to\u003cbr\u003ethose described in Sector Chronicles IV through VII, but of much smaller\u003cbr\u003esize and cruder design--obviously a relic of pre-expansion days. Within\u003cbr\u003ethe remnants of the ship was found a small box of metal covered with\u003cbr\u003eseveral thicknesses of tar and wax impregnated fabric which had been\u003cbr\u003emostly destroyed. The metal itself was badly oxidized, but served to\u003cbr\u003eprotect an inner wooden box that contained a number of thin sheets of a\u003cbr\u003efragile substance composed mainly of cellulose which were brown and\u003cbr\u003ecrumbling with age. The sheets were covered with runes of _lingua\u003cbr\u003eantiqua_ arranged in regular rows, inscribed by hand with a carbon-based\u003cbr\u003eink which has persisted remarkably well despite the degenerative\u003cbr\u003eprocesses of time. Although much of the manuscript is illegible,\u003cbr\u003esufficient remains to settle for all time the Dannar-Marraket\u003cbr\u003eControversy and lend important corroborating evidence to the Cassaheb\u003cbr\u003eThesis of Terrestrial migrations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe genuineness of this fragment has been established beyond doubt.\u003cbr\u003eRadiocarbon dating places its age at ten thousand plus or minus one\u003cbr\u003ehundred cycles, which would place it at the very beginning of the\u003cbr\u003eIntellectual Emergence. Its importance is beyond question. Its\u003cbr\u003eimplications are shocking despite the fact that they conform to many of\u003cbr\u003ethe early legends and form a solid foundation for Dannar's Thesis which\u003cbr\u003ehas heretofore been regarded as implausible. In the light of this\u003cbr\u003ematerial, the whole question of racial origins may well have to be\u003cbr\u003ereevaluated. Without further comment, the translated text is presented\u003cbr\u003eherewith. You may draw your own conclusions. Go with enlightenment.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47073900986608,"sku":"2940014094191","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940014094191_p0.jpg?v=1763609792","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940014094191","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}