In short, 10,000 BC is unmitigated dreck.

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In 10,000 BC, you've got Egyptian pyramids being built by guys using woolly mammoths. I mean, it's the goddamn ice age, and then our main character walks over a hill and suddenly he's in the Nile Valley of 2,000 BC? And these anachronistic bad guy Egyptians (from the ice age) have got ships, horseback riding, and freakin STEEL. Steel? C'mon, guys, you couldn't even consult Wikipedia? I mean, why not just call the movie 2,000 BC and make it about ancient Egypt? Or keep it in 10,000 BC and come up with some other kind of bad guys? Jeezus.

... Did I mention that 10,000 BC was right around the time agriculture was being invented? And that the first cities -- with no giant monuments -- didn't exist until roughly 4,000 BC?




Why in the HELL does Hollywood continue to do this shit?

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But there wasn't any steel in 2000 BC either. Smelted iron appears in Egypt's archaeological record about 1000 - 1500 BC, I think adn I think there was steel there, too. I'm pretty sure it crops up first anywhere in Upper Egypt. But, I don't think they used it for swords.>>looks over at bookcase, doesn't see her books on Saharan Africa and the Levant, surmises they must be packed in storage 'cause she hasn't cracked them open in about 12 years.<<