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subtitle, "Neolithic fertility goddess figure found in rescue dig could change thinking about ancient cultures".
Mother Goddess clay Yarmukian Culture figurine found at the kibbutz Sha'ar Hagolan, south of the sea of Galilee. Photo by Wikimedia Commons

Mother Goddess clay Yarmukian Culture figurine found at the kibbutz Sha'ar Hagolan, south of the sea of Galilee. Photo by Wikimedia Commons

1 posted on 05/10/2015 1:27:58 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
Archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority also found a fired ceramic clay figurine of a full-figured woman.

Wonder what Helen Thomas' name was back then...

6 posted on 05/10/2015 1:33:13 PM PDT by COBOL2Java (I'll vote for Jeb when Terri Schiavo endorses him.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Mother Goddess not very attractive in my opinion.


7 posted on 05/10/2015 1:33:33 PM PDT by Robert DeLong (u)
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To: SunkenCiv

Bill Clinton wants her phone number.


10 posted on 05/10/2015 1:39:54 PM PDT by Tucker39 (Welcome to America! Now speak English; and keep to the right....In driving, in Faith, and politics.)
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To: SunkenCiv

While I understand that various features of pottery may be one of many characteristics useful in helping distinguish different periods and cultures, I think that archeologists put far more weight on this than it merits.

Do we really think that a craftsman who spends much of a lifetime making pottery of only making them in only one style? Not once in an entire lifetime do they get curious about making the pot a little broader at the base or with a different kind of handle? Don’t they ever hear in talks with other craftsmen that 50 miles to the north they put a big swirl on the side, or that a hundred years ago they used to flatten out one section? Really?


15 posted on 05/10/2015 1:51:24 PM PDT by CaptainMorgantown
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To: SunkenCiv

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFHwKmHfdo8

This will cause you to scratch you head.


23 posted on 05/10/2015 6:41:04 PM PDT by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Hmmm.she has cankles? can we surmise anything from that?


26 posted on 05/11/2015 12:47:40 PM PDT by Leep ("Soon you won't be able to live in America as a Muslim. The noose is tightening," Elton Simpson)
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To: SunkenCiv

I don’t have a subscription and haven’t read the entire article, but how does this change thinking? We’ve seen similar fertility goddesses from other very early Neolithic settlements.


28 posted on 05/11/2015 1:14:06 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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