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Archaeologists Uncover Unique Cremation Graves (Moravia)
Prague Monitor ^
| 3-20-2008
| CTK
Posted on 03/20/2008 2:35:01 PM PDT by blam
click here to read article
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posted on
03/20/2008 2:35:02 PM PDT
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blam
To: SunkenCiv
GGG Ping.
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posted on
03/20/2008 2:35:57 PM PDT
by
blam
(Secure the border and enforce the law)
To: blam
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posted on
03/20/2008 2:36:48 PM PDT
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blam
(Secure the border and enforce the law)
To: blam
I have to ask:
Why are science/archaeology threads showing up in the GOP Club forum?
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posted on
03/20/2008 2:39:31 PM PDT
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Coyoteman
(Religious belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge.)
To: blam
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posted on
03/20/2008 2:41:00 PM PDT
by
blam
(Secure the border and enforce the law)
To: Coyoteman
"Why are science/archaeology threads showing up in the GOP Club forum?" Because I clicked on the wrong thing. (ahem)
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posted on
03/20/2008 2:42:16 PM PDT
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blam
(Secure the border and enforce the law)
To: blam
Because I clicked on the wrong thing. (ahem) OK. Thanks.
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posted on
03/20/2008 2:43:37 PM PDT
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Coyoteman
(Religious belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge.)
To: blam; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 24Karet; 3AngelaD; 49th; ...
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posted on
03/20/2008 3:22:50 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
“Do your marshmallows taste different, lately?”
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posted on
03/20/2008 3:24:26 PM PDT
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Monkey Face
(Time is Nature's way of preventing everything from happening all at once.)
To: Monkey Face
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posted on
03/20/2008 3:33:42 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: blam
Thanks blam. Interesting read.
A few years ago I purchased a book titled: The Age of Stonehenge by Colin Burgess The History of Britain and Ireland between 3,000 and 1,000 BC
(he) provides a coherent slice of prehistory in a fresh and accessible way
I wouldnt necessarily say it was an accessible and certainly not a lite read unless you are, like some of us folks; willing to spend hours reading about burial mounds, barrows, cinerary vs. food urns, collared urns vs. bucket shaped vessels, Beaker, Meldon Bridge and Mount Pleasant periods.
Im not sure as stated in this article, how cremation of the dead is tied with people's belief in the existence of the soul. It would seem that skeletal burials, especially those containing important grave goods could also be an indication of belief in some sort of afterlife or at least the veneration of the dead. Your thoughts?
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posted on
03/20/2008 5:07:22 PM PDT
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Caramelgal
(Rely on the spirit and meaning of the teachings, not on the words or superficial interpretations)
To: SunkenCiv
The change in the burial method indicates a change in the ideology or religion of the people. The cremation of the dead is tied with people's belief in the existence of the soul. methinks the change in the burial method indicates a wide-scale catastrophic event - if the celestial 'gods' saw fit to cremate mankind, the survivors simply followed suit.
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posted on
03/20/2008 6:21:31 PM PDT
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Fred Nerks
(a fair dinkum aussie)
To: Fred Nerks
For that matter, maybe they were faced with a situation where either A) they had so many dead to dispose of, fire seemed to be just what was needed or B) they only needed to finish the job after gathering the many charred bodies.
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posted on
03/20/2008 6:31:24 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
From peak to loftiest peak the earth takes fire, And cracks and splits, as all its saps suspire.
Grass wilts; and with their leaves the tree trunks flare;
And cornfields feed the flame that leaves them bare.
Small matters these--walled cities melt away;
Whole tribes and peoples turn to ashes gray;
The mountain masses with their forests burn:
PHAETONS RIDE.
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posted on
03/20/2008 7:09:01 PM PDT
by
Fred Nerks
(a fair dinkum aussie)
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