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Gold cup from 2,500 years ago found under bed
The Times Online ^
| May 28, 2008
| Simon de Bruxelles
Posted on 05/28/2008 3:13:20 AM PDT by Daffynition
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To: Daffynition
It's like Outcome-Based Education!!! We're ALL correct!!!
YIPPEE!!!
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posted on
05/28/2008 1:31:48 PM PDT
by
TexasNative2000
(Is this tagline governed by McCain-Feingold?)
To: RckyRaCoCo
HAHAHA! My favorite sculpture of
Hillary Medusa of all time. [found at Didyma] ;-D
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posted on
05/28/2008 1:32:20 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
(The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear.)
To: count-your-change
“Yes, I too have seen the mindless nonsense about a Holy Grail and such.”
Some groups such as the FreeMasons would take issue with that statement.
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posted on
05/28/2008 1:36:24 PM PDT
by
wolfcreek
(I see miles and miles of Texas....let's keep it that way.)
To: TexasNative2000
HAHAHA! I think we are being lied to, even from the earliest times...B.E. ... THE BIRTH OF EXAGGERATION. ;-D
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posted on
05/28/2008 1:38:51 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
(The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear.)
To: wolfcreek
Perhaps so but not one could point to anything positive accomplished by elevating the creation (a simple drinking cup) to the position of relic worship.
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posted on
05/28/2008 4:42:23 PM PDT
by
count-your-change
(you don't have to be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
To: count-your-change
IMO, it's not so much the relic as the story behind it. Sure, a golden cup is a great and valuable find but, a golden cup with a historically/biblically relevant story..........to some.......priceless/magical/powerful.
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posted on
05/29/2008 4:06:39 AM PDT
by
wolfcreek
(I see miles and miles of Texas....let's keep it that way.)
To: count-your-change
Not to mention the graven images.
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posted on
05/29/2008 5:14:41 AM PDT
by
naturalized
("The time has come," He said. "The kingdom of God is near. Repent and believe the good news!")
To: wolfcreek
From the article the cup seems to have been made several decades b.c. and is obviously worth many thousands of dollars. But because the context of the creation of the cup is lost it's historical significance is greatly diminished.
I can't imagine how one would describe it as biblically relevant or powerful/magical. It's an interesting find as a bit of ancient art work and valuable in its own right but let's not get carried away by a wave of hyperbole to the lands of myth and legend.
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posted on
05/29/2008 7:18:54 AM PDT
by
count-your-change
(you don't have to be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
To: naturalized
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posted on
05/29/2008 7:24:47 AM PDT
by
count-your-change
(you don't have to be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
To: count-your-change
Children are no longer taught history in school. Can’t a 50 year old man have a little bit of fantasy in his life? LOL!
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posted on
05/29/2008 3:57:49 PM PDT
by
wolfcreek
(I see miles and miles of Texas....let's keep it that way.)
To: wolfcreek
Just fantasize you’re half your age like the rest of us.
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posted on
05/29/2008 4:29:30 PM PDT
by
count-your-change
(you don't have to be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
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