Posted on 05/15/2007 4:39:17 PM PDT by blam
I’d wondered how he’d done it, but had always assumed that there was a natural feature involved. Nebuchadnezzar had a similar problem with Tyre, but uncharacteristically didn’t wind up able to storm it and kill or enslave everyone.
> If we had a general like Alexander the entire Mideast would be a colony of America. At peace.
You had one: George Patton.
Obviously, it’s the fault of Big Oil sending pollution back in time. Duh!
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That would be a prime site for excavation! Imagine the sort of stuff that was thrown down to fill in the causeway. A mini Pompei.
>> If we had a general like Alexander the entire Mideast would be a colony of America. At peace.
> You had one: George Patton.
I like to think that, somewhere out there in the Iraqi Desert, there sleeps tonite the next George Patton beside his or her Abrams tank. And tonite he/she dreams of his/her chance to earn his/her spurs and take the battle to the enemy: to stop digging in but to keep moving forward, ever forward.
He/she probably has a mouth like a sewer that should never kiss his/her Mom without using Listerine. And the courage of an enraged grizzly bear, with manners to match.
Somewhere out there, in that vast Iraqi or Afghanistani desert, there lives amongst this next Greatest Generation our next George Patton, our next Alexander the Great.
God Bless our Troops.
Yours ‘til Victory.
*DieHard*
Ah, sorry, I’ll add you, also, to the list, my apologies for the duplicate ping!
Alexander died in Babylon. Probably from malaria, but he was still suffering from wounds received in India.
I think the second mole didn’t quite reach the island-city when the city fell. IIRC, the city was stormed by amphibious operation. The mole was used as a base of fire by Alexander’s siege weapons.
No female officers in armor yet (helicopters excepted).
Theres really no way to know. Every source documenting his life and conquest date to at least 200 years after his death. This is also why i find it funny how liberal scholars easily take Alexander at face value, but refuse to accept anything from the gospel.
Roman mosaics uncovered in France
http://www.cctv.com/program/cultureexpress/20070727/106529.shtml
At the heart of the ancient town of Nimes, in Southern France, routine building work has uncovered a unique and fascinating piece of ancient history. The find dates to the era when the town was a principal city of Roman Gaul. What the excavators discovered were two magnificent Roman mosaics.
The Roman mosaics date from the second century A.D. They were located by the National Institute of Preventive Archaeological Research, at a site where work was underway at an underground parking lot.
The smaller of the two mosaics is among the best-preserved examples in all Roman Gaul.
Jean Yves Breuil, scientific coordinator, said, “There is a first mosaic that is not very well preserved but has an interesting design, with references to Trojan mythology. The second mosaic is frankly exceptional. Because it is very, very well-preserved, the structure of the design is very complex, a mixture of medallions, curves, and the central motif is unique for a mosaic. It shows a battle between the gods and the giants.”
These pieces would have decorated the floor of what must have been one of the grandest houses in the city. And the locations of the mosaics identify their sites as principal reception rooms.
But there’s more: the archaeological work has also revealed a courtyard with a decorative basin and a well.
Now archaeologists undertake the painstaking work of removing the mosaics from their original settings.
“It’s also the case for mosaics that we remove them in a very meticulous manner. They are stuck together, then the mosaic floor is cut into blocks of several metres squared,then we are going to transfer them to museum storage in order to study them and restore them ready to put on public display,” said Jean Yves Breuil.
Thirty five archaeologists have been carrying out a survey of the extensive Roman walls. Slowly they are excavating the remains of the ancient town, already famous for its Roman Amphitheatre. Work began in October 2006.
Thanks Renfield.
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