[blam]

GGG Ping.

[billorites]

"We see that there was an extremely rich intellectual life and that people knew Greek literature to an admirable level," said Schamp.

Then the Palestinians moved into the neighborhood.

[tet68]

Lawyers, the true sign of civilization or it's decline.

[billorites]

77 Gaza Strip?

[muawiyah]

Materials like these are extremely rare. For one thing they belong to the immediate pre-Dark Age period (recalling that it began, on schedule, precisely in 538AD, more or less, but we lost track of the years things were so bad).

No doubt such collections existed all over the Roman world, even the West, prior to that year, but most of them were probably burned for heat in 539 AD, or used for mulch by 560 AD once literacy was mostly extinguished except in the Eastern Mediterranean.

These guys must have been turning cartwheels naked, rolling down the street in front of the museum where the manuscripts were found.

Truly amazing story!

[Alouette]

"We see that there was an extremely rich intellectual life and that people knew Greek literature to an admirable level,"

Proof that they could not have been Palestinians.

[ken21]

a lawyer of greatness!

how modern!

[Verginius Rufus]

It sounds like they have found some new texts which were not previously known, but Procopius of Gaza was already known and some of his letters were preserved. He also wrote speeches and theological works. Choricius of Gaza, a student of his, also left writings which are preserved.

[Marano NYC]

Note the language was Greek. The area was doing quite well culturally until it was invaded.

[OldCorps]

Researchers find rare letters from fifth century Gaza Strip

Yet another example of the incompetence of the journalistic class. This headline is similar to the ones we see all the time in which malevolent SUV's are wantonly attacking people. In this case we have a inanimate object, land, writing letters.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Blam.

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[colorado tanker]

Hmmm. Were they trying to figure out how to build explosive belts to get rid of the pesky Jews who stayed on after the Diaspora?

[ParadigmLost]

:: Swiss researchers have uncovered a rare exchange of letters

Were they proportionally spaced? (grin)

[SunkenCiv]

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