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To: Red Badger; SunkenCiv; ConservativeMind; Tilted Irish Kilt

They could have it upside down.

Looking at the large spiral figure at the “bottom”, it occurs to me that this could be a naming symbol, like a crest or corporate symbol at the top of a letterhead.
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The history of Colchis is interesting. It was an important source of saffron, which in addition to being used to make rice golden, was important for medical uses. It is still being offered as a valuable dietary supplement. The Argonaut’s search for the Golden Fleece may in fact have been referring to the Search and trade in saffron. The drug Colchisine is derived from that. Saffron can still be bought from some supplement companies for health promoting purposes. I plan to get some for myself. I saw some “paintings” from the ruined cities of Thera which were destroyed by the huge volcanic eruption around 1500 BC. THey showed women/goddesses dancing and holding the saffron crocuses.


45 posted on 12/17/2024 5:01:01 PM PST by gleeaikin (in Question authority as you provide links)
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To: gleeaikin
Saffron grows everywhere.

It is the harvesting not the growing that is hard.

48 posted on 12/17/2024 6:59:17 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear ( Not my circus. Not my monkeys. But I can pick out the clowns at 100 yards.)
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To: gleeaikin; Red Badger

Maybe written boustrophedon.


51 posted on 12/17/2024 8:57:51 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: gleeaikin

I’m just mad about Saffron................


55 posted on 12/18/2024 5:09:47 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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