Gods, Graves, Glyphs -- Weekly Digest #13
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Whatever our shortcomings were in recent weeks, we've all more than made up for it. :')
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Ancient Egypt
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Chinese ancestors came from Red Sea area?
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Posted by FairOpinion
On News/Activism 10/12/2004 11:39:53 PM PDT · 10 replies · 301+ views
China Daily News | Oct. 13, 2004 | China Daily News
Amateur historian Su San has created an enormous controversy with claims of Chinese ancestors were from the Red Sea area and human civilization began in the Middle East and North Africa. These two stunning conclusions have been put forward in two recently published books, and critics and readers have wasted no time in their attack. "They call my books nonsense," says 40-year-old Su, a Henan Province native. "They just can't bear to think there's a Western ancestor for Chinese." With a bachelor's degree on English literature and a master's degree on economics, Su previously worked for a foreign company and...
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Asia
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Archaeologists Find A Wreck Of The Kamikaze (Kublai Khan)
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Posted by blam
On News/Activism 09/08/2002 6:28:46 PM PDT · 17 replies · 182+ views
Canada.com | 9-7-2002
Archeologists find a wreck of the kamikaze Vancouver Sun Saturday, September 07, 2002 Two ancient invasions on Japan were thwarted by mysterious storms that wiped out Mongol fleets. This 1896 painting depicts samurai battling Mongols during the first invasion, which was in 1274. In what marine archeologists are calling one of the greatest finds of all time, the remains of a ship that sank in one of history's largest sea battles has been located off the southern coast of Japan. Since last fall, Japanese archeologists have quietly worked beneath the waters off Takashima Island to retrieve the remains of a...
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Archaeologists Find Silk Road Equal
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Posted by blam
On News/Activism 06/12/2002 3:30:44 PM PDT · 23 replies · 95+ views
CNN.com | 6-12-2002
<p>Local Ababda nomads dig in one of the streets in Berenike, which holds an array of artifacts that scientists say reveals an "impressive" sea trade between the Roman Empire and India.</p> <p>LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Spices, gems and other exotic cargo excavated from an ancient port on Egypt's Red Sea show that the sea trade 2,000 years ago between the Roman Empire and India was more extensive than previously thought and even rivaled the legendary Silk Road, archaeologists say.</p>
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Archaeologists Unearth Wooden Coffins
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Posted by blam
On News/Activism 12/04/2002 10:58:36 AM PST · 12 replies · 64+ views
Taipei Times | 12-04-2002
Archaeologists unearth wooden coffins FANTASTIC FIND: Archaelogists working at a dig site in the Tainan Science-based Industrial Park have discovered a 5,000-year-old coffin and the skeletons of a couple "Each of [the wooden coffins] was 40cm long and 10cm wide. They are made of hardwood and are dark brown in color. We need further examination to determine the exact type of wood." Chu Cheng-yi, research fellow with the Institute of History and Philology of Academia Sinica A wooden coffin believed to be nearly 5,000 years old has been unearthed at an archaeological site in the Tainan Science-based Industrial Park in...
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Ancient Greece
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THE HISTORY OF HERODOTUS
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Posted by restornu
On Religion 09/22/2003 12:29:49 PM PDT · 9 replies · 23+ views
Ancient History Page | 440 BC | by Herodotus trans. by George Rawlinson
The First Book, Entitled CLIO THESE are the researches of Herodotus of Halicarnassus, which he publishes, in the hope of thereby preserving from decay the remembrance of what men have done, and of preventing the great and wonderful actions of the Greeks and the Barbarians from losing their due meed of glory; and withal to put on record what were their grounds of feuds. According to the Persians best informed in history, the Phoenicians began to quarrel. This people, who had formerly dwelt on the shores of the Erythraean Sea, having migrated to the Mediterranean and settled in the parts...
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Who Killed Homer?
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Posted by cornelis
On News/Activism 09/26/2002 7:34:04 PM PDT · 25 replies · 58+ views
Stanford Magazine | 1998 | John Heath and Victor Davis Hanson
† Who Killed Homer? They were supposed to keep the Greek and Roman flame burning. Instead, the authors argue, today's classicists have trashed their own field, squandering the legacy that shaped Western civilization and destroying a noble profession. by John Heath and Victor Davis Hanson Related Articles:Two professors defending HomerRelated Site: Classics on the web This winter, a new crop of PhD students in classics will troop off to academic conferences in search of teaching posts. These would-be professors of Greek and Latin have done exactly what they were told and read precisely what was assigned. Most of them...
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Columbus
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Clueless About Columbus
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Posted by Jakarta ex-pat
On News/Activism 10/17/2003 8:29:33 AM PDT · 16 replies · 88+ views
The Washington Dispatch | 17/10/03 | Michael P. Tremoglie
Columbus Day was the product of the Italian population of New York City, which organized the first celebration of the discovery of America on October 12, 1866. In 1869, the Italian ñ American population of San Francisco celebrated October 12, as Columbus Day. It was not until 1905, that a state, Colorado, observed a Columbus Day and in 1937 FDR proclaimed October 12 Columbus Day. Today Columbus Day is disparaged by liberal multiculturalists who distort the history of Christopher Columbus and has been since 1992. An October 2, 2003 post to the Portland Independent Media Center addressed the issue of...
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The true identity of "Christopher Columbus" - Salvador Zarco, portuguese with some jewish roots
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Posted by Truth666
On General/Chat 02/17/2004 6:10:23 PM PST · 7 replies · 83+ views
dighton rock | January 6, 1989. | Manuel Luciano da Silva, M. D.
The American scholars continue to be brainwashed by the false name Columbus! Columbus means ìpigeonî, but the navigator was no pigeonÖ In the United States there is an economic conspiracy to continue with the name Columbus because of the many printed books, videos and other paraphernalia worthy in sales many millions of dollars! Like in so many fields of endeavor the TRUTH will come to the surface and eventually will triumph!! CristÛv„o Colon was the trade name of the discoverer. His natural name was Salvador Fernandes Zarco, born in the southern Portuguese town of Cuba, son of Isabel Gonsalves Zarco...
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Was Columbus from Chios, Greece?
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Posted by Destro
On General/Chat 10/11/2004 10:12:25 AM PDT · 5 replies · 49+ views
magicaljourneys.com
Was Columbus from Chios? Read Matt Barrett's review of the Book by Ruth G. Durlacher-Wolper Christophoros Columbus: A Byzantine Prince from Chios, Greece Was Columbus a woolworker from Genoa or a Byzantine Prince and sailor from the island of Chios in what was then the Republic of Genoa? There has been more written about Christopher Columbus than about any person with the exception of Jesus Christ, and yet his past has been shrouded in mystery. We all have been told that he came from Genoa, a city in Italy and sailed for Isabella and Ferdinand, the king and queen of...
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PreColumbian, Clovis, PreClovis
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Archeological Mysteries: Connecticut "Boat" Cairn
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Posted by Hellmouth
On News/Activism 04/14/2002 5:53:03 AM PDT · 2 replies · 41+ views
Science Frontiers Online | Mar-April 1987 | William Corliss
CONNECTICUT "BOAT" CAIRN An unusual, large stone cairn is located atop Rattlesnake Hill in Connecticut's Natchang State Forest. At an elevation of 640 feet, it commands an almost 360? view. Its long axis is aligned with the Pole Star. The cairn seems to have been constructed according to some plan rather than just being a deposit of cleared stones. One's first impression is that it resembles a boat. Could it be a Norse "ship burial" such as found in Europe? It is impossible to prove such a conjecture without tearing the cairn apart. (Whittall, James P., II; "The 'Boat"...
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Archaeologists Split Hairs Over First Arrivals (Oregon, 12K Year Old Non-Indian Hair)
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Posted by blam
On News/Activism 10/17/2002 8:11:29 AM PDT · 29 replies · 101+ views
The Guardian (UK) | 10-17-2002 | Sanjida O'Connell
Archaeologists split hairs over first arrivals A site in Oregon could shake America's view of history, says Sanjida O'Connell Thursday October 17, 2002 The Guardian Woodburn is a small agricultural town in the US state of Oregon. Next to the high school is Mammoth Park. It sounds cheesy, but Mammoth Park is a paleoarchaeological site whose findings could shake America's view of her history. In suitably prosaic fashion, the site was discovered in 1987, when local authorities tried to install a sewer line. At depths of 5m, workers found huge bones, but said nothing and took them home. Now, Mammoth...
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Area Sites Used To Dispute Clovis/Extinction Link
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Posted by blam
On News/Activism 03/29/2003 5:00:52 PM PST · 11 replies · 31+ views
Billings Gazette | 3-29-2003 | Mike Stark
Area sites used to dispute Clovis/extinction link By MIKE STARK Gazette Wyoming Bureau It's time to stop pointing an accusatory finger at some of the earliest people in North America, researchers say. For decades, the Clovis people have been blamed for exterminating as many as 35 types of animals more than 11,000 years ago, including mammoths, mastodons, saber-toothed cats, camels and other mammals that roamed the continent during the Pleistocene era. A study published this month in the Journal of World Prehistory says there's no evidence that the Clovis people hunted big-game animals into extinction. "There's just absolutely no support...
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Evidence Aquits Clovis People Of Ancient Killings, Archaeologists Say
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Posted by blam
On News/Activism 02/25/2003 4:46:54 PM PST · 89 replies · 110+ views
University Of Washington | 2-25-2003 | Joel Schwartz
Contact: Joel Schwarz joels@u.washington.edu 206-543-2580 University of Washington Evidence acquits Clovis people of ancient killings, archaeologists say Archaeologists have uncovered another piece of evidence that seems to exonerate some of the earliest humans in North America of charges of exterminating 35 genera of Pleistocene epoch mammals. The Clovis people, who roamed large portions of North America 10,800 to 11,500 years ago and left behind highly distinctive and deadly fluted spear points, have been implicated in the exterminations by some scientists. Now researchers from the University of Washington and Southern Methodist University who examined evidence from all suggested Clovis-age killing sites...
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Judge: Group Should Get Skeleton (Kennewick Man)
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Posted by Pharmboy
On News/Activism 09/03/2002 6:03:39 AM PDT · 31 replies · 75+ views
AP | 8-31-02 | William McCall
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - More than six years after the discovery of one of the oldest skeletons ever found in North America, a federal judge overturned a decision to give the bones to Indian tribes for reburial and ruled that scientists can keep them for more study. U.S. Magistrate John Jelderks said he reviewed 20,000 pages of documents before concluding that "nothing I have found in a careful examination of the administrative record" supported the government's decision to give the bones to the tribes. Scientific study of the ancient skeleton will benefit all people, including tribes, by offering clues to...
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Kennewick Man is awarded to scientists
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Posted by sarcasm
On News/Activism 08/31/2002 12:30:40 AM PDT · 48 replies · 48+ views
Seattle Times | August 31, 2002 | Eran Karmon
After almost 10,000 years buried in the muck of the Columbia River, followed by six years in lab and museum vaults, the skeletal remains of Kennewick Man should be given to scientists looking for clues about how people first migrated to North America, a federal judge in Portland ruled yesterday. The ruling by U.S. Magistrate John Jelderks is a victory for eight anthropologists who fought the federal government's attempts to turn the remains over to a coalition of five Northwest tribes who want to rebury the "Ancient One." "We hung in there because we think these ancient remains are very...
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Mexico Discovery Fuels Debate About Man's Origins
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Posted by blam
On News/Activism 10/11/2004 6:04:15 PM PDT · 29 replies · 1,229+ views
Deseret Morning News/Associated Press | 10-3-2004 | John Rice
Deseret Morning News, Sunday, October 03, 2004 Mexico discovery fuels debate about man's origins Archeologists are baffled by hominid bones By John Rice Associated Press MEXICO CITY ó For decades, Federico Solorzano has gathered old bones from the shores of Mexico's largest lake ó bones he found and bones he was brought, bones of beasts and bones of men. Mexican professor Federico Solorzano shows the supraorbital arch from the fossil of an early hominid. Guillermo Arias, Associated Press The longtime teacher of anthropology and paleontology was sifting through his collection one day when he noticed some that didn't seem to...
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National Museum of the American Indian a stunning showcase of history and culture
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Posted by Willie Green
On News/Activism 09/21/2004 12:14:18 PM PDT · 111 replies · 1,146+ views
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Tuesday, September 21, 2004 | Karen MacPherson
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The National Museum of the American Indian opens today, a spectacular symbol of the cultural and political renaissance of the nation's "first people." With its sinewy limestone facade and prime spot on the National Mall, the 254,000-square-foot museum is a visually stunning showcase of 10,000 years of American Indian art, history and culture. More than 500 years after Indians' first, often disastrous contacts with Europeans -- and just a half-century after Congress passed a law trying to "terminate" tribes -- the museum offers American Indians "a prominent place of honor on the nation's front lawn," said W....
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Pre-Columbian Ruins Could Be A Pyramid
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Posted by blam
On General/Chat 03/29/2002 6:46:05 AM PST · 7 replies · 22+ views
The News Mexico | 3-29-2002
Pre-Columbian ruins could be a pyramid EFE - 3/29/2002 Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) this week confirmed having uncovered pre-Columbian ruins in the central state of Morelos that might be a pyramid or palace from the late Mesoamerican post-classical period (1200-1521). The find was made in February, when the owner of a property in the town of Tepotzlan was preparing to lay the foundation for a snack bar he hoped to build alongside the road and unearthed the ruins, the newspaper Reforma reported. Residents in the area alerted local officials, who called in scientists to inspect the...
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Tribes, Archaeologists At Odds Over Cemetery
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Posted by blam
On News/Activism 07/28/2003 5:04:55 PM PDT · 17 replies · 21+ views
Houston Chronicle | 7-28-2003 | John Gonzalez
Tribes, archaeologists at odds over prehistoric cemetery By John W. Gonzalez HOUSTON CHRONICLE Monday, July 28, 2003 VICTORIA -- Prehistoric human remains and artifacts discovered in one of the continent's oldest known cemeteries will undergo extensive analysis, despite complaints of grave desecration from several American Indian tribes. Federal officials say they hope to minimize destructive tests on the human bones and promptly rebury them when studies are complete, but tribes say they are considering legal action to halt further analysis. "These are our ancestors," said Walter Celestine of the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe in East Texas. After more than 18 months of...
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Biology and Cryptobiology
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Editorial on wolves
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Posted by Delphinium
On News/Activism 11/03/2002 8:06:41 PM PST · 34 replies · 85+ views
Central Idaho Anti-Wolf Coalition | August 3/2002 | John Nelson
Dear Editor: This is a response to a pro wolf advocate stating that there has never been an attack by a "HEALTHY" wolf in North America, July 8,002 15 By Joy York, It has been widely discussed whether a healthy wild wolf has ever attacked a human on this continent. In fact, many say such attacks have never occurred in North America. HISTORY STATES OTHERWISE! It depends on which century you want to research wolves attacking and killing humans,1800's, 1900's or 2000's. Noted naturalist documented wolf attacks on humans. John James Audubon, of whom the Audubon society is named, reported...
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When People Fled Hyenas
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Posted by VadeRetro
On News/Activism 11/20/2002 6:43:45 PM PST · 48 replies · 196+ views
ABC News | By Lee Dye
When People Fled Hyenas By Lee Dye Special to ABCNEWS.com Nov. 20 ó Deep inside a cave in Siberia's Altai Mountains, Christy Turner and his Russian colleagues may have found an answer to a question that has hounded him for more than three decades. As a young anthropologist, Turner spent time in Alaska's Aleutian Islands in the 1970s, working at several archaeological sites and occasionally gazing westward toward Siberia. "I thought, 'That's the place that Native Americans came from,' " he says now from his laboratory at Arizona State University in Tempe. But why, he wondered then as he still...
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World's Dogs Are Descended From Asian Wolves
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Posted by blam
On News/Activism 11/21/2002 4:27:05 PM PST · 77 replies · 217+ views
Ananova | 11-21-2002
World's dogs are descended from Asian wolves Scientists have found that almost all dogs share a common gene pool after analysing the DNA of hundreds of dogs from Europe, Asia, Africa and North America. They have concluded domesticated dogs originated from wolves in East Asia nearly 15,000 years ago. The animals travelled with humans through Europe and Asia and across the Bering Strait with the first settlers in America. Swedish and Chinese scientists studied the genes of 654 dogs and found a higher genetic diversity among East Asian dogs suggested that people there were the first to domesticate dogs from...
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Origins and Prehistory
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The Human Family Tree: 10 Adams and 18 Eves
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Posted by neverdem
On News/Activism 10/10/2004 8:21:08 PM PDT · 71 replies · 1,946+ views
NY Times | May 2, 2000 | NICHOLAS WADE
May 2, 2000 The Human Family Tree: 10 Adams and 18 Eves Related Articles Genetics: Gene TherapyGenetics: Genetically Modified FoodsGenetics: The Human Genome ProjectThe New York Times on the Web: Science/HealthMapTracing Human History Through Genetic MutationsChartFollow the LineagesForumJoin a Discussion on DNA Research By NICHOLAS WADE he book of Genesis mentions three of Adam and Eve's children: Cain, Abel and Seth. But geneticists, by tracing the DNA patterns found in people throughout the world, have now identified lineages descended from 10 sons of a genetic Adam and 18 daughters of Eve. The human genome is turning out to be...
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The Ultimate Creation vs. Evolution Resource (22nd Edition)
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Posted by Junior
On News/Activism 05/11/2004 7:57:23 AM PDT · 53 replies · 263+ views
FreeRepublic, et al. | 2004-05-11 | Junior, et al
An almost, but not totally complete listing of every Free Republic crevo thread and the various links used therein from June 25, 1999 to the present. (Creationists) CRSC Correction (Ohio) State Panel Backs Disputed Lesson, Infuriates Supporters of Evolution (Science) Coolest Link I've Seen in Ages (Vanity) (U.S. Government Sanctioned) Academy Declines to Accredit Va. College ó Creationism Rule Cited [Icons of Evolution] Premiere Evolves into Protest 100 Scientists, National Poll Challenge Darwinism 12,000-Year-Old Human Hair DNA 120 or 180 Yrs Old? Experts Debate Limit of Aging 1999 Threads 20 Answers from an Evolutionist 20 Questions for Evolutionists 20 Ways...
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Ancient Middle East
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Alexander the Great visits tomb of Cyrus the Great
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Posted by freedom44
On General/Chat 06/12/2004 4:50:50 PM PDT · 8 replies · 51+ views
Livius: History | 6/12/04 | Livius: History
In January or February 324, Alexander reached the old religious capital of Persia, Pasargadae. Here, he visited the tomb of Cyrus the Great, the founder of the Achaemenid empire, who had lived two centuries before. The Greek author Arrian of Nicomedia describes the events in section 29.1-11 of his Anabasis. The translation was made by Aubrey de SÈlincourt. At the same time he moved forward himself with the lightest infantry units, the mounted Companions, and some regiments of archers, along the road to Pasargadae. [...] Arrived at the Persian frontier, he found that Phrasaortes, the governor, had died while the...
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Archaeologists Seek Elamite Treasures In Iran
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Posted by blam
On News/Activism 09/04/2002 10:02:59 AM PDT · 3 replies · 30+ views
Tehran Times | 9-4-2002
Archeologists Seek Elamite Treasures in Iran ART & CULTURE DESK TEHRAN - The University of Sydney has initiated Australia's largest-ever act of cultural cooperation with Iran in the hope of unearthing archaeological treasures of the ancient Elamite civilization in the Near East. "Unlimited possibilities" lie ahead, according to professor Dan Potts, chair of Sydney's Department of Archaeology, who is posed to sign an agreement which would see the excavation of rich new archaeological sites in what is now Western Iran. The area and Elamite people are referred to in Mesopotamian texts but are yet to be researched in depth. Under...
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Archaeologists Tout Major Find In Tyre
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Posted by blam
On News/Activism 09/18/2003 4:53:56 PM PDT · 9 replies · 85+ views
Daily Star | 9-18-2003 | Mohammed Zaatari
Archaeologists tout major find in Tyre Mohammed Zaatari Daily Star correspondent A Japanese archaeological mission engaged in the excavation of Tyreís historical past for the last three years has discovered what could be the temple of the sun god once worshipped by the Romans. The archaeologists found a temple topped by a circle which depicts the sun. Small cultic figurines were found at the site, but as yet, no large statue has been found. Many of the Roman gods worshipped in the Eastern Mediterranean were identified with older, Phoenician gods, and their worship was frequently conducted on the sites of...
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Archaeologists Unearth Tyre's Phoenician Roots
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Posted by blam
On News/Activism 11/02/2002 3:59:00 PM PST · 5 replies · 44+ views
The Daily Star | 11-2-2002
Archaeologists unearth Tyreís Phoenician rootsDig uncovers 12 burial jars Spanish archaeologists discovered a Phoenician cemetery containing 12 jars during excavations in Tyre on Friday, one of them reported. ìWe have discovered 12 earthenware jars of various sizes, filled with burned up bones and ashes at the southern entrance of Tyre,î Maria Eugenia Aubet told AFP. Aubet said her team ìhopes to find gold jewelry under the ashes, which date back to between the ninth and 10th century before Christ.î ìThe Phoenicians used to bury their dead in jars along with their jewelry after incinerating their bodies,î she said. The team...
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"I'm not Arab, I'm Phoenician" -- a common phrase, but flawed concept
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Posted by Destro
On General/Chat 02/19/2004 8:44:57 PM PST · 24 replies · 150+ views
dailystar.com.lb | 09/02/04 | Peter Speetjens
DS 09/02/04 ëIím not Arab, Iím Phoenicianí != a common phrase, but flawed concept It isnít always easy to live in the postmodern era. No absolute truths or morals to hang on to. The world is what you make of it and anything goes seem to be lifeís only principles. Consequently, your identity is not something that befalls upon you by birth, but something you are free to choose and construct, which can lead to rather bizarre results. Letís take as an example a young man I know. Born and bred in his beloved London, he has a British passport,...
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The Periplus of Hanno, King of the Carthaginians, ed. Megalommatis, a Book Review.
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Posted by Muhammad Shams Megalommatis
On Bloggers & Personal 06/20/2004 10:01:04 AM PDT · 18 replies · 126+ views
The Books | 19/6/2004 | Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis
The Periplus of Hanno, King of the Carthaginians, ed. Megalommatis, a Book Review. By Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis Published in Greek, in 1991 (STOHASTIS Publishing House, Athens - Greece), 112 p., the book consists in a historical presentation of the brief Carthaginian text that has not been saved in its original, but in an Ancient Greek translation. The text is very small, 656 words altogether, but the author made of it an entire book. One should stress the point that with this text starts the History of Morocco and the Western Coast of Africa down to Sierra Leone, since up to...
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Phoenicians: Ancient Mariners
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Posted by SunkenCiv
On Bloggers & Personal 10/12/2004 10:45:45 PM PDT · 1 reply · 51+ views
National Geographic | October 2004 | Rick Gore
Although they're mentioned frequently in ancient texts as vigorous traders and sailors, we know relatively little about these puzzling people. Historians refer to them as Canaanites when talking about the culture before 1200 B.C.†The Greeks called them the phoinikes, which means the "red people"óa name that became Phoeniciansóafter their word for a prized reddish purple cloth the Phoenicians exported. But they would never have called themselves Phoenicians. Rather, they were citizens of the ports from which they set sail, walled cities such as Byblos, Sidon, and Tyre.
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Let's Have Jerusalem!
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A judgment about Solomon Evidence supports Hebrew kingdoms in biblical times
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Posted by green team 1999
On News/Activism 04/13/2003 12:08:42 PM PDT · 9 replies · 75+ views
San Francisco Chronicle | april-11-2003 | David Perlman, Chronicle Science Editor
<p>Deep in the ruins of a Hebrew town sacked nearly 3,000 years ago by an Egyptian Pharaoh, scientists say they have discovered new evidence for the real-life existence of the Bible's legendary kingdoms of David and Solomon.</p> <p>The evidence refutes recent claims by other researchers who insist that the biblical monarchs were merely mythic characters, created by scholars and scribes of antiquity who made up the tales long after the events to buttress their own morality lessons.</p>
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Archaeologists Uncover 12,000-Year-Old Settlement (Israel)
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Posted by blam
On News/Activism 08/01/2003 7:52:42 AM PDT · 10 replies · 43+ views
The Age.com | 8-1-2003
Archaeologists uncover 12,000-year-old settlement August 1 2003 Israeli archaeologists said today they had discovered a 12,000-year-old neolithic settlement west of Jerusalem which they believe is the largest of the period ever discovered in the Holy Land. The settlement, in Motza 5km west of Jerusalem, was home to 2,000 people and dates to 9,500 BC, Hammadid Khalife, head of the archeological team, told AFP. "We discovered a real treasure on the site consisting of 58 flint blades, found together, which at the time served as a kind of currency," Khalife said. "The origin of the stone and the way the blades...
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Eastern Temple Mount wall may collapse
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Posted by Alouette
On News/Activism 04/01/2004 7:12:59 PM PST · 17 replies · 31+ views
Jerusalem Post | Apr. 1, 2004 | Etgar Lefkowits
The eastern wall of Jerusalem's Temple Mount is in danger of immediate collapse because of damage caused by the February 11 earthquake, a classified government report issued this week concludes. The report, written by the Israel Antiquities Authority, has been distributed to senior ministers by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's military attache, Brig.-Gen. Yoav Galant, officials said Thursday. The classified report, details of which were first published in Yediot Aharonot, says that the earthquake damaged the eastern wall of the Temple Mount to such an extent that sections of the wall are liable to cave in on the underground architectural support...
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Has the Garden of Eden been located at last?
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Posted by Sabertooth
On News/Activism 04/07/2003 2:39:28 PM PDT · 36 replies · 96+ views
The Smithsonian | May 1987 | Dora Jane Hamblin
†† Has the Garden of Eden been located at last? By Dora Jane Hamblin † By using an interdisciplinary approach, archaeologist Juris Zarins believes he's found it--and can pinpoint it for us. The author, a frequent contributor, met Dr. Zarins and his Eden theory when writing of Saudi archaeology (September 1983) and has followed his work since. †"And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed" (Genesis 2:8). Then the majestic words become quite specific: "And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence...
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Ancient Europe
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Archaeologists Unearth Britain's First Cave Pictures
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Posted by blam
On News/Activism 06/15/2003 4:12:58 PM PDT · 24 replies · 104+ views
The Guardian (UK) | 6-15-2003 | Robin McKie
Archaeologists unearth Britain's first cave pictures Robin McKie, science editor Sunday June 15, 2003 The Observer (UK) Archaeologists have discovered 12,000-year-old engravings carved by ancient Britons in a cave in Creswell Crags, Derbyshire. The depiction of the animals - which include a pair of birds - is the first example of prehistoric cave art in Britain. The discovery - by Paul Bahn and Paul Pettitt, with Spanish colleague Sergio Ripoll - is set to trigger considerable scientific excitement, for it fills a major gap in the country's archeological record. 'If this is verified, it represents a wonderful discovery,' said Professor...
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Archaeologists Unearth German Stonehenge
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Posted by blam
On News/Activism 08/08/2003 4:32:56 PM PDT · 18 replies · 53+ views
DW-World | 8-8-2003
Archaeologists Unearth German Stonehenge The 3,600-year-old bronze Nebra disc is considered the oldest-known image of the cosmos. German experts on Thursday hailed Europeís oldest astronomical observatory, discovered in Saxony-Anhalt last year, a ìmilestone in archaeological researchî after the details of the sensational find were made public.The sleepy town of Goseck, nestled in the district of Weissenfels in the eastern German state of Saxony-Anhalt shimmers under the brutal summer heat, as residents seek respite in the shade. Nothing in this slumbering locale indicates that one of the most significant archaeological discoveries of all times was made here. But this is indeed...
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Europe's Oldest Wooden Staircase Found In Austria (3,000 Years Old)
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Posted by blam
On News/Activism 10/13/2004 7:36:05 PM PDT · 49 replies · 1,067+ views
AFP | 10-12-2004
Europe's oldest wooden staircase found in Austria Tue Oct 12, 1:05 PM ET Science - AFP VIENNA (AFP) - A 3,000-year-old wooden staircase has been found at Hallstatt in northern Austria, immaculately preserved in a Bronze Age salt mine, Vienna's Natural History Museum said. "We have found a wooden staircase which dates from the 13th century B.C. It is the oldest wooden staircase discovered to date in Europe, maybe even in the world," Hans Reschreiter, the director of excavations at the museum, told AFP. "The staircase is in perfect condition because the micro-organisms that cause wood to decompose do not...
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World's Oldest Wheel Found In Slovenia, Claim Archaeologists
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On News/Activism 02/25/2003 4:58:59 PM PST · 30 replies · 76+ views
Ananova | 2-25-2003
World's oldest wheel found in Slovenia, claim archaeologists Archaeologists claim to have unearthed the world's oldest wheel in Slovenia. Experts estimate that the wheel is between 5,100 and 5,350 years old. That makes it just 100 years older than the previous record-holders from Switzerland and southern Germany. The wheel, which is made of ash and oak, has a radius of 70 centimetres and is five centimetres thick. It was found buried beneath an ancient marsh settlement near the Slovenian capital of Ljubljana. Dr Anton Veluscek, from the Archeological Institute at the Slovenian Academy of Arts and Sciences, was part of...
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Medici Family Murders Debunked In Italy
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Posted by blam
On News/Activism 10/13/2004 8:07:07 PM PDT · 18 replies · 327+ views
Discovery News | 10-11-2004 | Rossella Lorenzi
Medici Family Murders Debunked in Italy By Rossella Lorenzi, Discovery NewsCosimo I Oct. 11, 2004 ó Scientists now exhuming the remains of several members of the Medicis, the family that dominated the Florentine Renaissance, have conclusively dismissed the theory of family murders, putting to an end to more than four centuries of speculation about a series of mysterious deaths in the clan. Since 1562, when Cosimo I's sons Garcia and Giovanni died five weeks apart, it has been rumored that Garcia stabbed the other and was himself run through with a sword by his furious father. Their mother, Eleonora of...
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A Mormon confronts his myths: faces expulsion for refuting link between Indians and Israelites
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Posted by Polycarp
On Religion 12/17/2002 6:38:14 PM PST · 427 replies · 80+ views
National Post | December 03, 2002 | Jan Cienski
A Mormon confronts his myths Anthropologist faces expulsion for refuting link between Indians and Israelites Jan Cienski National Post Tuesday, December 03, 2002 CREDIT: The Canadian Press Joseph Smith, founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is said to have discovered a tablet that revealed American Indians were the descendants of ancient Hebrews. The assertion is contrary to historical fact. A Mormon anthropologist is facing excommunication after finding no genetic link between American Indians and the ancient Hebrews of Israel, questioning one of the central tenets of his church. Thomas Murphy conducted a review of the existing...
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