To: callisto
WOW!
Didn't you set up a list for these kind of articles?
22 posted on 11/21/2001 12:03:45 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
To: callisto; blam; Ernest_at_the_Beach
Names for the title of the bump list, anyone?
Digging the Past
Stones, Bones, Tomes and Thrones
Gods, Graves, Glyphs and Myths
82 posted on 11/22/2001 7:31:36 AM PST by Sabertooth
Thanks to everyone who had a hand in starting it, carrying it on, joining it, and of course hosting it. We've got over 500 members (including weekly and individual ping list members) and that's pretty good sized.
This week, finally, I get to add the three old-style topics about the Vikings which I've reformatted to look like they're new-style. I've just added another, about a deepwater ancient wreck in the Mediterranean. All those oldies may someday get converted to the new format, but meanwhile, we can enjoy them as-is (other than posting to them).
Here's something that's kinda cool, that nevertheless doesn't warrant a topic of its own:
Travel in the Ancient WorldA gifted faker name Alexander founded an oracle in a backwater on the south shore of the Black Sea. Here, for stiff prices, a talking serpent he had rigged up answered questions for the local hayseeds... (p 135)
by Lionel Casson
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Gods, Graves, Glyphs Weekly Digest #73 Saturday, December 10, 2005 |
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Epigraphy and Language |
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| New light on old mystery (Kensington Runestone) |
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| Posted by NormsRevenge On News/Activism 12/09/2005 8:22:17 PM PST · 11 replies · 538+ views Echo Press | 12/9/05 | Celeste Beam The Kensington Rune Stone: Compelling New Evidence. That is the title of a new book published by Scott Wolter and Richard Nielsen. Wolter is a geologist and petrographer from St. Paul who has been working on the mysterious stone for the past several years. Nielsen is linguistic expert who has also been studying the Kensington Runestone (KRS). Nielsen said the 574-page book is quite comprehensive and provides information about the Ohman family in detail. Olof Ohman is the Swedish farmer who reportedly found the stone wrapped in the roots of an aspen tree on his farm near Kensington in the... |
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The Vikings |
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| Did the Vikings Stay? Vatican Files May Offer Clues |
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| Posted by sarcasm On News/Activism 12/19/2000 05:26:52 PST · 270 replies · 270+ views New York Times | December 19, 2000 | Walter Gibbs OSLO, Dec. 18 — Excavations prove that a few score Norsemen bumped ashore in northern Newfoundland 1,000 years ago, landing in America almost 500 years before Columbus. But scholars generally dismiss the event with an asterisk because they say it did not change the course of history... |
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| Did the Vikings Stay? Vatican Files May Offer Clues (THREAD II) |
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| Posted by sarcasm On News/Activism 12/22/2000 16:04:39 PST · 270 replies · 270+ views New York Times | December 19, 2000 | Walter Gibbs OSLO, Dec. 18 — Excavations prove that a few score Norsemen bumped ashore in northern Newfoundland 1,000 years ago, landing in America almost 500 years before Columbus. But scholars generally dismiss the event with an asterisk because they say it did not change the course of history... |
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| Ancient Site in Newfoundland Offers Clues to Vikings in America |
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| Posted by H.R. Gross On News/Activism 05/11/2000 17:07:40 PDT · 53 replies · 53+ views New York Times | May 9, 2000 | John Noble Wilford L'Anse Aux Meadows, Newfoundland, May 4 -- A spring snow fell all night and all day and buried the land down to water's edge. Drifts piled high against the walls of the sod houses. The mind's eye could see the place as it was 1,000 years ago when Vikings, led by Leif Ericson, first wintered here while exploring the coasts of a country they called Vinland.... |
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Ancient Greece |
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| Greece's Seas: The Looters' Next Destination |
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| Posted by blam On News/Activism 12/06/2005 2:21:50 PM PST · 12 replies · 303+ views The Guardian (UK) | 12-6-2005 | Helena Smith Greece's seas: the looters' next destination New law opens access for traffickers to a hoard of underwater antiquities Helena Smith in Athens Tuesday December 6, 2005 The Guardian (UK) Lost and found ... a 16th century Spanish cargo ship off Zakynthos When it was first proposed, it seemed like a good idea: open up the Greek seas to divers and create a paradise for tourists underwater. Those who backed the law never thought of it as a windfall for looters, nor did it occur to them that it might put the acquisition policies of museums under further scrutiny. But the... |
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| Phokaia Excavations Reveal Mystery Of Athena |
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| Posted by blam On News/Activism 12/08/2005 1:10:58 PM PST · 12 replies · 398+ views Turkish Daily News | Izmir Phokaia excavations reveal mystery of Athena Thursday, December 8, 2005 Griffins thought to be guarding the ancient Temple of Athena might become the symbol of FoÁa along with Mediterranean seals, says archaeologist ÷zyi?it ›ZM›R - Turkish Daily News Sculptures of horses and griffins as old as 2,600 years were discovered during excavations at the Temple of Athena located at the ancient city of Phokaia, which is today within the borders of ›zmir's FoÁa district. The finds reveal that the sculptures were used as main decorative items for terraces at the ancient city, the goddess of which was Athena, and that... |
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| In an Ancient Wreck, Clues to Seafaring Lives |
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| Posted by Antiwar Republican On News/Activism 03/27/2001 07:47:52 PST · 6 replies · 7+ views New York Times | 3/27/01 | William J. Broad ...Now, the discovery of an ancient wreck in the middle of the Mediterranean is strengthening the old claims. The wreck site, some 200 miles from Cyprus and nearly two miles deep, has been tentatively dated as 2,300 years old; it lies amid a graveyard of similar hulks. Clearly Greek in origin, it is the deepest ancient ship ever discovered... |
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Anatolia |
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| Scientists Discover Ancient Mound (4,000BC - Azerbaijan) |
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| Posted by blam On News/Activism 12/04/2005 2:49:23 PM PST · 25 replies · 535+ views Catid News | 12-3-2005 SCIENTISTS DISCOVER ANCIENT MOUND [December 03, 2005, 19:00:35] As a result of the archaeological dig in the territory of Agstafa region, through which the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil and South Caucasus gas pipelines pass, scientists of the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences have discovered ancient mound dating back to the 4th millennium B.C. The finding considered to be the most ancient one of this kind in the Southern Caucasus testifies that the tradition of manufacturing burial stones first began in Azerbaijan, and later spread to the Northern Caucasus. |
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Let's Have Jerusalem |
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| Amazing discovery in heart of biblical Jerusalem |
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| Posted by NYer On News/Activism 12/05/2005 6:03:20 AM PST · 84 replies · 2,608+ views Cleveland Jewish News | December 5, 2005 | DAVID HAZONY In what many archaeologists hail as the potential find of the century, remains of a massive structure dating to the time of King David have been discovered in the heart of biblical Jerusalem. Eilat Mazar, the Israeli archaeologist leading the excavation, has suggested that it may, in fact, be the palace built by David as described in the Bible. The discovery has shaken the already contentious field of biblical archaeology to its roots: For the last few years, a number of respected archaeologists n most prominently Israel Finkelstein, chairman of Tel Aviv University's archaeology department and author of the 2001... |
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British Isles |
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| Saint's and Royal tombs discovered in Ancient Westminster Abbey crypt (Edward the Confessor) |
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| Posted by churchillbuff On News/Activism 12/03/2005 7:44:59 PM PST · 30 replies · 724+ views Westminster Abbey | Dec 05 | Westminster Abbey What is believed to be the original ancient burial tomb of one of our most revered British Saints, Edward the Confessor, has been discovered at Westminster Abbey ñ exactly 1,000 years after his birth. The discovery comes as part of an unprecedented archaeological study at the Abbey using radar that has also revealed a series of Royal tombs dating back to the 13th and 14th centuries and historical secrets related to Royal burials. Delighted archaeologists came across the forgotten, under-floor chambers when, as part of a larger conservation programme, they were using the latest ground-penetrating radar (GPR) technology to investigate... |
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| The sandal? Roman Britons put a sock in it too |
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| Posted by Antiwar Republican On General/Chat 08/26/2003 2:16:59 PM PDT · 29 replies · 126+ views Times of London | August 26, 2003 | Dalya Alberge London TimesAugust 26, 2003The sandal? Roman Britons put a sock in it tooBy Dalya Alberge, Arts CorrespondentWHAT did the Romans ever do for us? Well, they may have started us on a fashion crime for which we are mocked in the rest of Europe to this day: wearing socks with sandals. An archaeological discovery in London suggests that the sartorial solecism was afoot almost 2,000 years ago. A life-size bronze foot, unearthed last month and dated to the 2nd century AD, clearly shows that Roman Britons wore socks with their sandals. No doubt their excuse was the cold. The historian... |
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Ancient Rome |
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| Ancient Roman Brickworks Uncovered |
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| Posted by blam On News/Activism 12/05/2005 5:16:05 PM PST · 14 replies · 587+ views Ansa | 12-5-2005 Ancient Roman brickworks uncoveredThe factory is so well preserved it could work again (ANSA) - Cesena, December 5 - An Ancient Roman brickworks in near perfect condition has been discovered in Emilia Romagna . The complex, the largest anywhere in the region and one of the biggest in Italy, was unearthed near a canal in the central Italian town of Ronta . "This is a truly extraordinary find," said a culture ministry spokesman. "It is so well preserved that with minimal restoration it would still work perfectly today." The site is of such importance that the consortium carrying out work... |
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| Untouched Roman Sarcophagi Found |
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| Posted by blam On News/Activism 12/06/2005 1:06:37 PM PST · 27 replies · 1,031+ views Ansa | 12-6-2005 Untouched Roman sarcophagi foundRare burial trove dates back to Imperial times (ANSA) - Rome, December 6 - Italian archaeologists have found a remarkable trove of five untouched Roman sarcophagi in a burial vault outside Rome . "It's really rare to find so many sarcophagi that have never been profaned or even opened - as can be seen by the intact lead clasps on their edges," said the head of the dig, Stefano Musco . He said the sarcophagi dated from the II century AD and probably contained the remains of the wealthy residents of a villa that once stood in... |
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Prehistory and Origins |
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| Cave Paintings Reveal Ice Age Artists |
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| Posted by blam On News/Activism 12/07/2005 3:11:11 PM PST · 12 replies · 476+ views The Times (UK) | 12-7-2005 | Norman Hammond December 07, 2005 Cave paintings reveal Ice Age artists By Norman Hammond, Archaeology Correspondent BRITAINíS first cave art is more than 12,800 years old, scientific testing has shown. Engravings of a deer and other creatures at Creswell Crags, in Derbyshire, have proved to be genuine Ice Age creations, and not modern fakes, as some had feared. The engravings were found in 2003 at two caves, Church Hole and Robin Hoodís Cave, which lie close together in the Creswell gorge. Palaeolithic occupation deposits dating to the last Ice Age were excavated there in 1875-76, but the art remained unnoticed. Although the... |
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Climate |
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| New Ice Cores Expand View Of Climate History |
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| Posted by cogitator On News/Activism 11/29/2005 1:00:49 PM PST · 75 replies · 1,453+ views Science Daily | November 28, 2005 Two new studies of gases trapped in Antarctic ice cores have extended the record of Earth's past climate almost 50 percent further, adding another 210,000 years of definitive data about the makeup of the Earth's atmosphere and providing more evidence of current atmospheric change. The research is being published in the journal Science by participants in the European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica. It's "an amazing accomplishment we would not have thought possible" as recently as 10 years ago, said Ed Brook, a professor of geosciences at Oregon State University, who analyzed the studies in the same issue of... |
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| Ancient drought 'changed history' |
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| Posted by TigerLikesRooster On News/Activism 12/08/2005 3:58:46 AM PST · 39 replies · 910+ views BBC | 12/07/05 | Roland Pease Ancient drought 'changed history' By Roland Pease BBC science unit, San Francisco The sediments are an archive of past climate conditions Scientists have identified a major climate crisis that struck Africa about 70,000 years ago and which may have changed the course of human history.The evidence comes from sediments drilled up from the beds of Lake Malawi and Tanganyika in East Africa, and from Lake Bosumtwi in Ghana. It shows equatorial Africa experienced a prolonged period of drought. It is possible, scientists say, this was the reason some of the first humans left Africa to populate the globe. Certainly,... |
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Catastrophism and Astronomy |
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| Sunken treasure [ancient forest buried under the seabed of Nantucket Sound] |
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| Posted by Fractal Trader On News/Activism 12/04/2005 2:30:58 PM PST · 41 replies · 1,413+ views Boston Globe | 4 Dec 05 | Beth Daley, Scientists mapping the seabed under a proposed wind farm in Nantucket Sound were stunned by their find: evidence of a submerged forest under 6 feet of mud. It's hardly the lost city of Atlantis, but the piece of birch wood, the yellowish-green grass, soil, and insect parts appear to be part of a forest floor that lined the coastline 5,500 years ago, before being swallowed by the sea that rose after the last ice age. Nearby is evidence of a drowned kettle pond and marsh. The find has scientists abuzz because if a preserved forest rests below the sea, maybe... |
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| At 30,000 feet down, where were the dinosaurs? |
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| Posted by ovrtaxt On News/Activism 11/29/2005 3:26:34 AM PST · 66 replies · 2,328+ views WorldNetDaily.com | November 29, 2005 | Jerome Corsi At 30,000 feet down, where were the dinosaurs? Posted: November 29, 20051:00 a.m. Eastern ©†2005†WorldNetDaily.com Developments in deep-drilling for natural gas present serious challenges to those who still maintain "Fossil-Fuel" theories as to the origin of complex hydrocarbon fuels. The Western world's record for deep-well natural-gas exploration and production is held by the GHK Company in Oklahoma. From 1972 through 1974, the company engineered and drilled two Oklahoma natural-gas commercial wells at depths greater than 30,000 feet (approximately 5.7 miles) ñ the No. 1-27 Bertha Rogers well (total depth 31,441 feet) and the No. 1-28 E.R. Baden well, both located... |
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| No Safe Ground For Life To Stand On During World's Largest Mass Extinction |
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| Posted by SuzyQue On News/Activism 12/04/2005 7:31:06 AM PST · 49 replies · 1,210+ views ScienceDaily | 12-02-2005 | Imperial College London No Safe Ground For Life To Stand On During World's Largest Mass Extinction The world's largest mass extinction was probably caused by poisonous volcanic gas, according to research published today. |
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Australia & the Pacific |
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| Hobbits May Be Earliest Australians |
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| Posted by blam On News/Activism 12/07/2005 3:01:40 PM PST · 21 replies · 398+ views The Australian | 12-8-2005 | Carmelo Amalfi/Leigh Dayton Hobbits may be earliest Australians Carmelo Amalfi and Leigh Dayton December 08, 2005 THE tiny hobbit-like humans of Indonesia may have lived in Australia before they became extinct about 11,000 years ago. The startling claim comes from archaeologist Mike Morwood, leader of the team that in 2003 uncovered remains of the 1m-tall hominid at Liang Bua cave on Indonesia's Flores island. They believe the pint-size person - known officially as Homo floresiensis and unofficially as the "Hobbit" - was wiped out by a volcanic eruption that spared their Homo sapiens neighbours. Speaking at a public lecture in Perth, Professor Morwood... |
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PreColumbian, Clovis, and PreClovis |
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| Jungle Discovery Opens New Chapter In Maya History |
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| Posted by blam On News/Activism 12/05/2005 11:00:51 AM PST · 46 replies · 997+ views Eureka Alert/University Of Calgary | 12-5-2005 | Gregory Harris Contact: Gregory Harris gharris@ucalgary.ca 403-220-3506 University of Calgary Jungle discovery opens new chapter in Maya historyUniversity of Calgary-led team discovers earliest known portrait of Maya woman A University of Calgary archaeologist and her international team of researchers have discovered the earliest known portrait of a woman that the Maya carved into stone, demonstrating that women held positions of authority very early in Maya history ñ either as queens or patron deities. The discovery was made earlier this year in Guatemala at the site of Naachtun, a Maya city located some 90 kilometres through dense jungle north of the more famous... |
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Thoroughly Modern Miscellany |
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| Beethoven Died From Lead Poisoning |
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| Posted by blam On News/Activism 12/07/2005 3:22:00 PM PST · 33 replies · 777+ views ABC Science News | 12-7-2005 Beethoven died from lead poisoning AgenÁe France-Presse Wednesday, 7 December 2005 Lead poisoning may even have caused Ludwig van Beethoven's deafness (portrait in oil by JK Stieler) (Image: US DOE) Tests on the hair and skull fragments of Ludwig van Beethoven show the legendary 19th century German composer died from lead poisoning, scientists say. Bone fragments from Beethoven's skull had high concentrations of lead, matching an earlier finding of lead in his hair, say researchers at the US Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois. "The finding of elevated lead in Beethoven's skull, along with DNA results indicating authenticity... |
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| Found: Old Wall in New York, and It's Blocking the Subway |
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| Posted by Pharmboy On News/Activism 12/08/2005 3:09:12 AM PST · 71 replies · 1,697+ views NY Times | December 8, 2005 | PATRICK McGEEHAN Metropolitan Transportation AuthorityThe top of an old wall was discovered by workers digging a new subway tunnel under Battery Park. Three weeks after the Metropolitan Transportation Authority started digging a subway tunnel under Battery Park, the project hit a wall. A really old wall. Possibly the oldest wall still standing in Manhattan. It was a 45-foot-long section of a stone wall that archaeologists believe is a remnant of the original battery that protected the Colonial settlement at the southern tip of the island. Depending on which archaeologist you ask, it was built in the 1760's or as long ago... |
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| Killed Long Ago, These Outlaws Refuse to Die |
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| Posted by Antiwar Republican On News/Activism 09/06/2001 8:18:27 AM PDT · 20 replies · 396+ views Wall Street Journal | September 6, 2001 | KARIN WINEGAR Wall Street Journal September 6, 2001 Killed Long Ago, These Outlaws Refuse to Die By KARIN WINEGAR Northfield, Minn. Spurs jingling, duster billowing and a desperado gleam in his eye, Chip DeMann swings back in the saddle this week for his 32d year of robbery during the 125th anniversary of the Northfield, Minn. bank raid. The James-Younger gang's foiled September 7, 1876 bank robbery took seven minutes, triggered the largest manhunt in US history up to that time and launched an enduring national industry in the enjoyment and study of outlawry. The attempt is celebrated as The Defeat of ... |
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