Posted on 01/26/2008 4:43:58 AM PST by SunkenCiv
Archaeologists in northeast Syria have unearthed a 3rd century cemetery in the shape of a cross, the country's official news agency reported Wednesday.
Ten skeletons, along with pottery and coins, were found at the site in Hassaka, 441 miles northeast of the capital Damascus, SANA reported.
Some of the artifacts contained inscriptions in the ancient Aramaic language, it said.
Wednesday's find came a day after SANA reported that archaeologists had found a Roman-era cemetery in Latakia, northwest of Damascus. That cemetery was believed to date back about 1,000 years, SANA said.
Also according to the report, Wednesday's find is not the same as that of another cemetery, of the same era and on the same location, announced last November.
That Roman-era cemetery in this history-rich country were archaeological discoveries are common, was also in the shape of a cross. It was not immediately clear how far from each other the two cemeteries are.
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Cuniform Tablets And Royal Stamp Unearthed In Northeast Syria (+1800BC)
Arabic News | 6-2-2005
Posted on 06/04/2005 2:50:32 PM EDT by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1416512/posts
Syrian Aramaic is the language spoken by Jesus and the Apostles. It is also the liturgical language of the Maronite, Syro-Malankar and Chaldean Catholic Churches. Though the liturgy is now in the local vernacular, the words of consecration are still chanted in that ancient language. It is as close as one can come to being at the Last Supper.
It always amuses me when an archeologist makes a breathless announcement that a ancient cemetery has been found.
Duh! If there weren’t ancient cemeteries, we’d have a huge stack of moldering bones somewhere in every country.
Is there any standard at all within the profession that details where grave robbing ends and academic tomb inspections begin?
Ping!
In a documentary on Egypt, there was a segment about Old Kingdom burials on the Giza plateau. The flake in charge said, “we treat them with great respect, because, they’re people”. Which means of course that they’ll be voting for Hillary in November, if not before.
The fact that it had to be unearthed probably means that it had been destroyed/covered up.
Many many pre Islamic places have been destroyed/sold and of course much Christian humanity have been decimated in the regions where Muslims conquered.
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