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The Lost City: A discovery in the desert could rewrite the history of ancient Egypt
Yale Alumni Magazine ^
| September/October 2010
| Heather Pringle
Posted on 08/28/2010 4:55:35 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
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08/28/2010 4:55:38 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 21twelve; 240B; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; 31R1O; 3AngelaD; ..
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08/28/2010 4:57:40 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Democratic Underground... matters are worse, as their latest fund drive has come up short...)
To: SunkenCiv
” “Baking was done on a rather massive scale at Umm Mawagir,” says Darnell. To understand why, he and his team dug up part of the bakery, exposing an area roughly the size of a small bedroom. As they brushed away a matrix of ash and sand, the excavators discovered further dense layers of broken ceramic moldsnearly half a ton of pottery in an area just four meters by four meters square, a quantity that astonished Darnell. Some molds were large and circular in shape, suitable for single loaves; most were double “cupcake” molds, similar in style to the baking tins modern Egyptians use for making certain sweetened breads. In addition, the team found two large baking ovens, a stone mortar for husking grain, and an assortment of stones for grinding flour.”
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posted on
08/28/2010 5:01:38 AM PDT
by
nmh
(Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
To: nmh
Uh-oh, maybe this is the same as this week’s other story about an oasis town after all...
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posted on
08/28/2010 5:37:31 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Democratic Underground... matters are worse, as their latest fund drive has come up short...)
To: SunkenCiv
We’re not done discovering the secrets of the past just yet.
Sure wish they’d show pictures of the digs. That’s my favorite part.
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posted on
08/28/2010 5:47:24 AM PDT
by
TheOldLady
(Pablo is very wily.)
To: SunkenCiv
Lost city threads are useless without pictures.
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08/28/2010 5:52:34 AM PDT
by
MrEdd
(Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
To: MrEdd
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posted on
08/28/2010 5:54:13 AM PDT
by
downwdims
(It does not take a majority to prevail... but rather an irate, tireless minority)
To: MrEdd
Yeah, but pictures of bread pans don’t especially turn me on. I like your pic better, because I can speculate like some archeologists that:
“the volume of broken pottery bread pans stored in such a small area conclusively indicates that they were used in a religious ritual, probably a fight to the death between beautiful virgins over whether to bake date bread or whole wheat.”
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08/28/2010 6:11:13 AM PDT
by
wildbill
(You're just jealous because the Voices talk only to me.)
To: SunkenCiv
Most Egyptologists had flatly dismissed the statement, believing, says Deborah Darnell, that "pharaonic Egyptians had not the technological ability or knowledge to exploit the water resources in Kharga Oasis." But the string of Middle Kingdom outposts lying along the Girga Road suggested otherwise. I love it when that happens! :)
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08/28/2010 6:17:43 AM PDT
by
maryz
To: wildbill
![](http://free.art.pl/tadzio/patricia_velasquez_the_mummy_0010.jpg)
I want my "mummy".
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posted on
08/28/2010 6:18:41 AM PDT
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.)
To: SunkenCiv
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08/28/2010 6:43:50 AM PDT
by
Fred Nerks
(clinic!)
To: Fred Nerks
the HyksosAny more info about these folks? I see where they were from "Asia".
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posted on
08/28/2010 6:52:46 AM PDT
by
csvset
To: csvset
I’ve read that they are from Asia (minor) Anatolia or present day Turkey. Some have speculated fair hair and skin.
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08/28/2010 7:25:00 AM PDT
by
Doulos1
(Bitter Clinger Forever)
To: SunkenCiv
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08/28/2010 9:04:00 AM PDT
by
blam
To: csvset
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posted on
08/28/2010 3:28:32 PM PDT
by
Fred Nerks
(clinic!)
To: Fred Nerks
Thanks. Interesting stuff. Floods in Saudi Arabia ? Climate Change ! /s
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08/28/2010 3:36:04 PM PDT
by
csvset
To: csvset
that’s nothing! I remember when me and my cousin Paul were lumberjacks in the Sahara Forest. He was always the runt of the family and he had problems with his feet so people called him Paul Bunyan.
Anyways, I remember this one weekend when I realized that we weren’t gonna be able to sell our logs from Cyrene up in Brittania, so I dug this ditch thru by a big rock so that I could connect what the Romans would later call the Mediterranean Lake to the Atlantic Ocean. I didn’t realize that my digging would cause that big ole city to sink and whatnot...I just needed a way to float my logs up to Brittania.
That reminds me! I remember this one time when me and Paul took a couple of days off and we went fishin in the Mediterranean Lake. You wouldn’t believe the size of this fish we caught! It was so big, that when we pulled it on shore, and opened it up, we found a guy inside! Can’t remember what his name was now...Johann or Jonas or something like that.
Paul always had this big dumb blue ox but I had a pet camel. His name was Charlie. I remember this one time when Charlie was really thirsty and took a big ole drink from the Nile. Those Egyptians were so mad when the river ran dry on them for four months. I don’t get it...I told them I was sorry...
Do y’all think our clear-cutting of the Sahara Forest had anything to do with making that desert?
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08/28/2010 8:05:46 PM PDT
by
stefanbatory
(Insert witty tagline here)
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01/08/2016 4:17:24 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
Prehistoric Sahara topics, chrono:
- Scientists Explore Lakefront Property, in the Sahara
The New York Times | January 27, 2004 | Brenda Fowler
Posted on 02/01/2004 1:36:28 PM PST by sarcasm - Oldest Jewelry? "Beads" Discovered in African Cave
National Geographic News | April 15, 2004 | Hillary Mayell
Posted on 04/16/2004 8:58:13 AM PDT by balrog666 - Prehistoric Desert Town Found In Western Sahara (15,000 Years Old)
Reuters | 8-19-2004 | Reuters
Posted on 08/20/2004 9:10:09 AM PDT by blam - Scientists Find Fossil Proof Of Egypt's Ancient Climate
Washington University At St Louis | 2-2-2005 | Tony Fitzpatrick
Posted on 02/03/2005 11:54:52 PM EST by blam - Stone Age Cemetery, Artifacts Unearthed In Sahara
National Geographic | Brian Hanwerk
Posted on 10/23/2005 4:56:10 PM PDT by blam - Ancient lakes of the Sahara
Innovations Report | Jan 19, 2006 | University of Reading
Posted on 01/21/2006 7:14:03 AM EST by Tyche - Adventurer crosses sands that conquered a king
The Times Online | Jan 28, 2006 | Martin Penner
Posted on 01/27/2006 11:33:56 PM PST by Tyche - Huge Crater Found in Egypt - Kebira
Space.com | 3/3/06 | Robert Roy Britt
Posted on 03/03/2006 8:58:45 PM PST by NormsRevenge - Egyptologists' palm nearly extinct.
newscientist | 3 6
Posted on 06/06/2006 8:53:33 AM PDT by S0122017 - King Tut's Necklace Shaped By Fireball
The Australian | 6-26-2006
Posted on 06/26/2006 7:32:58 PM EDT by blam - Tut's gem hints at space impact
bbc | Last Updated: Wednesday, 19 July 2006, 19:09 GMT 20:09 UK
Posted on 07/20/2006 8:48:59 AM EDT by BenLurkin - Sahara Desert Was Once Lush and Populated
LiveScience | 20 July 2006 | Bjorn Carey
Posted on 07/20/2006 3:55:53 PM PDT by Marius3188 - Exodus From Drying Sahara Gave Rise to Pharaohs, Study Says
National Geographic News | July 20, 2006 | Sean Markey (no funky bunch)
Posted on 07/22/2006 6:34:42 PM PDT by SunkenCiv - Dying Trade Of The Sahara Camel Trade
BBC | 10-22-2006 | John Pilkington
Posted on 10/22/2006 3:19:43 PM PDT by blam - Mysterious Egyptian Glass Formed By Meteorite Strike, Study Says
National Geographic | 12-21-2006 | Stefan Lovgren
Posted on 12/22/2006 2:19:39 PM EST by blam - Egypt's Oldest Known Art Identified, Is 15,000 Years Old
National Geographic | 7-11-2007 | Dan Morrison
Posted on 07/13/2007 8:12:36 AM PDT by blam - Cray Supercomputer... Discover Origin Of Mysterious Glass Found In King Tut's Tomb
Macroworld Investor | 7-31-2007
Posted on 08/02/2007 10:47:08 AM PDT by blam - Ruins of 7,000-year-old city found in Egypt oasis
Source: ABC (Australia) | January 30, 2008 - 9:47AM | U/A
Posted on 01/29/2008 9:36:38 PM PST by Fred Nerks - UN vandals spray graffiti on Sahara's prehistoric art
Times Online (UK) | January 31 2008 | Dalya Alberge
Posted on 01/31/2008 3:47:29 AM PST by knighthawk - Egypt's Earliest Agricultural Settlement Unearthed
Science Daily | 2-15-2008 | University of California - Los Angeles
Posted on 02/15/2008 2:27:15 PM PST by blam - The Tassili n'Ajjer [Algeria] : birthplace of ancient Egypt ?
Journal 3 | 04-05-08 | Phillip Coppens
Posted on 04/05/2008 4:08:59 PM PDT by Renfield - Sahara dried out slowly, not abruptly: study
Reuters | Thu May 8, 2008 2:10pm EDT | Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent
Posted on 05/08/2008 2:12:41 PM PDT by suthener - Once Lush Sahara Dried Up Over Millennia, Study Says
National Geographic News | 5-8-2008 | James Owen
Posted on 05/08/2008 7:08:12 PM PDT by blam - In Search Of The Lost Sahara
eitb24.com | 5-15-2008
Posted on 05/18/2008 7:00:06 PM PDT by blam - US scientists find stone age burial ground in Sahara
AFP | Aug 14, 2008 | Jean-Louis Santini
Posted on 08/14/2008 12:40:47 PM PDT by decimon - Graves Found From Sahara's Green Period
NYT | 08/15/08 | John Noble Wilford
Posted on 08/15/2008 1:06:10 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster - Graves Found From Sahara's Green Period
New York Times Science | August 15, 2008 | John Noble Wilford
Posted on 09/15/2008 4:21:39 PM PDT by Fred Nerks - Lost Civilization Discovered in Sahara Desert
Fox News | November 08, 2011 | LiveScience
Posted on 11/08/2011 5:37:12 PM PST by Pan_Yan
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11/21/2017 7:51:59 AM PST
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SunkenCiv
(www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
To: SunkenCiv
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11/21/2017 7:56:34 AM PST
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Daffynition
(The New PTSD: PRESIDENT-Trump Stress Disorder - The LSN didnÂ’t make Trump, so they can't break him)
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