Posted on 04/16/2005 5:01:00 PM PDT by tricky_k_1972
EUREKA! EXTRAORDINARY DISCOVERY UNLOCKS SECRETS OF THE ANCIENTS
Thousands of previously illegible manuscripts containing work by some of the greats of classical literature are being read for the first time using technology which experts believe will unlock the secrets of the ancient world.
If it doesn't tell us who really killed Kennedy then I don't really care. /sarcasm off
what if it's their equivalent of the National Enquirer at that time ? it would be as believable as if 10,000 years from now they found one (Nat. Enq) from present day and realized people worshipped a God named Elvis and he appeared many times after his death, mostly in wedding chapels in Vegas
I saw him at the Bildaburger conference last year talking
with JFK.
Check out post 14 for more info.
The great library of Pompeii is also (slowly) yielding up its treasures, as various imaging techniques are being used to decipher the writing on the rolled-up scrolls that were turned into charcoal by the heat of the volcano. Of course, its unlikely that any complete works will be salvaged, but tantalizing excerpts of various writings have already been gleaned (as seen recently on the History Channel).....
Hopefully not much more than that.
She likes olive oil too! ;-) Mmmmmmmm!
Preparation H?
The "technology" is called "making it up". It is popular with several branches of science these days. It was once referred to as a "S.W.A.G.", but we're far beyond that now. /sarcasm
Metamucil.
Oxyrhynchus? Isn't that what they use to clean skating rinks? [rimshot!] Thanks for the ping.
Oxyrhynchus
http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/egypt/archaeology/sites/oxyrhynchus.html
"Greek and Roman sources describe Oxyrhynchus as an important center for the religion of Christianity, with 12 churches, 10,000 monks, and 20,000 nuns according to one 4th century account. Little remains of the city itself, which is thought to have been destroyed during or after the Arabic invasion around 640 CE. It was later resettled after a period of dormancy and the city of el-Bahnasa still exists on the original site of Oxyrhynchus. Located on the Bahr Yusuf, a branch of the Nile which leads to Lake Moeris, Oxyrhynchus is 160 km south of Cairo."
Lost my way, somewhere there.
Nope, but that's what immediately came to my mind as well. "160 km south of Cairo".
Please FREEPMAIL me if you want on, off, or alter the "Gods, Graves, Glyphs" PING list --
Archaeology/Anthropology/Ancient Cultures/Artifacts/Antiquities, etc.
The GGG Digest -- Gods, Graves, Glyphs (alpha order)
related:
Experts urge race against time to unearth last secrets of Herculaneum s lost library
The Scotsman | Wed 27 Mar 2002 | Tim Cornwell
Posted on 04/03/2002 4:32:14 PM PST by Korth
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/659052/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/659052/posts?page=45#45
Ancient Greek Bronze Fished From Sea Dazzes Italy
Yahoo News/Reuters | 01-04-03 | Estell Shirbon
Posted on 04/01/2003 11:15:04 AM PST by u-89
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/882060/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/882060/posts?page=20#20
Pyrzqxgl!
The "News" at the link sound like a bunch of joke-news.
Jimmy Hoffa.
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