Tuscany's Excalibur Is The Real Thing, Say Scientists

The Observer ^ | 9-16-2001 | Rory Carroll

[blam]

Yes, try these:

Exodus to Arthur, Mike Baillie

Catastrophe, David Keyes

There's another by Clube & Napier but I can't remember the title. All were published within the last couple of years. All good reading.

[MHGinTN]

Catastrophe, David Keyes ... As I recall, wasn't the event a meteor that hit around the Indonesian area? Or was that the one heard by the Chinese in 1000?

[PrivacyChampion]

I know a little about the Arthurian legend. My wife knows a great deal about it. There are differing dates and differing interpretations of the legend. But, I have a twist...I've been told that there were many in Britain during the WWII that believed that Winston Churchill was King Arthur reincarnated. This is based on the part of the legend that said that in Britain's darkest hour, King Arthur would return to lead and defend her. This is a standing part of the legend. At Britain's darkest hour, King Arthus will return and defend her. Maybe the same could be said for George Washington, Maybe Dubya is George Washington reincarnated. LOL

[blam]

"..wasn't the event a meteor that hit around the Indonesian area? Or was that the one heard by the Chinese in 1000?"

Sorry, I read so much that I can't keep them all straight.

[blam]

Now you have me wondering what the legend will 'sound' like 2000 years from now. Hmmm

[chantal7]

I have heard that between 900 AD and the 1700's-1800's Europe was in a mini ice age. It probably could have started as early as mid 500 AD. I didn't pay much attention to the exact starting date...I was more surprised by the ending date being so close to our times.

Krakatoa erupted some time in there too. The whole world supposedly had no sun for about 3 days and there was snow in the summers due to the particles blocking out the heat of the sun, making the average earth temperature much cooler for a while.

[blam]

I think you have three different incidents/times involved. All those did happen though.

[XBob]

shame on you, blam, posting this very interesting history among all this poppycock.

[chantal7]

yeah, Krakatoa happened in the 1700-1800's, I believe but that was also about the time that the mini ice age ended.

[blam]

Krakatau

The renowned Krakatau volcano lies in the Sunda Strait between Java and Sumatra. Caldera collapse, perhaps in 416 AD, destroyed the ancestral Krakatau edifice, forming a 7-kilometer-wide caldera. Remnants of this volcano formed Verlaten and Lang Islands; subsequently Rakata, Danan and Perbuwatan volcanoes were formed, coalescing to create the pre-1883 Krakatau Island. Caldera collapse during the catastrophic 1883 eruption destroyed Danan and Perbuwatan volcanoes, and left only a remnant of Rakata volcano. The post-collapse cone of Anak Krakatau (Child of Krakatau), constructed within the 1883 caldera at a point between the former cones of Danan and Perbuwatan, has been the site of frequent eruptions since 1927.

The 1883 eruption caused what became to be known at the year without summer. It snowed in New England in July.

[rightofrush]

. The tree rings, worldwide, indicate a serious temporary climate change at exactly that period. I think a comet or comet fragment plunged into the Celtic Sea in 540AD.

This could account for the "the sky is falling, the sky is falling" line that occurs in Celtic folk tales.

[blam]

"This could account for the "the sky is falling, the sky is falling" line that occurs in Celtic folk tales"

Damn, I like that. I really, really like that. Most people are unaware of how many things in our language/culture have ancient origins. When in Rome, do as the Romans.

[bert]

There are lots of books and lots of scholarly disagreememt, but the best I have seen is "The Holy Grail" by Malcom Godwin. It has excerpts fom all of the major grail writers.

Another is "The Holy Grail" by Norma Lorre Goodrich. It has lots of good stuff including a chapter on Don Quixote who had a grail encounter.

We need a grail discussion site.

[rightofrush]

Thank you for your kind #32.
One a similar vein, I've found the Picts enigmatic as well as facinating. I've read that the reason for the blue paint was that they considered themselves "sky people". I guess that they were a Celtic people, as they did not war with the Scots that came from Ireland and settled in Argyll.<p.Do you know of any references?

[seams2me]

the swallow may seek warmer climes in winter, yet these are not strangers to our shores.....

[chantal7]

yes, thanks :)) that's the one I remember reading about, the 1883 one.

I am bad about reading everything I can get my hands on..only remembering the concept or idea but not the details. I had a teacher once tell me that the ideas and concepts were what one should keep in their head, the details were in the book to look up. I haven't really felt very well so I didn't go to look up the exact date. :)) Thanks!! :))

[VaBthang4]

What's the phrase I am looking for...?

Oh yeah...

"GET A LIFE!

Yeah, that's the one.

[blam]

Screw you, dumb s#it!

[SunkenCiv]

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