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Treasure of Nimrud Is Found
In Iraq, and It's Spectacular
WALL STREET JOURNAL ^
| Friday, June 6, 2003
| DAVID LUHNOW
Posted on 06/06/2003 9:38:04 AM PDT by presidio9
Edited on 04/22/2004 11:49:05 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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The treasure of Nimrud survived 2,800 years buried near a dusty town in northern Iraq. It then spent 12 years tucked away in a vault. Until Thursday, it was uncertain whether it had survived Saddam Hussein's son, a U.S. missile strike, looters, a flood and a grenade attack. But it has been found intact in the dark, damp basement of a bombed out central bank building.
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KEYWORDS: archaeology; artifacts; found; ggg; godsgravesglyphs; history; iraq; northernfront; treasureofnimrud; vault
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posted on
06/06/2003 4:10:21 PM PDT
by
nutmeg
(USA: Land of the Free - Thanks to the Brave)
To: presidio9
Pacified. Gadzoox.
To: presidio9; Lurking Libertarian
"Nimrud, near the biblical city of Nineveh"
wooooooa!
so the bible was right!
tres cool!
(LL i thought you might find this interesting)
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posted on
06/06/2003 4:13:39 PM PDT
by
ALS
("No, I'm NOT a Professor. But I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night!")
To: BibChr
a "you might be interested in this" bump
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posted on
06/06/2003 4:17:00 PM PDT
by
drlevy88
To: ALS
Thanks for the ping.
To: drlevy88
Indeed I am! Thanks.
Dan
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posted on
06/06/2003 5:20:48 PM PDT
by
BibChr
("...behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD, so what wisdom is in them?" [Jer. 8:9])
To: FairOpinion
good news ping
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posted on
06/06/2003 5:23:21 PM PDT
by
dennisw
To: mil-vet
Before Iran fell to islamic pondscum as the Shah died, I walked the same stones as Esther
in the ancient capital of Persepolis (phonetic spelling). Got lotsa pictures.
After the islamic pondscum took over the country, they destroyed the area, razed the
archeological restoration
That certainly is an under (or un-) reported example of The Religion Of Peace at work.
I've heard/seen Perseopolis (sp?) talked about alot on TV/travel shows as well,
never heard about the Islamics mucking it up after the Shah was pushed out.
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posted on
06/06/2003 5:26:06 PM PDT
by
VOA
To: VOA
I heard about the destruction of the restoration project from some folks who left at the very last moment - this is back in the late 70's, of course.
I have no idea as to the extent of their destructive effort - had to do with the fact that it was one of the Shah's projects and was, therefore, tainted by the devil.
Very sad - it was such a thrill to see the original inscriptions and carvings mentioning Xerxes (phonetic spelling, again - it's been a while - LOL) and such. The whole city had been built by Jewish labor - the way the records were translated, it was like they were contractors rather than slave labor - I guess I should read up on that, but Iran is such a depressing subject.....
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posted on
06/09/2003 8:16:03 AM PDT
by
mil-vet
To: wideminded
The fact is this guy is a recognized authority on the history and archaeology of Alexandria.
I'm aware of the debate surrounding the burning of the library at Alexandria. My point -- to the extent that I ever have a point on FRidays other than getting in a cheap and lighthearted shot -- was to give M. Empereur a dose of his own dismissive medicine.
Perhaps a more serious iteration of my post would have been, M. Empereur's statement that "the stories about him are related by a Christian writer and cannot be trusted" is polemic, not scholarship.
Just adding this to the GGG catalog, not sending a general distribution. Please ping me to other topics which are appropriate for the GGG list. Thanks. Please FREEPMAIL me if you want on, off, or alter the "Gods, Graves, Glyphs" PING list --
Archaeology/Anthropology/Ancient Cultures/Artifacts/Antiquities, etc.
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posted on
07/07/2005 10:42:49 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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