Big find.
1 posted on
10/26/2002 12:56:48 PM PDT by
blam
To: LostTribe; RightWhale
Ping.
2 posted on
10/26/2002 12:57:23 PM PDT by
blam
To: blam
Capital City Of Ancient Superpower Discovered
Built by Aliens.....
4 posted on
10/26/2002 1:05:17 PM PDT by
El Sordo
To: RadioAstronomer; longshadow; PatrickHenry; Junior
Interesting archaeological discovery ping!
5 posted on
10/26/2002 1:48:04 PM PDT by
Aracelis
To: blam
>...flourished in the first half of the 6th century BC between the fall of the Assyrian empire and the rise of Persia.
Excellent find. I hope they find more evidence there like the
Assyrian Tablets in the British Museum which were so instrumental in finally nailing down the whereabouts of the Lost Tribes of Israel.
6 posted on
10/26/2002 1:52:26 PM PDT by
LostTribe
To: blam
WOW
To: All
Anybody want to dumb this down for the Historically Challenged?
To: blam
The archaeologists, led by Dr Geoffrey Summers, found the Medes built their western capital, Pteria, on conquered land near the border of their empire. The metropolis was a huge citadel on a 5000ft mountain near what is now the Turkish town of Sorgun. It had four miles of massive stone walls and hundreds of defensive towers. Seven monumental gateways and hundreds of buildings, including an imperial palace, have been found. But not one hole has been excavated. Dr Summers' team used remote sensing and geophysical survey techniques to map the metropolis to an accuracy of 10 centimetres.
Stupid question #46:
If no actual excavation has been done, how do they know it was a Capital city of the Medes? It could be anyone without evidence gathered during excavation of the site.
Along the same lines, without digging, how do they know it is an imperial palace there?
20 posted on
10/27/2002 9:53:11 AM PST by
Mr_Magoo
To: All
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22 posted on
08/04/2004 11:06:57 PM PDT by
SunkenCiv
(Unlike some people, I have a profile. Okay, maybe it's a little large...)
To: blam
23 posted on
08/04/2004 11:09:01 PM PDT by
VOA
To: blam
This find may be of interest to the descendents of the Medes, the Kurds. It may also resurrect that horrible pun, "One man's Mede is another man's Persion." Whoops! It just did!
To: Axiom Nine
25 posted on
08/04/2004 11:30:28 PM PDT by
pax_et_bonum
(Sometimes these brain cells have a mind of their own.)
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