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EXTRAORDINARY DISCOVERY UNLOCKS SECRETS OF THE ANCIENTS
The Scotsman ^
| Sat 16 Apr 2005
| (Drudgereport.com) Scotsman.com
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.
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Philosophy; Technical
KEYWORDS: archaeology; egypt; epigraphyandlanguage; ggg; godsgravesglyphs; history; imageanalysis; infrared; oxyrhynchus; oxyrhynchuspapyri
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As Drudge says, more to follow.
To: tricky_k_1972
does it say who's buried in Grant's Tomb ?
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posted on
04/16/2005 5:03:19 PM PDT
by
kingattax
To: kingattax
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posted on
04/16/2005 5:04:04 PM PDT
by
tricky_k_1972
(Putting on Tinfoil hat and heading for the bomb shelter.)
To: tricky_k_1972
Did Geraldo have anything to do with this?
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posted on
04/16/2005 5:04:58 PM PDT
by
Scothia
(If you pray for rain, prepare to deal with some mud.)
To: tricky_k_1972
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posted on
04/16/2005 5:05:52 PM PDT
by
Old Sarge
(In for a penny, in for a pound, saddlin' up and Baghdad-bound!)
To: tricky_k_1972
Wan't that Lincoln?
It wasn't Lincoln, I'll grant you that.
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posted on
04/16/2005 5:06:06 PM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: tricky_k_1972
Someone has discovered type?
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posted on
04/16/2005 5:06:37 PM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: Scothia
Well thats not nice, after all he did find out where our troops were, and pulicize it, on national television, so he's not always wrong.
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posted on
04/16/2005 5:07:33 PM PDT
by
tricky_k_1972
(Putting on Tinfoil hat and heading for the bomb shelter.)
To: tricky_k_1972
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posted on
04/16/2005 5:07:58 PM PDT
by
tiredoflaundry
(If you want to have a good time, you have to have a good watch!)
To: tet68
Ya, but it wasn't Dan Rather at cBS.
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posted on
04/16/2005 5:08:35 PM PDT
by
tricky_k_1972
(Putting on Tinfoil hat and heading for the bomb shelter.)
To: tet68
That's not punny, oh wait, I guess it is. Bad bad bad tet68.
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posted on
04/16/2005 5:11:40 PM PDT
by
tricky_k_1972
(Putting on Tinfoil hat and heading for the bomb shelter.)
To: tet68
Shhhhh !
Don't anyone repeat this secret formula:
"Magic words of poof,poof,piffles
Make me just as small as Sniffles !"
It didn't WORK ?
OK: Try this one:
SHAZAAM !!
No,huh ?
Maybe we could get Mr. Mixtplx to say his name backwards ...
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04/16/2005 5:13:28 PM PDT
by
genefromjersey
(So much to flame;so little time !)
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posted on
04/16/2005 5:14:30 PM PDT
by
PatrickHenry
(<-- Click on my name. The List-O-Links for evolution threads is at my freeper homepage.)
To: All
Ok here is more.
Eureka! Extraordinary discovery unlocks secrets of the ancients
By David Keys and Nicholas Pyke
17 April 2005
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.
Among treasures already discovered by a team from Oxford University are previously unseen writings by classical giants including Sophocles, Euripides and Hesiod. Invisible under ordinary light, the faded ink comes clearly into view when placed under infra-red light, using techniques developed from satellite imaging.
The Oxford documents form part of the great papyrus hoard salvaged from an ancient rubbish dump in the Graeco-Egyptian town of Oxyrhynchus more than a century ago. The thousands of remaining documents, which will be analysed over the next decade, are expected to include works by Ovid and Aeschylus, plus a series of Christian gospels which have been lost for up to 2,000 years.
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posted on
04/16/2005 5:15:58 PM PDT
by
tricky_k_1972
(Putting on Tinfoil hat and heading for the bomb shelter.)
To: tricky_k_1972
I hear the ancient's main secret was 'always use olive oil.'
It's worked for me!!!
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posted on
04/16/2005 5:17:15 PM PDT
by
HitmanLV
To: PatrickHenry
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posted on
04/16/2005 5:17:47 PM PDT
by
js1138
(There are 10 kinds of people: those who read binary, and those who don't.)
To: HitmanNY
"It's worked for me!!!"
Yeah, but what does your wife say.
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posted on
04/16/2005 5:18:55 PM PDT
by
Socratic
(Ignorant and free? It's not to be. - T. Jefferson (paraphrase))
To: tricky_k_1972
"SECRETS OF THE ANCIENTS"
Is this an EVLO find??? Just how 'ancient' are we talking, pre-Adam????
To: Admin Moderator
Can I get post 14 added to the intro, thanks.
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posted on
04/16/2005 5:21:08 PM PDT
by
tricky_k_1972
(Putting on Tinfoil hat and heading for the bomb shelter.)
To: js1138
Thanks. I had missed that thread.
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posted on
04/16/2005 5:23:57 PM PDT
by
PatrickHenry
(<-- Click on my name. The List-O-Links for evolution threads is at my freeper homepage.)
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