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Ancient Greek palace unearthed near Sparta dates back to 17th century BC
The Guardian ^
| August 26th 2015
| Agent France-Presse
Posted on 08/27/2015 1:46:45 PM PDT by the scotsman
Archaeologists discover palace with archaic inscriptions built during the Mycenaean period
'Archaeologists in Greece have discovered the ruins of an ancient palace with important archaic inscriptions dating back to the Mycenaean age, the culture ministry said Tuesday.
The palace, likely built around the 17th-16th centuries BC, had around 10 rooms and was discovered near Sparta in southern Greece.
At the site, archaeologists found objects of worship, clay figurines, a cup adorned with a bull’s head, swords and fragments of murals.'
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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: aghiosvassilios; ancientpalace; archaeology; catastrophism; epidemics; epigraphyandlanguage; godsgravesglyphs; greece; greecepalace; helen; laconia; linearb; menelaus; mycenaean; mycenaeans; pandemics; plagues; sparta; thesniffles; trojanwar; xirokambi
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To: the scotsman
Bull’s head design makes one think of Crete. That area was probably dominated by Crete at the time.
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posted on
08/27/2015 1:50:12 PM PDT
by
yarddog
(Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
To: All
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posted on
08/27/2015 1:58:23 PM PDT
by
stevie_d_64
(I will settle for a "perfectly good, gently used" kidney...Apply within...)
To: the scotsman
The Vapheio tholos tomb near Sparta yielded two gold cups with exquisite depictions of bulls and cows. Whether produced locally or looted from Crete, I don’t know.
To: Verginius Rufus
I hope the moozlum ISIS cretins don’t go there with a bulldozer or a bomb.
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posted on
08/27/2015 2:17:19 PM PDT
by
hal ogen
(First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
To: the scotsman
...fragments of murals.'...From 1,900 years ago?
Thats pretty amazing...
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08/27/2015 2:20:08 PM PDT
by
Popman
(Christ Alone: My Cornerstone...)
To: Popman
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08/27/2015 3:05:59 PM PDT
by
yarddog
(Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
To: the scotsman
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08/27/2015 3:25:50 PM PDT
by
PGalt
To: the scotsman
You would think that all the cool old stuff had been found by now.
A new discovery of an old sunken Spanish ship with gold and jewels etc always strikes me as amazing that it hadn't been found long before.
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08/27/2015 3:33:57 PM PDT
by
corkoman
To: the scotsman
Biblically speaking, about the time of Abraham, give or take a few centuries.
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08/27/2015 4:31:48 PM PDT
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odawg
To: the scotsman
It is amazing that the house seen in the photo is that old. It is in pretty decent shape, may need to update the plumbing, add some paint, should sell in no time.
There is a strange orb nearby. Does it come with the house?..... : )
To: stevie_d_64
"“THIS IS SPARTAAAA!!!”"
From 1985, the Michael Wood 'In Search of the Trojan War' episodes, his visit to this hilltop is in #4 I believe:
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08/30/2015 4:01:23 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW)
To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; decimon; 1010RD; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; ...
Whoops, this came first. Here's my later one:
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08/30/2015 4:01:32 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW)
To: yarddog; SunkenCiv; All
Does anyone know whether the use of a bulls head design started on Crete or the mainland? I would suspect the mainland. We have seen the magnificent art of the cave paintings from 20 and 30 thousand years ago. I’m sure the giant Aurochs which are now extinct figured in the awe in which such beasts were held. Found this Wiki article which has pictures, skeletons, and detailed genetic history of aurochs and modern cattle, and species restoration breeding projects.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurochs
To: gleeaikin
The use of a bull can be seen in prehistoric art (as you mentioned, the cave paintings), but there's no reason that it couldn't have arisen independently each time bulls were introduced. If the image came from the mainland, it seems likely that it came from Anatolia, along with the people who brought it.
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08/31/2015 2:33:25 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW)
To: SunkenCiv; All
Perhaps Anatolia, but if you look at my Wiki post, you will see they are using Celt-Iberian bull stock in some of their rebreeding efforts.
To: the scotsman
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posted on
09/01/2015 9:42:26 AM PDT
by
Altariel
("Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!")
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05/11/2019 12:05:48 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
This topic was posted , thanks the scotsman.
One of *those* topics.
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06/28/2021 12:05:01 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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