Posted on 04/03/2002 4:32:14 PM PST by Korth
Your comment reveals a profound ignorance of how ancient ideas have affected modern thought, religious and secular -- and hence affected the moral and political ideas and intitutions which constitute our modern world. The foundations of mathematics, formal logic, music theory, political theory and, of course, philosophy, are contained in the ancient world. Not to mention the emergence of drama, painting and sculpture as mature art forms. In addition, the library may contain manuscripts shedding new light on the origins, practices and beliefs of ancient Christianity.
"The proper study of Man is man." -- Francis Bacon
"Know thyself." -- Socrates
God bless our great private charitable foundations, and God bless Western civilization. Don't expect the UN to weigh in with a truck load of cash for this project, they are too busy blaming the West for everything.
Where is Bill Gates...? He really ought to cut loose some serious cash to expedite this project, but I believe his charitable conscience is under the strict influence of liberal guilt-mongerers, not anyone interested in promoting and preserving those ideas that have given form and substance to the civilization we too often take for granted.
Other than that, once you've read a good Epic story like Virgil's, The Aneid, you've read 'em all. :))
Get your goat yet?? :))
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Experts urge race against time to unearth last secrets of Herculaneum s lost library ^
Posted by Korth
On News/Activism ^ 04/03/2002 4:32:14 PM PST · 43 replies · 360+ views
The Scotsman ^ | Wed 27 Mar 2002 | Tim Cornwell
CUT OFF by a muddy pool fed by an ancient river, close to the bottom of an excavation 30 metres deep, archaeologists exploring a villa buried by the eruption of Vesuvius in AD79 have found two great doors of carbonised wood. Behind them could lie a lost treasure trove of Roman scrolls, scholars say, part of the celebrated lost library of the Villa of the Papyri. However, a unique chance to recover great classical masterpieces, lost to humanity for 2,000 years, could fall victim to flooding or a new blast from the volcano Vesuvius, they warn. The leading names of...
Herculean task for modern scholars - More on the Discovered Roman Literature being unearthed. ^
Posted by vannrox
On News/Activism ^ 04/05/2002 3:43:19 PM PST · 39 replies · 239+ views
The UK Times ^ | April 05, 2002 | By Robert Fowler
Herculean task for modern scholars By Robert Fowler ALMOST all the texts we have of the ancient classics derive from generations of scribal copies, separated by many centuries from the originals. Most works of classical literature -- some 90 per cent -- were not even lucky enough to be copied and survive into modern times. Very occasionally, the archaeologistís spade turns up fragments of books written in antiquity itself, allowing us direct access to lost works and what the ancients said. Some celebrated sites, such as Oxyrhynchus in Egypt, have yielded up splendid finds. Yet strangely, the most spectacular of...
Ancient Greek Bronze Fished From Sea Dazzes Italy ^
Posted by u-89
On News/Activism ^ 04/01/2003 11:15:04 AM PST · 32 replies · 1,099+ views
Yahoo News/Reuters ^ | 01-04-03 | Estell Shirbon
Ancient Greek Bronze Fished from Sea Dazzles Italy By Estelle Shirbon ROME (Reuters) - Italy unveiled an ancient Greek bronze statue of a dancing satyr on Tuesday, five years after Sicilian fishermen dragged it from the Mediterranean seabed in one of the most important marine archaeological finds ever. The 2,500-year-old satyr went on public display inside Italy's parliament in Rome, where it will spend two months before being moved to a permanent home in Mazara del Vallo, the fishing village in western Sicily nearest to where it was found. "The sea has given us back an extraordinary heirloom of our...
Focus: The search for the lost library of Rome ^
Posted by RightWingAtheist
On News/Activism ^ 01/23/2005 11:33:31 AM PST · 44 replies · 994+ views
The Sunday Times (UK) ^ | January 23 2005 | Robert Harris
Even in our age of hyperbole, it would be hard to exaggerate the significance of what is at stake here: nothing less than the lost intellectual inheritance of western civilisation Down a side street in the seedy Italian town of Ercolano, wafted by the scent of uncollected rubbish and the fumes of passing motor-scooters, lies a waterlogged hole. A track leads from it to a high fence and a locked gate. Dogs defecate in the undergrowth where addicts discard their needles. Peering into the dark, stagnant water it is hard to imagine that this was once one of the greatest...
Focus: The search for the lost library of Rome ^
Posted by snarks_when_bored
On News/Activism ^ 02/01/2005 10:08:49 AM PST · 25 replies · 868+ views
Times Online (U.K.) ^ | January 23, 2005 | Robert Harris
Focus: The search for the lost library of RomeRobert HarrisEven in our age of hyperbole, it would be hard to exaggerate the significance of what is at stake here: nothing less than the lost intellectual inheritance of western civilisation Down a side street in the seedy Italian town of Ercolano, wafted by the scent of uncollected rubbish and the fumes of passing motor-scooters, lies a waterlogged hole. A track leads from it to a high fence and a locked gate. Dogs defecate in the undergrowth where addicts discard their needles. Peering into the dark, stagnant water it is hard to...
Millionaire to fund dig for lost Roman library [Villa of the Papyri] ^
Posted by Mike Fieschko
On News/Activism ^ 02/14/2005 7:42:21 AM PST · 15 replies · 213+ views
The Times [London, UK] ^ | Feb 13, 2005 | Nick Fielding
A PHILANTHROPIST has stepped forward to fund excavations at the ancient city of Herculaneum in Italy, where scholars believe a Roman library lies buried beneath 90ft of lava from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD79. David W Packard, whose family helped to found the Hewlett-Packard computer company, is concerned that the site may be poorly conserved or that excavation of the library may not continue unless he underwrites the work. Herculaneum, south of present-day Naples, was buried by the same eruption that destroyed nearby Pompeii. ìIt is hard to imagine anything more exciting than excavating at Herculaneum,î said Packard,...
Do you have Claudius' history of the Etruscans? Shhhhhhhhhh!!!!
"Most have turned out to be works of Greek philosophy, including writings of Epicurus missing for more than 2,000 years."
Interesting claim, since the eruption was in 79 AD, and other copies must have been available somewhere in the Empire. File this message under "minor quibbles".
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