>>>Oh, and Chris, your comment, " ... The fact the Pleids is very close to the ecliptic makes it visible almost year round ... " is in error. Year-round visiblity requires a star (or group of stars) to be near the poles, i.e. the nearer the ecliptic the longer it wll be out of view during a calendar year.
Yes you are right. I dont know why I put down year-round visibility!
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I loved 99.
Have a good weekend all!
As usual I leave Ma'at a little more skeptical than when I entered.
Ciao
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Ancient History
Joanne,
If I told you we had DNA samples taken from the disk...whould you still say we dont know who these people were?
Im sorry...I'm a terrible Maxwell Smart.
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Nevermind my question about the moon Joanne...LOL.
Its OBVIOUSLY an eclipes.
I was just reading this from
The theme of a solar boat - with reasonable certainty - has not been borrowed from Egypt, Sumer or the Mediterranean, as has been alleged by some commentators. Northern European cultures also were familiar with the concept of a solar boat. The Baltic folk songs known as the Latvian
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Joanne,
But we do know that the Pleides were important.
I tend to lean tward the thight group of seven stars(on the dick) representing the Pleides.
Do you agree that the half moon looking thing is the moon?
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Joanne,
I thought I may have been off with the Iliad. Homer is thought not to be the author..but the recorder. The origins of the Iliad are now being set as far back as 6th century BC.
>>People living in central Europe would create an object that reflected their culture, religion, history, mythology, whatever.
I agree. The Pleiads were important. The fact the the Pleids is very clo
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Pete,
True enough...here when the butter cups bloom spring is here. The walnut trees loose there leave first at the end of summer. We all see the days lengthen and shorten.
So why have a calendar at all? Its those special "exact" days we need to keep track off ...ie anniversaries.
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Ancient History
Joanne,
I somewhat agree about the disk being art. Perhaps the creator had heard the stories of The Iliad. Great heavily symbols Sun, Moon Pleiads.
"First he shaped the shield so great and strong, adorning it all over
and binding it round with a gleaming circuit in three layers; and
the baldric was made of silver. He made the shield in five
thicknesses, and with many a wonder did hi
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"The two gold bands represent exactly an angle of 82,5° - this is the circle of the daily period pass through sunrise and sunset from 21 June to 21 December in Central Germany."
If the shield were to have a fixed resting place...then yes this could be a calendar... but more like a clock (sundial).
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"The intercalary month was inserted when what they saw in the sky corresponded to the map on the disc they were holding in their hands."
I thought that was really funny with the picture of the guy holding the disk upside down.
LOL!
I do however agree with the clock theory. The side bands (one missing) were added later the measure the positions of the sun rise and and sun set.
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...next time say "quoting scripture" instead of the "B" word.
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A.
Several versions of the Bible in years past have had the Book of Enoch.
...and then there are passages in the Bible that quote from the Book of Enoch.
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Humanities
Bernard,
San Pedro cactus is also used to make tea...and is also used in Chavin today.
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>>The tubes and evidence of hallucinogenic drug use were found at Caral.
Kat...doesnt Chavin predate Caral? I was thinking that the Caral drug cult ideas migrated from Chavin.
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Chavin is indeed unique. I believe they used the San Pedro cactus as a hallucinogen...and was thinking the the hollow tubes you mentioned was for sometype of tabacco coctail they poured into the nose.
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Hmmm....Modern you say.
I think its the site of Beckham's temple.
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Greg,
Did the AE use obelisks for goals on that soccer field?
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Congrats Garret!
I was wondering what you were up to.
...congrats to Kat too!
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Yup..you missed it.
Archaeologists believe the ship dates back to the second period of the Song Dynasty (1127-1279). At 25 metres (83ft) long and 10 metres (33ft) wide, it is the largest cargo ship from that golden period of Chinese merchant history discovered so far.
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Ancient History
From my personal experience the best thing is the shovel and the "revenge trap".
Actually get several revenge traps. Mothballs work too...but here were back to chemicals.
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Kat...on further review...the chewing gum trick is an urban legand.
...as are most of the other home remidies.
You have to get REAL nasty with moles.
The best thing I found was to take a shovel and go watch your yard in the middle of the day. With a little practice you'll be mole free.
Its either that or chemicals.
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Ancient History
"They destroy the place by digging tunnels everywhere and there's nothing I can do to stop them. I hate them."
That poor man.
Should we tell him the chewing gum trick?
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Ancient History
The pic they show doesnt show the white cross (to little).
See here:
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Hooray!...Firing up the ol Yule log tonight!
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>>How did I miss that?
It was...err....pre-coded?
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Your right Kat. The camera could not turn.
I small challenge (IMO).
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You left out the Book of Morman.
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What kills me is WHY OH WHY didnt they photograph the back side of the plug in the south "airshaft." (once they drilled through)
This would have shed some light on what the "handles" were for.
I really dont get that.
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