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Why does Zahi keep saying DNA testing on Tut can't lead to anything? Now if he said the mummy's fragil condition precluded taking samples, or that it had been handled so much getting an uncontaminated sample was all but impossible I could buy it by why does he assume Tut's DNA would be useless for scholarly purposes?by Roxana Cooper - Ancient History
Alexander the most temperate of men? I guess it depends on how you define temperance... I think Plutarch is the only ancient source who goes into any real detail as to Alexander's private life - but it's been a while since I read any of the early biographies. Mind you Alexander does seem to have been notably temperate in the sexual line, compared to his father for example. Therby Roxana Cooper - Ancient History
Frankly I wouldn't mind if Alexander's affairs with both sexes were limited onscreen to tender looks and kisses but steamy sex scenes seem positively required these days.by Roxana Cooper - Ancient History
"Alexander is known to have had one male lover in particular, and I think if Oliver Stone incorporates that into his version of Al's life, it is sign of someone trying to get the facts right." That'll be a first for Stone. However as I understand it only a particular form of homosexuality was considered 'normal' in the Greek world: a quasi-mentor relatby Roxana Cooper - Ancient History
Yes, why can't DNA analysis lead to anything? I mean granted we know Tut is Tut but using him as a touchstone we might be able to identify members of his family. eleven of the other royal mummies were tested, why not Tut's since they're going to have him out anyway? Or is it just that due to the carbonization it's unlikely any DNA survives to be extracted?by Roxana Cooper - Ancient History
Darn. Why do they always leave out just the things I want to know??by Roxana Cooper - Ancient History
"although i did notice a significant lack of swastikas in the movie. When schlieman unearthed troy he discovered it everywhere. How else do you think hitler heard of it. Schlieman was a famous pioneering german archaeologist.It's an even older symbol than the egyptian ankh." Regrettably the swastika has been hopelessly tainted by its association with Nazi Germany and so woby Roxana Cooper - Ancient History
Not all. Some very early remains look different from any modern population, others look very much like their modern Indian descendants. Personally I find the Soultrean theory unconvincing, the time gap between them and the Clovis people is a huge objection to my mind. And while the suggestion of early immigrants from Europe is interesting, and not entirely impossible, there is no evidence tby Roxana Cooper - Ancient History
Oh I see. And I agree, the 'historical' Troy and Arthur are gone beyond recall buried under centuries of legend. The best one can do is prune both stories of their more improbable elements and set them in a reasonable historical context - which does not seem to have been done in the case of KA at least. Though the writers deserve credit for including the Sarmatian connection, and Iby Roxana Cooper - Ancient History
I read about a climatologist who went to 'Day After Tomorrow' and had a fine time. It wasn't until he was walking out of the theatre happy and full of popcorn that it hit him: 'Whoah! What the heck was that?!' They call it suspension of disbelief. Sort of like what I do when I watch 'The Mummy'.by Roxana Cooper - Ancient History
Of course. Children are violent little people.by Roxana Cooper - Ancient History
Does she go into more detail about who seems to be related to whom and how? I seem to remember having a look at that book and being disappointed on that score.by Roxana Cooper - Ancient History
I remember the mummy's supposed age being the problem. Since Tiye died during her son's reign, after year 12 I believe, she must have been over forty at the very least - and probably older.by Roxana Cooper - Ancient History
Not the exact title which unfortunately escapes me. This documentary - shown on PBS - is about DNA testing on the mummies of the Pharaohs in Cairo. Of course it didn't go into anything like the kind of detail I'd like. For one thing they seem to have been working with mtDNA and how much use is that when you're dealing with a male line of descent? The scientist doingby Roxana Cooper - Ancient History
We seem to have gotten off the documentary and onto Alexander himself - and understandable shift. I think it was accurate enough as far as it went, but I'm no specialist on the subject of Alexander. Peter Woodward seems to be making a career as a documentary narrator - or whatever they call it. Not that I have any objections, I love his voice.by Roxana Cooper - Ancient History
'Imperialism' was not always considered a Bad Thing. And it's certainly a fair description of Alexander's conquest, not to mention the Persians, the Egyptians, the Babylonians.....by Roxana Cooper - Ancient History
But Egypt was already on the long downslide. If it hadn't been the Greeks it would have been the Persians - same difference. Except the Persians probably wouldn't have built the Library. How much that would have mattered I don't know.by Roxana Cooper - Ancient History
"Sorry but it wasn't most rulers wanted to stay in power only, conquest was something to be done with trepidation , it could get you killed, and even among conquerers it wasn't routine to "kill as many as they could". I note that even among homicidal Assyrian Kings it wasn't routine to kill everyone you could." Funny, the ancient people I know best - thby Roxana Cooper - Ancient History
But they do seem to have preferred Alexander. Heaven knows why.by Roxana Cooper - Ancient History
Cynnara with all due respect the Persian empire wasn't exactly built by non-violent means. Cyrus the Great, a hero of Alexander's, was also a conqueror of no mean accomplishment. My people (the Jews) had reason to be grateful to Cyrus, and we don't seem to have had any problem with Alexander either but his successors proved troublesome.by Roxana Cooper - Ancient History
I saw that!by Roxana Cooper - Ancient History
The Romans weren't purely military. They brought their engineering and organizational skills to their empire building. And to do them credit theirs was perhaps the first empire where subject peoples could achieve equal status with the master race through Roman citizenship.by Roxana Cooper - Ancient History
"Lets see it was routine for kings of the time to conquer the world and massacre hundreds of thousands of people." No. But it was certainly routine for them to conquer as much land and kill as many as they could, all the way back to Sargon the Great. "I could make a very long list of Alexanders atrocities, including his repeated murders of friends for no understandabby Roxana Cooper - Ancient History
Personally I thought they left out a few rather important details; like the fact that Callisthenes and others were implicated in a plot against Alexander's life. And they were obviously following the 'morality tale' version of A's biography, you know; the 'corrupted by soft, oriental ways' thesis. Alexander killed a lot of people, directly and indirectly, whiby Roxana Cooper - Ancient History
Well, considering that it's his own people who want to do this, and that there's some question just how offended or upset Tut himself would be about it... why get riled?by Roxana Cooper - Ancient History
Well at least they were brown skinned, probably tanned by the sun.by Roxana Cooper - Ancient History
So the remote viewer contradicts Sarmast's theory, not exactly impressive scientific evidence. On the other hand Mr. Knowles is absolutely right about there being a whole lot of ruins under and around the mediterranean. If there really are man made structures where S says they are it would be extremely interesting and exciting - but not Atlantis.by Roxana Cooper - Ancient History
If the mummy is slowly cumbusting than it's ultimately doomed anyway, and as I recall the fault lies with the embalmers overuse of resin based ungents which of course is why it was a charred blacked mess stuck inside its coffin when found. Anyway whatever happens to the mummy Tutankhamen's soul is not in any danger. Given the enormous duplication of both his name and his imageby Roxana Cooper - Ancient History
*Cyprus* for pete's sake!!! Take a deep breath and repeat after me; 'There was no Atlantis, Plato made it all up'!!!!by Roxana Cooper - Ancient History
Huh? The tomb itself may very well have been intended for Ay - as it is on much the same scale as that of his possible parents Yuya and Tuya - but I never heard any of the furnishings had belonged to him. However a number of items seem to have come from Neferneferuaten Anhkeperure - aka Smenkhkara - who was probably Tut's brother and immediate predecessor.by Roxana Cooper - Ancient History