Re: Early Christianity - 18 years ago

Justin F Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Wasn't Osiris resurrected by Isis? No. She manages to get pregnant via magical means. She doesn't resurrect him.

Re: Assyriology Questions - 18 years ago

A few weeks back ... because Chuck Jones moved to Greece.

Flouting the Highway Code in Iron Age Europe - 18 years ago

Apparently the highways of Iron Age Europe were often witness to bouts of dangerous chariot-driving, the main perpetrators being reckless young men ... Plus ça change ... (EKeltoi 5) If you have a slow connection, I'm afraid the download will take rather a long time. However, scroll down to Raimund Karl's English summary on pg. 140 (all the rest is in German).

Excavations at Adichanallur - 18 years ago

These articles, from the magazine "Frontline", describes an Iron-Age urn-burial site in southern Tamil Nadu:

Re: 'Toyota-ization' is Latest Global Threat - 18 years ago

Allan Shumaker Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I doubt that any kind of tire would stop > the problem. Wind and the very rare rain causes > the desert surface to form a stable surface until > an extreme wind starts to move individual > particles of dirt and sand around. Just about any > type of tire (or a camel's hoof for that matter)

Re: Elibron is a POD publisher - 18 years ago

I suppose that one could while away the waiting time by reading these ...

Re: Elibron: useless or what? - 18 years ago

Hmmm ... their name is an anagram of "No liber" ... don't know if this is indicative of anything ...

Re: The "Book of coming forth by Day" - 18 years ago

Re: The "Book of coming forth by Day" - 18 years ago

Katherine Reece Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > My five year old granddaughter ... Jennifer ... > has come to live with us .. she was telling me > this morning that she wants to be a ballerina when > she grows up so she can teach little girls how to > ballerin Well, when you think about it, Jennifer's not so very far off. "Baller

Re: The "Book of coming forth by Day" - 18 years ago

Joanne Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I love dictionaries; they are so useful! I seem to remember you once saying that, if you ever won the lottery, you would buy the complete Oxford English Dictionary! There is this online substitute for those of us whose bank balances can't quite run to that: .

Re: The "Book of coming forth by Day" - 18 years ago

Anthony Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Here, "crowned" can mean "getting bonked on the > head". Ergo, we tend to avoid using it, and have > developed the "coronated" alternative because it > strictly applies to royalty and all that kind of > stuff that we outgrew a few hundred years ago... I keep trying (an

Re: The "Book of coming forth by Day" - 18 years ago

Sue Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- Is "corronated" (sic) as bad as > "conversate"?

Re: The "Book of coming forth by Day" - 18 years ago

Martin Stower Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Anthony Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Pete Clarke Wrote: > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > ----- > > > "Coronated" is a truly horrible word > > > > > > Would you

Re: The "Book of coming forth by Day" - 18 years ago

Pete Clarke Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > "Linguistically impossible" no My dictionary (Chambers) says that "coronated" is an adjective applied to shells with a row of projections around the apex. I've never seen it in a context where it meant "crowned" of a monarch. Perhaps it might be more elegant to say something

European pyramids - 18 years ago

Anthony Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > OH... now the Germans built the pyramids??????? > The Italians did, if you recall ...

Re: Why encode an ancient Greek mistake??? - 18 years ago

Very informative post, Stephen. Thanks.

Re: 'Toyota-ization' is Latest Global Threat - 18 years ago

Allan Shumaker Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > In the deserts of the Middle East the offroad > traffic is probably contributing to increased dust > in the air. On the flat 'plains' you can see tire > tracks going to every point on the compass and you > can see for miles. I suppose it's really beyond the bounds of possibilit

Re: sidenote for Pacal - 18 years ago

Anthony Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > "Entom" = "ANT-om". > > > Bug. Errrmmmm .... "Ent-om" - Ent = tree - bugs live in trees ... "etym-" ... "e-time" - words alter over time ... oh, dear

Re: sidenote for Pacal - 18 years ago

Roxana Cooper Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Personally I'm always getting those two mixed up > too. (You're not alone, Roxana) Maybe the answer is some kind of mnemonic that connects "etym" iwith "words" and "entom" with insects ...

Re: Just a quick note to say... - 18 years ago

John Wall Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Surely this should be on the next MB up ? Maybe the author's being modest ...

Re: Just a quick note to say... - 18 years ago

Hi Merc, Does he get back together with Anne? Is his car going any better? Has he given up smoking? (Has he done anything about tidying his house yet?) Regards, Hermione (PS Does he meet up with any more Greys?)

Re: 'Toyota-ization' is Latest Global Threat - 18 years ago

"The surfaces of deserts are being broken up by four-wheel drive vehicles such as the Toyota Land Cruiser, the Japanese version of the Land Rover and a great favorite with drivers in the Sahel, the dry states to the south of the Sahara, as well as many other challenging places. "The surface disturbance is proceeding at such a rate in Africa, the Middle East and Asia that it is contri

Re: ‘Where Troy once stood’ New edition - 18 years ago

Bart Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > My disproval question had more to > do whether or not you can make me clear this to be > a waste of time. I think the general idea, Bart, is that the theory's supporters are supposed to explain to us why it isn't a waste of time - not the other way around!

Re: ‘Where Troy once stood’ New edition - 18 years ago

Anthony Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Bart Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Hello Hermione, I hope the new > book > > can give you new insights, or a hard > disproval to > > show me. > > > it is the theory's proponent who is > responsible for proving the t

Re: Connecting cultures from the past to the present - 18 years ago

kenuchelover Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- one company even raises > it's sheep ENTIRELY indoors, pampered like hell in > sheds with padded walls. The idea is to raise > them entirely stress free, walking as little as > possible (more metabolic energy to grow wool > with?), and with no sunlight or abrasion or dirt > on the wool. Th

Re: ‘Where Troy once stood’ New edition - 18 years ago

Bart Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Wilkens wants his theory to be discussed, It was.

Re: Connecting cultures from the past to the present - 18 years ago

Stephanie Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- However, modern economy seems to > really be eroding this aspect of their culture. > This year, the wool sheared off of the sheep sold > for 20 cents a pound. It's so bad, according to > Grandma, that she has seen many of her neighbors > not even bothering to shear their sheep. The > demand

LOL! (n/t) - 18 years ago

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Re: Why encode an ancient Greek mistake??? - 18 years ago

These are some modern examples where the artist has intentionally incorporated the Golden Section in his work: Chris Hadcock's "Passcaglia" sculpture on Brighton Beach: The spiral set design by Hayden Griffin for Arthur Miller's "After the Fall" at the Cottesloe (1990): (Finally, Mondrian's "Composition B with Red" (1935) is also said to

Re: Why encode an ancient Greek mistake??? - 18 years ago

Hi Anthony, >If you read the article, you realize that the "golden ratio" has little importance OUTSIDE of a cultural misinformation campaign put forward by numerologists! It isn't some incredibly signficant number (except in some simple geometry about squares and diagonals), and thus the importance of it is all in the mind of the deceived observer. "Having foun