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I recieved an e-mail today which ran thus,
"courtesy of this morning's times:
Ancient Statues Found
An uninhabited Greek islet has yielded fragments of ancient statues
near the site of a temple once dedicated to the sun god Apollo, Agence
France-Presse reported. Greek archaeologists found the statues, dating to 750 to
500 B.C., on the islet Despotiko, near the island o
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Yes. what the devil is in the lake? They keep almost telling you about it, and then they get scared that they're giving you information and veer off to some other subject. Most frustrating
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That's awesome. So much stuff has been sitting in the corners of that museum gathering dust since it was built, now we'll get to see that stuff.
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THat's the one! I don't know why, but that particular nursery rhyme always appealled to me.
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Wow. Talk about man's best friend.
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I was born on a Friday. I used to know a little rhyme that was supposed to tell what children born on each of the week would be like, and Friday's was basically all around wonderfullness. I can't remember it now though.
That is a really awesome statue though. What will they do with it now?
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Thanks Dave, I'll look into it. The infuriating part is that I don't know if its a Classical sanctuary! All I know is that it was very recently discovered, it might be for Apollo, and that there is evidence of inhabitants from the bronze age through to Roman times. Anyway, thanks for the link, although I think I may have tried there already.
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In May I will be traveling to Paros and Antiparos Islands in Greece to participate in an archaeological dig on Despotiko. However, this is my first time going to Greece, and indeed my first time traveling out of the country alone. So, if anyone has any advice and/or information on the regions in question I would be very appreciative. Also, having been severely frustrated in my search for archaeol
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For all that I've never much cared for Cleopatra. After all, she managed to lose, and twice at that. And, everyone knows about the great and wonderful Cleopatra, but lets face it, she was of the Ptolemaic dynasty and therefore not actually Egyptian. There are so many more interesting queens from Ancient Egypt, such as Hatshepsut, Queen Tiye, Queen Ahmose-Nefertari, and many many others.
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Like I said I don't know about the rest of the Roman Empire, I'm only studying Pompeii in any archaeological detail right now. But I do know that it didn't noticeably die out in Pompeii.
Its kind of funny. The Pompeii temple of Isis even imported Egyptian priests, and their decoration of the temple was supposed to look 'Egyptian' which worked about as well as modern d
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Wouldn't it be kinda weird for the sphinx to wear both the double crown and the striped head-dress? I always thought it was one or the other
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Um....I dunno about the rest of the Roman empire, but I do know that Isis was in fact worshipped in Pompeii until it was destroyed in AD 79. In fact she had a very large and extremely elaborately decorated temple in the theatre district in Pompeii. Hers was one of the 'Mystery Religions' along with that of Dionysus, Demeter, and many many others. For all I know other places in the Roman
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Awesome, I can't wait to read it! I love paranormal fantasy, but its so hard to find good paranormal stuff.
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What is your book, Shades of Fyre, about? I'm always looking for new reading material, and if it got an award it must be good.
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True, but the finding of this palace complex is full of exciting possibilities. Who knows what they might find? Hey, they might even find evidence to completely disprove the Romulus/Remus myth. Or of course there is the depressing possibility that they may not find anything that contributes to human knowledge at all. But I don't want to contemplate that possibility since it is as I said, dep
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I got 5/8.
I didn't know the storage temperature question because chocolate never lasts long enough in my house to be eaten!
I would also like to personally attest to the efficacy of cocoa butter. It is wonderful stuff, especially for sunburns.
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I have to agree with Warwick. It seems like he just can't win.
Now, what is this 'Valley of the Golden Mummies'? I've never heard of it before, not even a hint.
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Yes, but the date for the founding of Rome has never been certain. Now there's evidence that the 753 BC date that the Romans believed to be the founding date of their city is true. Might not other parts of the myth then be true? Such as the names at least of the founders. Anyway, perhaps they'll find more evidence in this palace. I think it is fascinating.
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I agree with Joanne. I don't understand what kind of tests would prove or disprove the Jason myth.
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True. I've never had the oportunity to try and debunk someone who's written a book, although if I did I'd probobly be more serious about it since if they managed to get a publisher, they deserve at least a little respect, even if the book is nonsense. Most other nonsense-spouters though, I probobly don't care if they're receptive or not if they're spouting true nonse
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What you say has merit Joanne, except that I meant laughing at true nonsense, not just another point of view. I try my hardest to always see other people's side of things, even if I violently disagree. However, some things are so patently nonsense, especially silly old ideas that people keep trying to bring back, like the theory that little green men built the pyramids, that you just have to
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Doug Weller Wrote:
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> Have you got Amerlia Peabody's Egypt? If so, what
> do you think of it?
> I love listening to the books on CD read by
> Barbara Rosenblatt.
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> Doug Weller
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> Director/Moderator The Hall of Ma'at
> Doug's Skeptical Archaeology site:
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That seems to be almost worthy of a Darwin Award for the one guy, since he did in fact remove himself from the gene pool it seems!
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Grrrrr.....its people like that old biddy who contribute to the lack of courtesy and friendly feeling in this country. I mean if yyou have to wonder whether you're gonna get dragged through court for trying to do somthing nice for someone without their having to ask, then it hardly seems worth the effort. grrr.
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Well, that helps some, but now what is Elamite?
This is a whole new world to me. Up till now I've been pretty firmly convinced that Egypt had the earliest great civilization, and I'm steadily resisting being disillusioned. Silly huh?
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Barbara Bajus Wrote:
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> Well, I'm not sure carbon dating can't be done?
> But the dating was determined by Elamite scripts
> found on bricks if I recall correctly.
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> Barbara
On the second site that Simon put up there was a place where you could look at some of the artifacts and they gave a little informa
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Egyptology is a passion for me begun by a series of books. The Amelia Peabody Mysteries kindled a love of all things archaeological and Egyptological in my breast when I was about 14 or so. And now I'm studying to become an Egyptologist like my heroes Amelia and Emerson!
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> I second that, Pete ! Nonsense should be attacked,
> no matter its source. Whether the nonsense comes
> from Randi or from Von Danekin, it is just as
> silly and just as dangerous.
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> While we are on the subject of the Maat site, I
> like this new divided topic set-up. Threads stay
> on the
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