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C. Loggy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > How can these ruins be classified as the remains > of an ancient civilization when they've found no > writing. Isn't that a prerequisite for > civilization? Am I misunderstanding something > here? Well: at one time in the late 1960), it was suggested (by Kuhn) that, to meet the criteria ofby Hermione - Ancient History
bernard Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I looked at your wikipedia article and there > are some serious errors in it. Yes - it's just this sort of thing that makes me very unwilling to use Wikipedia.by Hermione - Coffee Shop
Pete Clarke Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I still think it's outrageous to exhume bodies > simply to get at the data (and thaqt holds true > for all archaeological excavations, not just > recent Christian ones). > > Sometimes bodies have to be exhumed to protect > them for development, etc. but this is beyond the > pale. Itby Hermione - Humanities
Anthony wrote: >The overall impact of fundamentalism is declining Are you quite sure about this, Ant?! Despite the wireless-waves graph, it doesn't look much like it from this side of the pond ...by Hermione - Ancient History
Anthony wrote: >Any ideas on who this "King of Bling" could be? Apparently his name might have been "Sabert" ... (http://www.channel4.com/history/timeteam/2005_bling_king.html).by Hermione - Ancient History
RickB Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- Nobody could figure > out how the walls were built, since the technology > was long lost and forgotten. So they said a long > lost race of giants had built the walls, the giant > race in particular was the one eyed Cyclops, from > which we get the term "Cyclopean walls". This has some more iby Hermione - Ancient History
Doug Weller Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I don't think many archaeologists would accept > that definition. > I think you need a class structure, for a start, > cities (public buildings etc are needed here). Not > necessarily writing. Well, I first came across the definition about fifteen years ago, in an archaeology class. However,by Hermione - Ancient History
Doug Weller Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > civilization, a word which I would > guess has been inserted into the story by a > reporter. It just is not evidence of a > civilization, anymore than Çatalhöyük is. Well, the word appears several times in the two articles under David Keys' and Cahal Milmo's by-lines ... unless they wrote sby Hermione - Ancient History
John Wall Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > A good - and entertaining - book I'd recommend is > Steven Mithen's "After the Ice". This guy's an > academic but he can really tell a good story I've been meaning to read that for ages ... (Is your copy signed, BTW ?!)by Hermione - Ancient History
John Wall Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > I wonder if he got it ? Yes - Prema's post said that he did, "because he was so honest and funny"! (Although he's probably wasted on McDonald's ... )by Hermione - Coffee Shop
barry Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > You can ridicule and marginalize Messrs. Hancock > and Bauval to your heart's content. Er - my (admittedly very sketchy) summary mentioned nothing that doesn't appear in the two authors' books! I purposely refrained from making any statement that could be defined as an opinion. > > Hoby Hermione - Ancient History
M.J.Thomas Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- I belong to the > school of thought that a variety of civilisations > (probably never much more than large and > sophisticated farming communities type of thing) > came and went (victims of severe climate changes?) > before the last ice age. Well, it's usually claimed that evidence of the fiby Hermione - Ancient History
Stephen Tonkin Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Grace > Slick's incredible voice -- "One pill makes you > larger...." That was a wonderful track. Apparently she's still around ...by Hermione - Coffee Shop
M.J.Thomas Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > As I understand it, Hancock and others are arguing > for civilisation starting thousands of years > earlier than is currently thought by 'orthodox' > archaeologists and historians. > Here we have new evidence of a civilisation > thriving in Europe 2,000 years before Stonehenge > anby Hermione - Ancient History
barry Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Saw this in a British newspaper (not sure of the > intellectual integrity of the paper, but I assume > it is not a tabloid) > "The Independent" is a reputable paper, and the author of the article, David Keys is a respected writer on archaeology.by Hermione - Ancient History
C Tedder Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Paul claimed he had met the resurrected Jesus who > transformed him from a persecutor of Christians to > an advocate of the faith. Well, to start with: how likely is it that,as a matter of historical fact, such an event ever actually took place ? Would Paul have > endured all he went through forby Hermione - Ancient History
Pete Clarke Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- I am only talking about the > existence of a religious leader in Judea called > Jesus; I'm not for a minute suggesting that the > various miracles actually occured. I think there > is enough evidence for Robman's "living. > breathing" Jesus but not a lot else. Yes - surely peopby Hermione - Ancient History
Hi Stephanie, Is Estsánatlehi really the goddess of time passing?by Hermione - Humanities
Robman75 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Is there any > evidence for Jesus of Nazareth (or Jeshua ben > Joseph, or whatever you want to call him) as a > living, breathing person. There is a reference somewhere in Tacitus ... however, I've recently learned that this could have been a later interpolation.by Hermione - Ancient History
Martin Stower Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I think we've seen this before. AFAIAC, once was enough.by Hermione - Ancient History
teacup Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > On the contrary, I would very much describe Thom's > averages and mathematical constructs as > "internal". > > 2.72 is an intellectual concept, not necessarily > an external reality. Are we misunderstanding one > another here? Yes, we might well be! The quantity 2.72 is the sby Hermione - Coffee Shop
> The internal evidence points to it, But what did you mean by "internal evidence", Teacup? (I wouldn't describe the Thoms' theories as "internal evidence" ... but maybe I've misunderstood your point ... )by Hermione - Coffee Shop
teacup Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Britain held out-- kept an ancient measure, the > British foot. For whatever reason, I have no > idea. > > The metrological evidence > points to it. Well ... it would certainly be very interesting if we COULD find some evidence of an ancient British foot measuring 12 inches ... but, so far, it sby Hermione - Coffee Shop
goaten Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > Stephen's point about the foot can be taken both > ways. In Egypt we have the Giza tomb grid unit > equivalent .727 +/- .002 inches. There are no inch > units in Egypt. Then you notice something: > > Petrie's giza digit /2 = .36363 inches. > > 11 x .36363 ... = 4 inchesby Hermione - Coffee Shop
Briefly: I returned it to the manufacturer, who has just rung me, full of apologies. They're sending me another, as similar to the old one as they can make it. So a happy ending ... and thanks to everyone for their advice and suggestions!by Hermione - Coffee Shop
Hi Graham, > Hogben is a great read and he puts up a number of > ideas, some of which I am sure would have been > useful to our megalithic relatives. I have not > come to any conclusion with the stone cubits of > Egypt, iow Were they used for standardization or > were they simply votive, gifts to the temple? In > megalithic Britain finding a MY stone rod would haveby Hermione - Coffee Shop
goaten wrote: > It _is_ difficult by any means, tape, pole, rod or > rope. Imagine laying out 100 MY (272 ft > thereabouts) on a specially prepared flat surface. > For instance this could be an excavated channel > previously leveled by water. The MR would be used, > that's 40 rods, each meticulously machined (bad > word) to 81.6 inches, checked against ?? whichby Hermione - Coffee Shop
goaten Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Some of Dave's objections I have seen before. I > just don't think we can substitute pacing or any > other "all too obvious" means to belittle the MY. > Yes, many of the circles surveyed are rough and > ready and in a bad state of repair but this was a > professional surveyor who kby Hermione - Coffee Shop
goaten Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hermione Wrote: as we've seen, > there's > > a significant school of thought that's very > > sceptical about this theory. > > Granted but that leaves an insignificant school of > thought who think that Thom might have found > something significant. I admit that I beby Hermione - Coffee Shop