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My point is that they did this and did NOT write it down. Several above are saying that if the Egyptians wanted to encode something for the future they would have simply written it down. As you are aware, Egyptian thought and modern thought are/were not the same. Also, even today, some things we take for granted so we don't write them down. We consider it common knowledge. A few
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Where is it "written" that "we will bury the dead on the west side of the Nile" then live on the east? Just curious. Writing is a modern and limited quality when it comes to ancient religions. A Ford model T will get you from point a to point b. To put a modern tour bus in the same category as a model T seems outside common sense. Nor is the Great Pyramid the equivalent of a m
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A far more thorough article is to be found here...
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Yes, I was surprised to learn this fact. Wallace wrote several books but Ben Hur was by far the most successful.
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Still very simple. Billy was trying to achieve frontier "justice". How many teenage "outlaws" or any other type actually wrote letters to the Governor? OTOH his enemies were trying to secure "profits". Tunstall did not understand that the people he were up against had no respect for the concept of fair play. They bought the law and used it as they saw fit. Tunstall w
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If you know the whole story, then it is very simple. Billys boss and some of his friends had been unjustly murdered. Just because the law came down on the side of the murderers did not make it right. In Billys eyes he was justified in taking revenge and defending himself. The Lincoln county War was just that. A psychopath would be someone like Cullen Baker, who would kill you just because he didn
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No. What happens when you "assassinate" the wrong person? Sorry doesn't cut it. There is no evidence that Billy was a psychopath.
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Garrett had actually tried to assassinate Billy before that. Thru mistaken identity he and his deputies ambushed one of Billy's cohorts and Billy escaped. Shoddy business. Allowing Billy to escape jail in the first place was also shoddy business, but Garrett could not be blamed for that. OTOH, Bass Reaves was a lawman in Indian territory for 30 years and arrested hundreds of dangerous felons
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I didn't say challenge the Kid to a duel. It was just a sorry lawmans easy way out. You get the drop on him and give him one chance to surrender. Pat Garrett was known to be less than the ideal. If he had taken Billy straight up he could have restored his reputation and pretty much wrote his own ticket. Lawmen are held to a higher standard than outlaws. Good lawmen killed when they had to, n
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Maybe if he had went down in a gun battle. Being that he was assassinated in a cowardly fashion, probably not.
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Apparently another possible photo.
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But what makes the stone such a rare find in biblical archaeology, according to scholars, is that when it was carved, the Second Temple still stood in Jerusalem for the carver to see. The stone is a kind of ancient snapshot.
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Ancient History
Study after study has shown correlations between physical activity, muscular health and mental acuity, even among people who are quite old.
This study uses twins in order to eliminate the effects of genes and the environment from the overall equation.
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Laboratory
Possible major secret found inside King Tut's tomb
"The preliminary analysis indicates the presence of an area different in its temperature than the other parts of the northern wall," announced Egypt's antiquities minister. The difference in temperature might mean there's an open space behind that section of wall, according to Discovery.
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It would appear that in figure 4 we also see a serekh and cartouche side by side. Was this very common? As for Thoth, who was associated with the Ibis, many cultures associated the owl with wisdom. The owl was feared in many cultures, just as many cultures feared the powers of Shamen/Sorecerers, who often used owls in their symbolism.
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Ancient Egypt
I sent an email asking about the orientation of the grave/warrior. Received a timely response from Jack Davis and Shari Stocker.
"The grave is oriented with the corners NE/SW. The head is at the southern end of the grave. It is unclear which direction the face was looking when the body was put into the grave."
This info could be helpful to Historians with a knowledge of classica
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Ancient History
The text reads that Samson grasped the two middle pillars that supported the house of the temple, ‘ehad kîmînô we‘ehad bismolô (one with his right hand and one with his left).
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The pillars Jachin and Boaz did not “physically” support the Hebrew Temple, being entirely symbolic. Samson’s name is related to Semitic words for the sun. If we relate length of hair to length of d
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Humanities
In it, lies the skeleton of an adult male stretched out on his back, with weapons arranged to his left and a hoard of fine jewellery on his right.
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More pics and a short video here
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Archaeologists digging at Pylos, an ancient city on the southwest coast of Greece, have discovered the rich grave of a warrior who was buried at the dawn of European civilization.
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Ancient History
For many years it was thought that Billy was left-handed due to a flipped photo. He was right handed, but still Billy.
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Kenuchelover? Definitely still missed.
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Coffee Shop
I thinks it's fairly certain that it is Billy. He is the right hgt, build and facial structure. Also , in the only documented photo of Billy he is wearing a sweater. The fellow in the picture is wearing a similar sweater. I don't subscribe to Nat'l Geo and haven't seen the full doc. However, this doc on Billy is worth a look.
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Once more, delving into the deep waters leaves more questions than answers. What can be stated positively is that simple opposites are in play. North/south, east/west, left/right are a given. Yet most are unfamiliar with linguistic contrasts such as P-Celt/Q-Celt or denasalization (m/p). Some speculate that Boaz (strength) reps David and Jachin (to establish) Solomon. I can't speak on that o
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Humanities
I commented on the fact that although Narmer is indeed shown wearing both crowns HE IS NOT WEARING THEM AT THE SAME TIME. DB
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Are you suggesting that one side depicted on the Narmer palette is of a different time period than the other? Otherwise, your argument makes no sense. Demonstrating the separate functions of the King in the north and south
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Narmer wears BOTH crowns on the palette. I think the Ancient Egyptians knew more about the significance of crown wearing from internet bloggers 1000's of years later.
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Ancient Egypt
I initially looked at this due to it's apparent spatial properties. Yet just as I have found before, spatially, the Hebrew conflicts the Egyptian, though in a consistent manner.
Some existing evidence suggests that the Temple entrance faced east. In such a case, if Boaz was left and Jachin right, that would place Boaz to the south and Jachin north. This is the opposite one would expec
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In a California memorabilia shop in 2010, collector Randy Guijarro bought this 4-by-5-inch tintype for just $2. After enlarging the image, he saw what looked to be a familiar figure—Billy the Kid—playing croquet with his gang known as The Regulators.
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Very interesting...Thanks Paul
Now this would seem like something more fit to be analyzed with computers or supercomputers. Instead of trying to use computers to figure out the supposed 'age of the universe" or ancient migration patterns, etc.
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At Buhen in the 18-dynasty temple, an inscription says: "May they give all life and power.... all stability which they have..."
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I thought it intriguing that the the dual concepts of "to establish" and 'in strength" were here related to Pe and Nekhen. These are the two qualities which are historically related to the brass pillars of Solomons Temple.
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