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I don't think I'd make too much of it. Those are Christian images, not Jewish, and the "Jesus Family Tomb" would have started long before they considered themselves Christians. The attested tombs are nothing like the ones shown in those images (which date variously from about 300 AD to about 1200 AD.) The tombs shown, like the clothing, are a reflection of what people worby Byrd - Ancient History
I was mainly curious because it was an excellent and interesting set of pages and LOOKED like the person who did it actually knew what they were talking about. It wasn't a name I recognized, though. So, before I bookmarked it as "good source to use in debate" I thought I'd come ask folks who had more of a clue than I did if the translations could be considered correct or werby Byrd - Ancient History
I'm interested to see what you think. The story is intriguing, but I have a hard time believing her "channeled" information. One thing I suspected was that the material she learned emerged in her visions, but the novel material that came to her was strictly something made up by her mind. I think she was quite sincere and quite well educated... but I think she fell into a mystiby Byrd - Ancient History
The surveillance work is often done by volunteers here in the states, but alas there are far more vandals than volunteers. Many sites are now not listed or are heavily guarded. Sadly, on at least one site, the vandals appeared to be Native American (site was on tribal lands and not easily gotten to.)by Byrd - Ancient History
I'm not seeing it. If it was real, I'd expect to see: * this same ratio (whatever the heck it is you're pointing at) displayed in other paintings. * special terms within the text describing the relationship of the stars/gods * more consistancy (the eyes of the gods matching a constellation) * the basic shapes and angles given a special name (see "the golden ratio"by Byrd - Ancient History
I wish I had the time and money to go there and make a photographic assessment. I'm doing that to the occasional site here in Texas as I have time and funds.by Byrd - Ancient History
Mmmmkay... but can we say that overall the translations are reasonably reliable, then? There was no source cited for the text of the translations... are those his or someone else's?by Byrd - Ancient History
Came across this link, and it *LOOKS* as though it might be valid, but I admit my knowledge of AE is strictly that of a 'Sunday quarterback'. I can fumble my way through some of the hieroglyphics -- enough to see that it SEEMS to be a reasonable translation. However, I'd appreciate it if someone with a more thorough knowledge could comment. Ditto this: Thanks!by Byrd - Ancient History
I'd like to know where Herodotus was when he wrote that or learned of it. AE at that time was under the rule of the Persians, and I'm wondering if what he was reporting on came from an area of blended culture where one deity that he associated with Heracles was being associated with an older Egyptian deity.by Byrd - Ancient History
creigs1707 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Marduk, > > The 'proof' is in the design of Giza itself. One > thing I am almost certan of - the AEs could not > have created such a design for - as Egyptologists > keep telling me - they simply did not possess the > mathematical/astronomical knowledge required. The design of Giby Byrd - Ancient History
I think it finishes at the end of all his trips. He's supposed to shoulder an oar and begin walking and when he finds a place where people say "what's that you're carrying" then he is to make his home there.by Byrd - Ancient History
Does anyone know if scratched/scrawled names on ossuaries are common? I assume they are, but thought it odd that they didn't take more care with the lettering.by Byrd - Ancient History
Clive Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > How many on this site believe that the Giza > pyramids were a secondary thought, that the > original concept was to build a deep-angled > passage with subterranean chambers for the King > and two or three cemeteries for his viziers and > relatives? Not me. He didn't hav vizirs, for one. Anby Byrd - Ancient History
Huh. Neat! I'd have bet against an Egyptian labrynth before reading your references. Thanks for the eye-opener. (love Catchpenny!)by Byrd - Ancient History
Marc Steurbaut Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > That's very well summarized imo. But Egyptian > symbols are rather marginal in Freemasonry and > they were introduced after Napoleon conquered > Egypt. I can confirm this. I'm from a Masonic family and was in the Rainbow Girls.by Byrd - Ancient History
Actually, there's color changes in the old petroglyphs that are pretty evident just by looking at them (which is how you can tell that something's been vandalized.) In this (VERY irritating) picture, the guy has his hand all over a wall of petroglyphs (grr). To the right of his (oily, dirty, surface-contaminating (what? me??? biased????)) hand is a "triceratops." Notiby Byrd - Ancient History
Oh my! I'm so very sorry to read about the news. He was a real treasure to the community.by Byrd - Ancient History
Oh excellent! Thank you so much for the article reference!by Byrd - Ancient History
Anthony Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Could he have possibly have gotten more wrong? Well, only if he mentioned aliens and Atlanteans. > Beyond that, it's a checklist of > defunct ideas, disproven theories, and popular > "urban" type myths. I love the 'unmatched until modern times" stuff. It betrays how little tby Byrd - Ancient History
They'll have an interesting time proving that one -- however, to many of these folks, two or three examples in two or three different locations (irrespective of timeframe) are enough to "prove" a theory. The rest of the data is inconsequential and may be discarded. Temples come in all sorts of shapes and sizes. One good counterexample would be the Mayan/Olmec temples; anotherby Byrd - Ancient History
I'm not an Egyptologist, however I am an anthropologist. Joe Schiller Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > You misunderstand me. The Egyptians were a > masculinist culture, which can be seen from their > veneration of order (the Hall of Ma’at). The Egyptians would not have seen themselves this way. You need to make it clear that this is yourby Byrd - Ancient History
Yes, please could we split this into two threads? I'm very interested in the Semetic languge and possible AE inscriptions and totally uninterested in squabbling about acronyms.by Byrd - Ancient History
Agreed... why would they have someone write a snake spell in a foreign language? The Du'at was not inhabited by any Semetic monsters or Semetic mythic figures. Why not good old AE? How's this generally viewed by Egyptologists -- is there any support for Semetic texts being found in other AE material?by Byrd - Ancient History
I'm a tad suspicious... it sounds vaguely woowoo to me. However, I'm not all-knowing or all-wise, either. Some questions arise: As far as I know, the semetic languages came into the area about 1600 BC: Some scholars add Ebalite, which would push it back to 2600 BC: Is the language really as old as 3000 BC? The hieroglyphics shown in the illustration don't look tby Byrd - Ancient History
Lever them onto sledges (there's at least one AE image of them levering blocks onto something) and haul them out of there on the roads that they built to and from the quarries. Also, wasn't the quarry for the limestone blocks very near the Giza complex? The design looks like it would have to rely on some very large trees... surely the orders to import very long lumber would have sby Byrd - Ancient History
Had a question on another forum that I can't answer, and am away on a trip so my time for research is limited. "What did the AEs call the pyramids?" My brief (and probably wrong) answer was that they didn't have a general name for them -- that it was more like the American "White House" -- they had a given name but the name for the shape wasn't actually asby Byrd - Ancient History
barry Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > This might seem an extreme example, but what if > some future historian came across Swift's Modest > Proposal . Would that historian conclude that > cannabilism existed in 18th century Europe? No (assuming they could translate it correctly), but there might be groups in their civilization that would cby Byrd - Ancient History
A pertinent question about this paper (and one that hasn't been addressed): What scholarly, peer-reviewed articles will be used to support your data and your point?by Byrd - Ancient History
Roxana Cooper Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Many believe Clovis Man might have had something > to do with those extinctions, > directly or indirectly. There is this odd > correlation worldwide between the arrival > of Man and the extinction of mega-fauna. Uhmm... only the megafauna at the end of the Ice Age. The one he was talking abouby Byrd - Ancient History
Don Barone Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > No I hadn't but isn't "bedrock" usually thicker > than a couple of inches ? > Sometimes. Remember this is limestone, and you can have any number of layers of it. The thickness varies on how much erosion took place. Here in Texas, there are areas where various beds are actually quiby Byrd - Ancient History