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I've got cupboards that are that neglected but I'm fairly certain we're not going to find artifacts there that are older than 70 years.by Byrd - Ancient History
I don't know more about it and I haven't read his book, but I do see that he's considered a contrarian in the field. Although I tended to be a believer when I was much younger, experience with h.sapiens and a lot of reading makes me VERY skeptical of any claims of "nonviolent society" (unless they were the ONLY society in the area) and "matriarchal societies"by Byrd - Ancient Egypt
Hermione Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The authors are scientists attached to reputable > institutions. > Sadly, this is not a guarantee of good scholarship. > The problem is, their knowledge of the culture and > context of AE, and the ancient world in general, > seems rather limited. Their knowledge of culture in general (anthby Byrd - Ancient Egypt
This quote got my "not-ready-for-prime-time-scholarship" award: "In studying the origin of the pyramids, we believe we should not overlook the existence of ancient mythological writings. A study concerning the myths and folklore of the ancient peoples of the world, highlighting all the similarities between them, was made in [5]." And as for citation #5 (Uditi Bhatt. Subconby Byrd - Ancient Egypt
I'm pretty firmly in the "no" corner for that.by Byrd - Ancient History
...travel all the way across the galaxy and the only way you can decide what season it's going to be or what month it is... is to stack up rocks? Just how are they achieving this warp speed, anyway? Lighting their own farts?by Byrd - Ancient History
Although your circumstances are unfortunate, it's good that you have time to comment on these things. So many true experts don't have the time to deal with all this nonsense and misinformation.by Byrd - Laboratory
Honestly, without the original cladding there's no way to tell what the real dimensions were. We can guestimate, but their rock shaping skills did not extend to 1/10th of an inch precision on all surfaces and measurements like that are basically nonsense hunting for meaning (generally so that the numbers can fit a preconceived idea.)by Byrd - Ancient Egypt
(eyes the book titles)... Jesus was descended from Cleopatra VII, was he?by Byrd - Ancient Egypt
The (Flying Fickle) Finger of Paluxy County: ...and then there's that "footprint"by Byrd - Ancient History
Where on earth does the notion that the blocks would have been moved by wind come from?? Plagues of hurricanes and tornadoes?by Byrd - Ancient Egypt
An interesting story! It's a shame we don't hear of Reisner more often.by Byrd - Ancient Egypt
The glyph study groups often use Jergovic's e-version of Faulkner's dictionary (here: ) He's just announced that he'll be doing some revisions to it based on feedback and so forth from the online glyph study working groups. No date release is announced but...by Byrd - Ancient Egypt
cladking Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > .and did(st) spew out as Shu, > Shu, lift N. up on high; > Shu will draw him up > those who have lifted themselves up like Shu are > come > Waters, which were brought by Shu and lifted up by > the two sources, > Shu, lift N. up to heaven > Shu, thou envelope(st) all things within thineby Byrd - Ancient Egypt
> > cladking Wrote: > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > Obviously the eight words that comprise > > > programming language and which breaks Zipf's > > Law > > > > ...(programmer speaking)... and you know this > HOW? > > And where are you getting those "eight words" >by Byrd - Ancient Egypt
cladking Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Obviously the eight words that comprise > programming language and which breaks Zipf's Law ...(programmer speaking)... and you know this HOW? And where are you getting those "eight words" from? And which programming language are we talking about? If you're talking about machine language,by Byrd - Ancient Egypt
cladking Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Just like you can't translate a > computer code, a bird's song, or ,mathematics into > English I'm going to be pedantic here. Yes, you CAN translate computer code into English. We programmers do it all the time and translate accurately English-to-Code and Code-to-English (otherwise computerby Byrd - Ancient Egypt
It's been satisfying to see more publications in the past 20 years with Egyptian/Arabic authors. I don't know how difficult it is to get into the universities in Egypt, but I do know that the people themselves seem very interested. I don't know if they have some sort of guide certification program there -- something that acknowledges the hard work and effort of the local guidesby Byrd - Ancient Egypt
I hope they don't try to minimize that nose. I love that eagle beak he's got!by Byrd - Ancient Egypt
He's a bit of a showman, so I expect a lot of scrapping and arguments over this one before it's declared a done deal.by Byrd - Ancient Egypt
Any guesses as to which mummy (what location) he's talking about?by Byrd - Ancient Egypt
I have kind of a hard time swallowing that idea. And in fact, after finding an error on the 3rd page (I think) of the introduction (Manetho was NOT a third century priest but rather third century BC) I'm even less inclined to believe.by Byrd - Humanities
Oh, that's a huge load of troubles for anyone. My husband has Parkinson's, and the diagnosis is usually quite a shock. There's a lot to manage when you have that condition.by Byrd - Coffee Shop
Not-An-Expert, but it looks like random words to me. The outfit is wrong (Thoth never wore mail in images I find) and the seated figure below his name (below the word for "scribe") is an ordinary person and not the symbol for deity. Also, the proportions are wrong - they had standardized ways of drawing the human/humanoid figure and this one's got the wrong proportions.by Byrd - Ancient Egypt
So many intriguing details that we here in America overlook! I did learn about the Stone of Scone decades ago and knew that it had returned to Scotland. The photo I saw of the stone set in a place apparently made for it underneath the throne was interesting.by Byrd - Humanities
They are different snakes. Sata is a fairly minor but benevolent deity. Nehebkau is an original "agent of chaos" and is somewhat equivalent to Apep. At some point Nehebkau is reformed/tamed by Re's fingernail and becomes a benevolent deity who guards the gates of the underworld and also sits as one of the 42 judges in the Hall of Judgment. References:by Byrd - Ancient Egypt
I was suspicious of the photo after noticing how it's been manipulated. HOWEVER... here's the statement and original photo (and yes, the manipulated one; at least in terms of playing with contrast and so forth) by the person who took the photo:by Byrd - Ancient Egypt
engbren Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hermione Wrote: > ------------------------------------------------------- > > I see now that Petosiris and Nechepso are > > mentioned in your n. 14 ( Neugebauer (1942) pp > 236 > > - 239, Neugebauer (1975), Book III, p562 and > Van > > der Waerden (1985) pp96-97). > > &by Byrd - Ancient Egypt
engbren Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > You are using tertiary (or even further > removed) > > sources that say calculating the stars was > > something that the ancient Egyptians did well > -- > > Could you clarify your concern here - I am making > no claim in this paper that the Egyptians did > develop models of tby Byrd - Ancient Egypt