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| min image luxor temple | 25 Feb 2007 04:53 GMT | 7 |
last week I visited the temple in Luxor, Egypt. The guide showed us a bas-relief of the god Min (the ethyphallic god). We saw very clearly a graved image of a sperm cell. I was very curious about how the egyptians would have knowledge about a microscopical detail, and I
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| Free Lecture on Ancient Egyptian Religion in Toronto | 25 Feb 2007 03:17 GMT | 1 |
The Society for the Study of Egyptian Antiquities presents 'Of cannibals and kings - Interpreting the so-called "Cannibal Spell" (Pyramid Texts spells 273-74 and Coffin Texts spell 573)', by Prof. Katja Goebs, University of Toronto
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| JESUS coming from god muhamad coming from orphan NOBODY LIKE HIM | 24 Feb 2007 17:33 GMT | 3 |
JESUS coming from god muhamad coming from orphan NOBODY LIKE HIM The truth is rather ignoble. Muslim scholars know nothing about Muhammad's birth, and very little about his childhood. They missed his birthday by eighteen years when they claimed he was born in the year of the ...
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| LUCIFER INSPIRED MUHAMAD: | 24 Feb 2007 17:22 GMT | 1 |
LUCIFER INSPIRED MUHAMAD: In an attempt to make Muhammad appear Messianic, our hero was portrayed as having been born to considerable fanfare. There were celestial fireworks, regal visitors, an angelic host, and a veritable cornucopia of miracles. In
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| Books On Tantra, Mantra, Yantra & Astrology | 24 Feb 2007 01:17 GMT | 1 |
Books On Tantra, Mantra, Yantra & Astrology Indian Books Centre In the Service of the Scholarly World since 1976 Dear Sir/ Madam,
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| What is this symbol's name | 22 Feb 2007 09:38 GMT | 5 |
A plaited sign to denote success and protection against evil forces. It is found on a Sumerian seal and on a picture stone found in Gotland, Sweden, dating from the early part of the Viking era. the web site is here http://www.symbols.com/encyclopedia/34/3414.html
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| Linguistic Masculine/Feminine | 22 Feb 2007 04:02 GMT | 29 |
In other languages such as French, Spanish nouns have a masculine/feminine property that is absent in English. Thus when you and an article you would use (in spanish) el or la for "the" depending on the noun form. What about Greek and Latin? Is masculine/feminine neutral like in ...
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| Painting in profile showing both eyes | 21 Feb 2007 09:47 GMT | 4 |
Egyptian art usually shows people in profile but showing both arms and both legs. I recollect that a long time ago I saw a painting in which the artist took the rule "if there are two of something you must show them both" quite literally and showed both eyes on one side of the
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| Sound of Trumpet Christian Morality: Catholic Priest Charged With Sexual Assault and Attempted MURDER of Female Employee | 21 Feb 2007 05:48 GMT | 1 |
But in the Christian morality of things, an attempted rape and MURDER of a woman doesn't matter because you can't blame teh gays on this! Yep, that vaunted Christian moral superiority http://www.wstm.com/Global/story.asp?S=6045586&nav=2aKD
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| Boys' singing in ancient Greece | 18 Feb 2007 05:19 GMT | 6 |
My aim is to theorise the 'boy voice' in my PhD study of young boy singers. I am interested in the role boys, particularly preadolescent boys, played in ancient the Greek chorus. The reading I've done so far gives a somewhat contradictory picture
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| Turks are Iranians | 18 Feb 2007 05:14 GMT | 22 |
Turks are Iranians. So says DNA expert Cavalli-Sforza. http://www.assyrianfoundation.org/genetics.htm "Relationship pairings are shown: Turkish and Iranian, and Assyrian and Jordanian are "loose" pairings; Druse and Lebanese form a closer pair; and
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| The training of the Greek Army - Battle of Thermopylae/Salamis | 15 Feb 2007 10:55 GMT | 3 |
I would appreciate some assistance with understanding the training of the Greek Army in relation to either or both of the battles of Thermopylae and Salamis. Thank you....Vince
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| Spartacus/Pirates/Verres | 13 Feb 2007 02:41 GMT | 15 |
It is thought that Spartacus intended to spread his revolt to Sicily by sending a few thousand men across the straits via pirate vessels. But when Spartacus reached the straits somehow the deal fell through.
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| Are the seven signs in John's gospel history? | 10 Feb 2007 11:20 GMT | 17 |
Friends, I recommend - Water into wine http://www.pesherofchrist.infinitesoulutions.com/Pesher/
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| Egyptian Fraction 2/3 | 09 Feb 2007 15:55 GMT | 5 |
Within the Egyptian number system, fractions were handled primarily as "unit fractions", such as 1/2, 1/4, 1/10 etc with an oval or eye symbol representing the numeral 1 and the denominator placed under it. The exception to this was the fraction 2/3 which was an oval with two lines ...
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