History Forum / General / Ancient History / August 2007

A rough translation into English of this text is available online at:
http://www.tertullian.org/fathers/theodore_syncellus_01_homily.htm
The text is public domain, so copy freely, do whatever you like with
it.

Seven wonders of the world are Great Pyramids, Lighthouse, Hanging
Gardens, Temple of Zeus, Mausoleum of Mausolus, The Temple of Artemis,
The Colosuss Statue. We can get more information and pictures of these
wonders by visiting this page: http://placestoknow.blogspot.com

the following email was sent by me to
helpdesk@lordswitnesses.com
who broke off from Jehovah's Witnesses
to show them that Adam was 4025 BC not 4027 BC

I am doing research on Solon and his laws. Do any of you know a few good
references I can look into?
SHannon

http://www.nexusmagazine.com/articles/NewTestament.html
    This appears to be a summary what mountain man is talking about.
    By the end of the article you have read enough to conclude no one knows what
the religion of Nicea was like. It also reasonably spreads the forgeries and

When did these 2 cultures exist?
I'm under the impression that the Greek civilization existed from
~1000 BC to ~0 AD.
Roman civilization existed from ~0 AD to ~450 AD.

http://www.keyofsolomon.net/
It seems that DNA findings from the genome project and the Hiram Abusif map
are only 2 of many proofs of our heritage!

I'm finally getting around watching HBO Rome II.
In the the first episode, Calpurnia has someone put
milk in the mouth of Ceaser's corpse (in a shocking way).
I havent heard of this tradition of feeding the dead

I have placed online a transcription of the compilation of late Roman
texts known as the "Chronography of 354", with an introduction and
translations where appropriate.  This includes the Philocalian
official calendar.  It is based on the edition of portions by Mommsen

PART I: Were Africans Capsa and the Basques of Prehistoric Spain?
The Basques are important as they are the oldest surviving indigenous
group in Europe outside of the Lapp of Finland. Furthermore, their
langauge is related to the Lapp and at the same time, Robert

http://www.cityside.org.nz/node/300
Bible Scholar urges End of Biblical Studies - Hector Avalos
Avalos' new book, "The End of Bible Studies", is due out in July 2007.
Here's the blurb: "In this radical critique of his own academic

Sumerian Ishtar of the Black Heads to Venus and question of Califia
The Sumerians, frequently in their own writing, referred to themselves
as the black-headed people, Africans (by our definition), which can
probably be taken literally (see web page [3] below). Among them,

Did people see it and like it?
I notice its come out as a DVD, and plan to invest the ten hours to
watch it.
Due to reconfiguration of my cable company, I was able to swee the

So that's how family value works.
Yep, that vaunted Christian moral superiority
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003834432_webfabregas13.html
A former Redmond man was sentenced to four years in prison this

Much earlier then medieval times come this recipe from  ancient
Assyria 1600 BCE
http://sbl-site.org/Article.aspx?ArticleId=703
I am very tempted to try to make the disk just to see what it taste