History Forum / General / Ancient History / November 2007

Did anyone go to the lecture last Thursday night in Trinity College,
Dublin given by Clive Gamble?
From an article about the proposed lecture by Dick Ahlstrom (Irish
Times, Thursday, November 22 '007) I quote:

After watching the documentry last night on National Geographic I have
to say I am not convinced that this mummy is not that of Nefertiti. It
may well be that it is that of Ankesenamun  or Kiya.  But I don't
think that the straight royal arm can rule out the fact that this is

On 11/6/2007, Matt Giwer wrote:  "I have no beliefs. I have only evidence.
Why are you dumb enough to have only
beliefs?"
On 11/9/2007, in the thread "Hebrew is Greek Online," I asked Matt Giwer

David,
You have repeatedly claimed that "The Qumran Sundial as an Odometer
using
Fixed Lengths of Hours," DEAD SEA DISCOVERIES, vol 9, 3 (2002), p. 356

The Northern California Chapter of The American Research Center in Egypt,
The Department of Near Eastern Studies, UC Berkeley,
And the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, UC Berkeley

After I tested my third grade students on how to identify fossil
pictures, I did another test on senior students in the geology
department of a national university. Eighty percent of the students
identfied correctly all the fossil pictures, including the

Can anyone direct me towards a good, recent (i.e. last 10 years) study
that has been done on Etruscan sites in Campania? I am particularly
interested in any religious sites: temples, shrines, etc. Preferably
in English although Italian is also okay. Thanks.

We've turned over a rock and uncovered ANOTHER Ignorant Scot.
JAMES Sholto Douglas...
JAMES SHOLTO DOUGLAS  _Beginner's Guide to Hydroponics.  Soilless Gardening_
Vide infra pro sapienta.

400,000-year-old Stone Age coal mine
In 1995 the new image of early Stone Age ancestors as systematic
hunters of large animals and coalstone rocks, rather than mere
scavengers of small game and wood fuel, emerged from a discovery in

"It is the duty of every man to render to the Creator such homage, and such
only, as he believes to be acceptable to him.  This duty is precedent both
in order of time and degree of obligation, to the claims of Civil Society.
Before any man can be considered as a member of Civil ...

German Stone Age Coalstone Hunter Campfires
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Coal&oldid=172487181
An 120,000-year-old Stone Age coalstone hunting camp was discovered in
2005 by archaelogists in an opencast coalstone mine in Germany, its

More Grist For The Mill...
From Mike Todd at:
<http://www.miketodd.net/encyc/okay.htm>
DSH

"Eugene Griessel" <eugene@dynagen..co..za> wrote in message
news:473d4b35.8923390@news.uunet.co.za...

Please see -
Drs. Pagels and Thiering disagree on a crucial issue
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/qumran_origin/message/3505
I invite comment.

The blood of Jesus
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/qumran_origin/message/2971
Thus, Dr. Thiering gives what the Blood of Christ originally meant.
Yet, for modern Christians I suspect most don't clearly know