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A 20,000-year-old stone hearth the oldest evidence of human settlement in Taiwan	25 Jul 2009 23:49 GMT	17
http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=1012561&lang=eng_news&cate_im g=logo_taiwan&cate_rss=TAIWAN_eng "'The discoveries by Tsang and his team are tremendously meaningful in terms of Taiwan's neolithic archaeological research,'
The pesharim and Damascus Document figure in the case to put ToR in 1st century AD	25 Jul 2009 23:42 GMT	3
Vermes suggested that those scrolls that mention ToR or WP be carbondated - 1994. The issue here is to shed light on the character and identity of these 2 figures.
The 18 pesharim are of one piece, ephemeral; very tight time range probably in 30s AD	25 Jul 2009 23:41 GMT	4
All significant information must be drawn on http://groups.yahoo.com/group/qumran_origin/message/4039 "First, what do you say to the fact that the pesher on Psalms, 4Q171, was
It is outrageous to associate Dr. Thiering with fringe scholarship - I invite you to judge for yourself	25 Jul 2009 02:39 GMT	5
Heresy Hunting in the New Millennium http://sbl-site.org/publications/article.aspx?articleId=787 "Another strategy the apologists have in common with the ancient heresy hunters is the demonization of the heresiarchs, or in the
WHAT THE MAJOR MEDIA WON'T TELL YOU	25 Jul 2009 00:03 GMT	3
< http://groups.google.com/group/sci.med/msg/fbfbb3f889bee4d6 < Ed Conrad
Happily, the Wiki-kapos are watching up !	24 Jul 2009 20:14 GMT	1
Here is another testimony of the way Wikipedia works, under the dictatorship of some WIKI-kapos : In the Wiki-article concerning the "Phaistos Disk's decipherments", one may find - a real MIRACLE ! - some lines about the J. Faucounau's
Roland De Vaux, original Qumran excavator, made a mistake here	24 Jul 2009 18:41 GMT	4
De Vaux's questionable re-interpretation http://groups.yahoo.com/group/qumran_origin/message/4356 But, does that mean that he was wrong about an Essene community at Qumran?
More on the Temple Scroll	24 Jul 2009 03:42 GMT	1
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/qumran_origin/message/19 "The Temple Scroll (11QT) is by far the longest of the extant scrolls, 67 columns." Very good background article with references.
No usenet reaction yet to Prof Jodie Magness - time for a change	24 Jul 2009 03:41 GMT	1
My sources/posts are already given. If interested, find them in the Archives. Further, BAR (Biblical Archaeological Review) has more on her.
DSS dating scheme (date of composition) made more accurate like DSS carbondating calibration	24 Jul 2009 03:41 GMT	4
IMHO archaeologists should never have ignored scroll CONTENTS, as many consistently did for a generation. Integration of the scholarship requires it. This
Other sectarian scrolls follow the Temple Scroll, written c. 21 BC - DSS dating scheme	23 Jul 2009 23:49 GMT	1
More on the Temple Scroll http://groups.yahoo.com/group/qumran_origin/message/263 "The Qumran sect, in the context of the way a new temple should operate, were endorsing
Dr. Gregory Doudna, top DSS carbondating expert, on when the scrolls were put in the caves	23 Jul 2009 20:32 GMT	1
Brief notice - By contrast with Dr. Doudna, Dr. Thiering has a date of 37 AD for deposit of scrolls when the Christians came to occupy Qumran.
SMITHSONIAN PAYS TRIBUTE TO ED CONRAD ,	23 Jul 2009 16:23 GMT	2
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Peter Alaca says he wants a reference from me for carbondating 4Q171	23 Jul 2009 06:20 GMT	3
On Jul 22, 5:23 pm, Peter Alaca <p.al...@invallid.invalid> wrote: > Tom P <th_om_a...@yahoo.com> 22/07/2009 23:30 wrote: >... > >>>> - Show quoted text -
At least one sci.archer says more than few are interested in Qumran archaeology	23 Jul 2009 04:48 GMT	105
Let's start fresh and well within the mainstream. If there is a group that is interested - let's take up this question: