(October 19, 2021 at 11:54 pm)Fake Messiah Wrote: She sells seashells down by the sword
Impressive.
I'm curious, though, if it's a Crusade-era blade, why the clip shows Roman infantry?
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The Archaeology Thread
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(October 19, 2021 at 11:54 pm)Fake Messiah Wrote: She sells seashells down by the sword Impressive. I'm curious, though, if it's a Crusade-era blade, why the clip shows Roman infantry?
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RE: The Archaeology Thread
October 20, 2021 at 5:16 pm
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(October 20, 2021 at 1:56 am)The Valkyrie Wrote:(October 19, 2021 at 11:54 pm)Fake Messiah Wrote: She sells seashells down by the sword Please excuse my ignorance. I saw that clip too. I thought the roman infantry sword was the gladius about 18 inches long, but could be up to 27 inches. This weapon was for close up stabbing. The sword in the video has a blade a metre long, surely for slashing? [/quote] (October 20, 2021 at 5:16 pm)Oldandeasilyconfused Wrote:[/quote](October 20, 2021 at 1:56 am)The Valkyrie Wrote: Impressive. You're correct. Rhe gladius was more for stabbing when combined with a shield in closed formation.
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A curator at the British Museum discovers the oldest known drawing of a ghost from a 3500-year-old Babylonian tablet. The Guardian reports, “It is part of an exorcist’s guide to getting rid of unwanted ghosts by addressing the particular malaise that brought them back to the world of the living – in this case, a ghost in desperate need of a companion.”
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021...seum-vault But how could they perform an exorcism thousands of years before Jesus was born? Don't they need to say "power of christ compels you" for the ghost to be exorcised?
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
(October 22, 2021 at 12:40 pm)Fake Messiah Wrote: A curator at the British Museum discovers the oldest known drawing of a ghost from a 3500-year-old Babylonian tablet. The Guardian reports, “It is part of an exorcist’s guide to getting rid of unwanted ghosts by addressing the particular malaise that brought them back to the world of the living – in this case, a ghost in desperate need of a companion.” The power of Marduk compels you!
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Crucifixion In Roman Britain
Quote:Archaeologists found the burial of a man in a wooden structure (possibly a bier), aged between 25 to 35 years of age in a small cemetery near the Roman settlement at Fenstanton, between Roman Cambridge and Godmanchester. Quote:The nail was not identified until conservation occurred off site. Prolonged analysis by Corinne Duhig, an archaeologist at the University of Cambridge who examined the human remains, established crucifixion as the only likely explanation. Signs of punitive injuries and immobilisation before and around the time of death, says Duhig, suggest the victim may have been a slave. Boru
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Two of the largest petroglyph animals in the world.
The Dahous Giraffes of Niger. Dated to 8,000 BCE. How the hell I had never heard of these before today, I'll never know.
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Top 10 most fascinating archaeological discoveries of 2021
The oldest map in Europe, a "lost golden city" in Egypt, a massive geoglyph in India that may be the world's largest, and a 2,000-year-old pet cemetery are just some of the archaeological discoveries that were reported in 2021. https://www.livescience.com/biggest-arch...es-of-2021
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
RE: The Archaeology Thread
February 8, 2022 at 2:10 pm
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Archaeologists Find 40 Beheaded Roman Skeletons With Skulls Between Their Legs in a late Roman cemetery in southern England.
Archeologists said that one interpretation could be that the decapitated skeletons were criminals or outcasts, although decapitation was a "normal, albeit marginal, burial rite" during the late Roman period. Over the next few years, the researchers will study the exhumed skeletons, offering an opportunity to learn more about Roman civilization's historic lifestyles, diet, and beliefs. The team also uncovered over 1,200 coins at the site, along with several lead weights indicating that this was an area of trade and commerce. https://www.sciencealert.com/archeologis...their-legs
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
Quote:2000 years old children drawings uncovered at the site of Athribis, an ancient settlement built around 200 kilometers north of Luxor. You can see by the drawings how happier kids used to be before Catholic priests could rape them.
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
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