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The Archaeology Thread
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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"
Interesting, a medieval necklace made of Roman coins.
![[Image: Bs3laxBp_o.jpg]](https://images2.imgbox.com/29/90/Bs3laxBp_o.jpg) Archaeologists have found a "once-in-a-lifetime" gold necklace dating back to 630-670 AD and described as the richest of its type ever uncovered in Britain. The jewellery, found near Northampton, has at least 30 pendants and beads made of Roman coins, gold, garnets, glass and semi-precious stones. The 1,300-year-old object was spotted in a grave thought to be of a woman of high status, such as royalty. Experts hailed the discovery during the summer as internationally significant. Archaeologists from the Museum of London Archaeology (Mola) found the necklace during excavations ahead of a housing development in Harpole, west of Northampton. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-nort...e-63860132
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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December 7, 2022 at 2:58 pm
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Interesting, are those Roman coins left over from Roman presence on the British isles 250 years before, or do their mint date suggest they must have circulated to britain later through trade?
Well, there will be a documentary about the necklace with Alice Roberts on BBC in a few months, so we'll know more.
Meanwhile... ![[Image: FAsCOAij_o.jpg]](https://images2.imgbox.com/84/73/FAsCOAij_o.jpg)
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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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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January 18, 2023 at 1:54 pm
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during the construction of the large hadron collider, the world’s largest particle collider, workers excavated underneath several historic Swiss towns near Geneva and map out what their street plans had been during roman and pre-roman period. The were surprised to find that in each case the modern street plans of the center of these towns almost exactly reflect the original street plan they had already adopted when they were preliterate early iron age settlements.
The oldest known flute is ~60 000 years old. The oldest indication of humans wearing pants is ~20 000 years old. This means there was a roughly 40 000-year period when we had music, but no pants.
Woodstock may have just been an attempt to return to 'the good old days'. Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson
There's a Calvin and Hobbes where Calvin explains that "dinosaurs don't wear pants!" much to his mother's dismay.
"The Sign" magazine, March 1957, complains that Hollywood doesn't make movies for adults anymore.
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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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