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If alphabets were invented to cypher and make maybe scripture and reading available only for some initiates, that would efficiently monopolise trade. On the other hand: if trade is in the hands of a c ...

Well, here's one person who had several such encounters - BEFORE my brain started to get into a permanently altered state (as well as after that).
I do believe in ghosts, because I do have proof of ...

Would you believe in Ghosts if and when you would encounter 'something' that could be a ghost - provided you're not drunk,stoned or your mind otherwise in altered state? In the interest of analytical ...

Ok, maybe I will get banned from this board for what I'm going to talk about, but since this is "New Concepts" I will put it here.

Last week-end I spent all my waking hours reading a boo ...

The ubiquity of the megaliths--they stretch "inland" as far as as Malta, Kent and Denmark (any advances on that?)--means that the megalith-builders must have entered history in some guise or ...

Just googled a bit on salt and Turkey. Remember, Troy is in Turkey and the one found by Schliemann, supposedly the one with the famous war, was one of eight or nine settlements, one biult on top of th ...

Yes, now we can all brainstorm about the possible implications on Homer's Iliad - the Trojan War - the general conflict/ hostilities between the Greeks and the Trojans etc

AND looks what creeps up ...

Ishmael wrote:

Well, if "Hal" means "Salt" then "Helen" means "of salt."
Helen, therefore, is a woman of salt
Now we can all brainstorm about the possib ...

I'd like to throw some assorted thoughts into the debate:

Neolithic.Europe = Megalithic Europe had a flourishing trade with at least as far as Mediterranean (spondilus shells in Irish and British ...

In 2002, Wessex Arch unearthed the grave of two men near Amesbury, about 5km southeast of Stonehenge. Richest burials of early Bronze Age yet: the 'Stonehenge Archer' and his younger companion, C14 da ...

I'm sure you know that it didn't start with La Tene - it started with Hallstatt. That's in today's Austria, and the name-giving place is a burial ground where they unearthed thousands and thousands o ...

Some more assorted stuff on places and people:
Central Europe
Switzerland: HELvetia (Hel <=> Hal?)
also Helvetii :a (according to J.Caesar) 'celtic' people

There's the celtic Sun God Be ...

I posted a cry for help on the GH.com mystery board re Salt in Mythology and the most promising stuff I got so far, that could (or not) have any bearing on the A/S and salt-question was actually quite ...

I was thinking about Salt in Mythology, I think it's probably something worth checking out. What I can come up with offhand right now, is salt being an essential part in folklore and customs, such as ...

It's a long way from Central Mexico to the Plains, it would have taken a while for escapee Spanish horses to get there. The other problem is quantity: not many horses were actually brought over from ...

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Topic: Alphabet Soup
Tani Replies: 97 Views: 210998	Forum: Linguistics Posted: 4:44 pm Subject: Alphabet Soup
Tani Replies: 97 Views: 210998	If alphabets were invented to cypher and make maybe scripture and reading available only for some initiates, that would efficiently monopolise trade. On the other hand: if trade is in the hands of a c ...
Topic: Ghostbusters
Tani Replies: 44 Views: 33813	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 10:55 am Subject: Ghostbusters
Tani Replies: 44 Views: 33813	Well, here's one person who had several such encounters - BEFORE my brain started to get into a permanently altered state (as well as after that). I do believe in ghosts, because I do have proof of ...
Topic: Ghostbusters
Tani Replies: 44 Views: 33813	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 10:53 am Subject: Ghostbusters
Tani Replies: 44 Views: 33813	Would you believe in Ghosts if and when you would encounter 'something' that could be a ghost - provided you're not drunk,stoned or your mind otherwise in altered state? In the interest of analytical ...
Topic: Ghostbusters
Tani Replies: 44 Views: 33813	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 10:52 am Subject: Ghostbusters
Tani Replies: 44 Views: 33813	Ok, maybe I will get banned from this board for what I'm going to talk about, but since this is "New Concepts" I will put it here. Last week-end I spent all my waking hours reading a boo ...
Topic: Who Built The Stones?
Tani Replies: 207 Views: 203779	Forum: Megalithic Posted: 9:23 pm Subject: Who Built The Stones?
Tani Replies: 207 Views: 203779	The ubiquity of the megaliths--they stretch "inland" as far as as Malta, Kent and Denmark (any advances on that?)--means that the megalith-builders must have entered history in some guise or ...
Topic: The Troy Game
Tani Replies: 203 Views: 227990	Forum: History Posted: 5:14 pm Subject: The Troy Game
Tani Replies: 203 Views: 227990	Just googled a bit on salt and Turkey. Remember, Troy is in Turkey and the one found by Schliemann, supposedly the one with the famous war, was one of eight or nine settlements, one biult on top of th ...
Topic: The Troy Game
Tani Replies: 203 Views: 227990	Forum: History Posted: 5:04 pm Subject: The Troy Game
Tani Replies: 203 Views: 227990	Yes, now we can all brainstorm about the possible implications on Homer's Iliad - the Trojan War - the general conflict/ hostilities between the Greeks and the Trojans etc AND looks what creeps up ...
Topic: Holy Smoke
Tani Replies: 61 Views: 114798	Forum: History Posted: 2:13 pm Subject: Holy Smoke
Tani Replies: 61 Views: 114798	Ishmael wrote: Well, if "Hal" means "Salt" then "Helen" means "of salt." Helen, therefore, is a woman of salt Now we can all brainstorm about the possib ...
Topic: How Fast Do Languages Change?
Tani Replies: 735 Views: 533015	Forum: Linguistics Posted: 11:12 am Subject: How Fast Do Languages Change?
Tani Replies: 735 Views: 533015	I'd like to throw some assorted thoughts into the debate: Neolithic.Europe = Megalithic Europe had a flourishing trade with at least as far as Mediterranean (spondilus shells in Irish and British ...
Topic: Salt Trade
Tani Replies: 94 Views: 198847	Forum: History Posted: 9:32 pm Subject: Salt Trade
Tani Replies: 94 Views: 198847	In 2002, Wessex Arch unearthed the grave of two men near Amesbury, about 5km southeast of Stonehenge. Richest burials of early Bronze Age yet: the 'Stonehenge Archer' and his younger companion, C14 da ...
Topic: Salt Trade
Tani Replies: 94 Views: 198847	Forum: History Posted: 9:13 pm Subject: Salt Trade
Tani Replies: 94 Views: 198847	I'm sure you know that it didn't start with La Tene - it started with Hallstatt. That's in today's Austria, and the name-giving place is a burial ground where they unearthed thousands and thousands o ...
Topic: Holy Smoke
Tani Replies: 61 Views: 114798	Forum: History Posted: 8:49 pm Subject: Holy Smoke
Tani Replies: 61 Views: 114798	Some more assorted stuff on places and people: Central Europe Switzerland: HELvetia (Hel <=> Hal?) also Helvetii :a (according to J.Caesar) 'celtic' people There's the celtic Sun God Be ...
Topic: Holy Smoke
Tani Replies: 61 Views: 114798	Forum: History Posted: 8:42 pm Subject: Holy Smoke
Tani Replies: 61 Views: 114798	I posted a cry for help on the GH.com mystery board re Salt in Mythology and the most promising stuff I got so far, that could (or not) have any bearing on the A/S and salt-question was actually quite ...
Topic: Holy Smoke
Tani Replies: 61 Views: 114798	Forum: History Posted: 8:29 pm Subject: Holy Smoke
Tani Replies: 61 Views: 114798	I was thinking about Salt in Mythology, I think it's probably something worth checking out. What I can come up with offhand right now, is salt being an essential part in folklore and customs, such as ...
Topic: A Sample Treasure Hunt Level : Level One
Tani Replies: 81 Views: 148486	Forum: Life Sciences Posted: 10:56 pm Subject: A Sample Treasure Hunt Level : Level One
Tani Replies: 81 Views: 148486	It's a long way from Central Mexico to the Plains, it would have taken a while for escapee Spanish horses to get there. The other problem is quantity: not many horses were actually brought over from ...