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Topic: Alphabet Soup | |
Tani Replies: 97 Views: 153485 |
Forum: Linguistics Posted: 4:44 pm Subject: Alphabet Soup |
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: 24360 |
Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 10:55 am Subject: Ghostbusters |
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 ... |
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Topic: Ghostbusters | |
Tani Replies: 44 Views: 24360 |
Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 10:53 am Subject: Ghostbusters |
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: 24360 |
Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 10:52 am Subject: Ghostbusters |
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 ... |
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Topic: Who Built The Stones? | |
Tani Replies: 201 Views: 123143 |
Forum: Megalithic Posted: 9:23 pm Subject: Who Built The Stones? |
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: 148297 |
Forum: History Posted: 5:14 pm Subject: The Troy Game |
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: 148297 |
Forum: History Posted: 5:04 pm Subject: The Troy Game |
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 ... |
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Topic: Holy Smoke | |
Tani Replies: 61 Views: 69566 |
Forum: History Posted: 2:13 pm Subject: Holy Smoke |
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 ... |
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Topic: How Fast Do Languages Change? | |
Tani Replies: 735 Views: 370767 |
Forum: Linguistics Posted: 11:12 am Subject: How Fast Do Languages Change? |
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 ... |
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Topic: Salt Trade | |
Tani Replies: 94 Views: 131265 |
Forum: History Posted: 9:32 pm Subject: Salt Trade |
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: 131265 |
Forum: History Posted: 9:13 pm Subject: Salt Trade |
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: 69566 |
Forum: History Posted: 8:49 pm Subject: Holy Smoke |
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 ... |
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Topic: Holy Smoke | |
Tani Replies: 61 Views: 69566 |
Forum: History Posted: 8:42 pm Subject: Holy Smoke |
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: 69566 |
Forum: History Posted: 8:29 pm Subject: Holy Smoke |
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: 86785 |
Forum: Life Sciences Posted: 10:56 pm Subject: A Sample Treasure Hunt Level : Level One |
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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