Posted on 09/23/2004 7:24:12 PM PDT by blam
GGG Ping.
Homer: Stupid drunken mummies!
Don't drink and mummify.
I'm screwed.
For your consideration.
Wine and Beer were not only popular drinks, their value was more than simply entertainment. Alcohol was used to 'purify' water, as it killed parasites in the water. Thus, wine and water were mixed, and often drank with meals.
Slightly 'over-ripe' meat had unpleasant flavors which are easily covered by cooking with wine.
Wine tastes good, but also stores for years; whereas grape juice has a relatively short shelflife.
Given the level of medicine and insectacides, fleas and mange were the order of the day, and fleas in bedding were just a fact of life. A slight buzz will help you sleep through the irritating bites.
I think the ancients used wine as more of a staple than we do today; by virtue of it's medicinal value, rather than the alcoholic effects. The buzz and hangover were just probably an added bonus to the benefits it gave. Again, IMHO.
"The 5th World Congress on Mummy Studies"
Who'd a thunk it? And I thought gender studies were bad!
I wonder if this group has studied Mama T and JFn? They sure look mummified to me.
the girls get prettier at closing time...
I think that is an apt overview.
I've read that ancient human mothers often nursed their children up to age five. The rancid food would often kill the children.
Ping! Hey, thanks a bunch for saving me the trouble of digging that one up (no pun intended.)
Scientists are finding more and more evidence that modern human society has existed for at least the last ten thousand years. Thor Hyerdahl proved that an Egyptian reed boat could sail the Atlantic. IMHO, there was a thriving trade going on between Central America and Egypt. Back during the Ice Age when sea levels were lower, the trip was much easier- shorter distance to sail, more islands to stop at.
So why are scientists so stubborn? They should be logical, judging each piece of evidence on it's merits. Instead, they refuse to accept any evidence that disagrees with their pet theory.
Good name for a band ... or a nick.
What in the world does that mean?
they carbon dated Teddy K to be this old?
Like cheese, taking a consumable that only lasts for days and converting it into one that lasts for years is just common sense.
What get me is that sometimes I get the feeling that modern day archies are shocked when they find that the ancients practiced common sense. I guess it's an elitist kind of thing. (Common sense was invented in the 1960's ya know.)
...at least them ol'mummies knew how to party!
It means naturally mummified. In these cases due to frozen temps and dry air.
Is that Cybill Shepard?
Interesting read.
Evidence for one way migrations on odd routes is strong, but evidence for regular trade is very poor.
The huge exception being the sweet potato, which really shocks and stumps the scholars. It's strong evidence for extremely-hard-to-believe trade and migrations between Chile and the Pacific Islands. There's just no easy way to dismiss it at all. The thinking is, if this unbelievable fact is true, then maybe some other exchanges across implausible ocean distances are plausible also. There is still is very weak evidence for other trade like this, but people are more receptive to the idea than they would be without the sweet potato thing.
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