5,000-Year-Old Treasure Rediscovered In Library Storage Room (Valdosta, Ga)

Valdosta.edu/News ^ | 10-19-2005 | Charles Harmon

[Physicist]

Ooh, sounds like a wonderful assignment! How many volumes?

Best recent acquisition: a fine 1928 copy of Fum Boonastiel, a Pennsylvania Dutch classic by T. H. Harter, discovered at an AAUW book sale on the rainiest day in the history of Allentown.

[RadioAstronomer]

I have meant to send you mail for days about that. :-(

That is just way cool.

[RadioAstronomer]

Great find! :-)

[RightWingAtheist]

It's OK. You're busy with an equally cool job :).

[RadioAstronomer]

Honestly, I think yours is better. :-)

[RightWingAtheist]

Ooh, sounds like a wonderful assignment! How many volumes?

We don't exactly know how many volumes we will be getting yet; they just keep coming in. He archived a lot of historical material, as well as books by many local and state publishers. But our projected deadline for the completion of the project is June, so that should give you a good idea about how much we have to go through! (not that I'm complaining, though :-D)

[RightWingAtheist]

I think we all think our friends have better jobs than we do!

[RightWingAtheist]

I remember reading about how archaeologists found graffiti amongst the Greek and Roman ruins. My favorite was one found on a wall in Pompei: "SERENA HATES ISADORE"

[ATOMIC_PUNK]

Loving all forms of Alphabets PINGS !

[RadioAstronomer]

LOL!

I still liked the notion that a potter using a needle to enscribe a line on a pot may have recorded local sounds from a market place on the pot not unlike a vinyl record. (Pipe dream I know)

[RightWingAtheist]

Gregory Benford actually wrote a short story ("Time Shards") based around that concept.

[RadioAstronomer]

COOL! :-)

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Blam.

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[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Blam.

To all -- please ping me to other topics which are appropriate for the GGG list. Thanks.

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[SunkenCiv]

This double post was not my fault. #34 did not show up, so I reloaded the Comments screen, and it wasn't there (usually, it would say, "#35 of 34" and the message would be there). So I reposted it. That's what's known as a gotcha. ;')

[SunkenCiv]

For example:

Five ancient inscriptions unearthed at Haft-Tappeh ^
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[Hank Rearden]

This one says: "Property of Helen Thomas"

[SunkenCiv]

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[FreedomCalls]

I remember reading about how archaeologists found graffiti amongst the Greek and Roman ruins.

Here's a bunch more: http://www.orbilat.com/Languages/Latin_Vulgar/Texts/Pompeii_Graffiti.html

Samples:

Celadus the Thracier makes the girls moan!

Profit is happiness!

I've caught a cold.

Caution. Some are quite bawdy.