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NASA science uncovers texts of Trojan Wars, early Gospel
Chicago Tribune ^
| May 19, 2005
| Tom Hundley
Posted on 05/19/2005 9:31:48 AM PDT by mlc9852
OXFORD, England -- The scholars at Oxford University are not sure how it works or why; all they know is that it does.
A relatively new technology called multispectral imaging is turning a pile of ancient garbage into a gold mine of classical knowledge, bringing to light the lost texts of Sophocles and Euripides as well as some early Christian gospels that do not appear in the New Testament.
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: archaeology; artifacts; discovery; ggg; godsgravesglyphs; history; imaging; multispectralimages; nasa; technology
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posted on
05/19/2005 9:31:49 AM PDT
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mlc9852
To: mlc9852
To: blam; SunkenCiv
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posted on
05/19/2005 9:35:15 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(O beautiful for patriot dream - that sees beyond the years)
To: mlc9852
Amazing how a claim becomes a fact. Such as this rubbish about the Gospel of Thomas.
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posted on
05/19/2005 9:35:39 AM PDT
by
RobbyS
To: mlc9852
...some early Christian gospels that do not appear in the New Testament. Great. We'll have pseudo-scholars coming that gospel soley to find some inference they can confabulate that Jesus was gay.
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posted on
05/19/2005 9:39:14 AM PDT
by
Plutarch
To: RobbyS
the Gospel of ThomasI doubt it's authentic.
To: biblewonk
Oh, look -- a dividend from all our investment in NASA!</megaSarcasm>
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posted on
05/19/2005 9:40:27 AM PDT
by
newgeezer
(Just my opinion, of course. Your mileage may vary.)
To: mlc9852
All of it was collected from the rubbish dumps of Oxyrhynchus, a city that flourished after the conquest of Egypt by Alexander the Great in 332 B.C. The city remained prominent in the Roman and Byzantine periods but declined after the Arab conquest in A.D. 641. Yep - about sums up most of the history of the middle east...
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posted on
05/19/2005 9:42:14 AM PDT
by
2banana
(My common ground with terrorists - They want to die for Islam, and we want to kill them.)
To: mlc9852
People need to be aware that we already have a number of "early gospels that do not appear in the New Testament".
New additions are very interesting, and will be eagerly studied. But it's not like these should turn Christianity upside-down.
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posted on
05/19/2005 9:42:19 AM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(The fourth estate is a fifth column.)
To: RobbyS
It may be an ancient text BUT it still may be a fraudulent ancient text.
How many french churches claim to have the holy relic foreskin of christ? (jewish boys etc)
There ancient world was probably full of fakes which were sold to eager buyers.
However, it still does not take away from the fact that this is VERY exciting. I know the friends I have in the Greek University system in Greece are very excited about this.
To: 2banana
"The city remained prominent in the Roman and Byzantine periods but declined after the Arab conquest in A.D. 641."
Hhhmmmmm
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posted on
05/19/2005 9:43:37 AM PDT
by
mlc9852
To: mlc9852
the Oxyrhynchus Papyri, an enormous collection of texts unearthed from the rubbish heaps of the vanished city of Oxyrhynchus...The gospel of Thomas, for example, records the "Sayings of Jesus" in a manner that some scholars of early Christianity believe is more authentic than the Gospels in the New Testament.There's probably a good reason why this stuff was found in an ancient city dump.
To: mlc9852
"No one knows exactly why it produces the results it does," Obbink said of the technology. "But with texts that are difficult to read, it's a night-and-day difference." Well, actually, it's well understood science. Different materials absorb and emit light at different wavelengths. Black ink and black papyrus have different thermal properties. It's how most remote sensing technology works...
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05/19/2005 9:46:09 AM PDT
by
r9etb
To: 2banana
Another city destroyed by the Muslims.
To: RobbyS
To: mlc9852
So far, if I have this right, we haven't found any "lost" documents, like some lost play of Euripedes.
Maybe, like today's markets, such documents weren't popular enough to be widespread?
But its a "gaw-aw-lee" technology, for sure.
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posted on
05/19/2005 9:49:25 AM PDT
by
Adder
(Can we bring back stoning again? Please?)
To: Adder
Wonder what researchers will think when they dig through our landfills in the future?
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posted on
05/19/2005 9:50:47 AM PDT
by
mlc9852
To: ClearCase_guy
Rewriting the Bible/amending the Bible is worrisome to me.
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posted on
05/19/2005 9:51:23 AM PDT
by
peacebaby
(I am a marvelous housekeeper. Every time I leave a man, I keep his house. Zsa Zsa Gabor)
To: mlc9852
LOL! Can you imagine if what they find is a Playboy or worse?
Actually, things ought to be almost pristine since we cap and seal landfills.
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05/19/2005 9:53:50 AM PDT
by
Adder
(Can we bring back stoning again? Please?)
To: mlc9852
Saw this on one of those Discovery/History channels. They brought in a language scholar and had him standing by while they were adjusting the camera which was pointed at these insignificant black scraps of nothing. When they hit the correct light frequency, ancient Greek words just jumped out at you. The scholar's mouth literally dropped open and the look on his face was priceless. He was able to read what hadn't been read aloud in, what, 2,000 years? Just amazing.
The scrolls recovered from Herculaneum were not only carbonized, but often compacted into solid masses, making them very difficult to work with.
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05/19/2005 9:55:27 AM PDT
by
Chinito
(6990th Security Group, RC-135/Combat Apple, Class of '68)
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