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Roman-Style Column Bolsters Han Dynasty Tomb
Peoples Daily ^ | 4-9-2007

Posted on 04/08/2007 6:41:47 PM PDT by blam

Roman-style column bolsters Han Dynasty tomb

Archeologists excavate near a Roman-style column in a newly found Han Dynasty tomb (202 BC - 220 AD) in Xiao County, east China's Anhui Province, April 3, 2007. (newsphoto)

Nearby villagers look on at the stone entrance of a newly found Han Dynasty tomb (202 BC - 220 AD) in Xiao County, east China's Anhui Province, April 3, 2007. (newsphoto)

An archeologists cleans carved stones in a newly found Han Dynasty tomb (202 BC - 220 AD) in Xiao County, east China's Anhui Province, April 3, 2007. (newsphoto)


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KEYWORDS: ancientnavigation; archeology; china; column; godsgravesglyphs; han; hanchina; handynasty; homerhdubs; liquan; marcusaurelius; roman; romanempire; romansinchina; tomb; uzbekistan
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To: Tribune7
Looks more like a Grecian Doric column.

Exactly. Romans used columns, but the photo doesn't distinguish between Greek and Roman columns. Now if an arch were used, that would be Roman.

21 posted on 04/08/2007 10:23:48 PM PDT by Plutarch
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To: blam

Well, Genghis “Jenjis” Khan’s foster father, Toghrul, was a Nestorian Christian.


22 posted on 04/08/2007 10:26:14 PM PDT by marsh_of_mists
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To: blam
Roman illegal aliens infiltrating the Chinese construction industry?
23 posted on 04/09/2007 1:32:36 AM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: blam

Well, now we know where the Chinese got pasta from.


24 posted on 04/09/2007 5:18:16 AM PDT by Vicomte13 (Le chien aboie; la caravane passe.)
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To: blam

“I think this better explains the situation. Caucasians were there before the Chinese.”

Fluted columns are not some kind of collective racial knowledge of Caucasians. Even if it was an imported art, it would have more likely been Greek influence (through Seleucid Central Asia).

And we’re talking about Anhui here, not Xinjiang, where the Caucasian mummies were found. Anhui is one of the easternmost provinces in China. As far as any archaeological evidence goes, Caucasians were definitely not anywhere near there “first”.


25 posted on 04/09/2007 5:52:34 AM PDT by PuTiDaMo
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To: Tribune7

Ahhhh.... light is placed on the subject to increase the truth.


26 posted on 04/09/2007 6:59:33 AM PDT by bert (K.E. N.P. Don't eat Spinich. The spinich growers are against the war and funding our troops)
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To: PuTiDaMo
"And we’re talking about Anhui here, not Xinjiang, where the Caucasian mummies were found. Anhui is one of the easternmost provinces in China. As far as any archaeological evidence goes, Caucasians were definitely not anywhere near there “first”."

I agree.

I was speaking specifically about the article in post #9 referring to Gansu Province. Archaeologist N Narain has suggested that Gansu is in fact the homeland of the people who eventually became the Europeans.

Now, if you believe professor Stephen Oppenheimer who says that the oldest Mongoloid skeleton ever found is only 10,000 years old...who do the 10k+ skeletons belong to?

27 posted on 04/09/2007 8:17:37 AM PDT by blam
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To: Tribune7
The column in this tomb has a pedestal, which Greek-period Doric columns lacked.



ARLT forum



Columnas de estilo de Doric

28 posted on 04/09/2007 10:27:29 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (I last updated my profile on Monday, April 2, 2007. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: blam

Just goes to show ya! The Chinese invented western style columns too.


29 posted on 04/09/2007 10:40:09 AM PDT by wildbill
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To: wildbill

“Western style” columns are pretty diverse. And I’m sure if you asked a few thousand professional stoneworkers to design their own columns, a couple of their creations would look very similar.

Doric columns may not have had bases, but Corinthian columns did. Note though that the fluting is very broad in the Chinese column. Actually, I can’t tell whether it is fluted or ridged.


30 posted on 04/09/2007 1:33:31 PM PDT by PuTiDaMo
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To: JB in Whitefish; SunkenCiv

Careful now. This column could start such a row, that it could be off the chart...


31 posted on 04/09/2007 1:37:01 PM PDT by Hegemony Cricket (Never let it be said that there are things we would never let be said.)
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To: Hegemony Cricket

Actually,

it’s not so much that the Chinese “stole” the columnar technology....

Bill Clinton GAVE it to them.


32 posted on 04/09/2007 3:14:40 PM PDT by JB in Whitefish
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To: Hegemony Cricket

I’d join in, but I couldn’t figure out what to do with vectors and tuples. ;’)


33 posted on 04/09/2007 7:59:17 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (I last updated my profile on Monday, April 2, 2007. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: Plutarch; Tribune7
Romans used columns, but the photo doesn't distinguish between Greek and Roman columns.

The photo shows a base for the column.. (Tuscan / Roman Doric )
The column is fluted, while classically, the tuscan would be plain, but roman doric used either..
The capital is plain, and follows the roman doric or tuscan example..

The deciding factor for me is the base more than anything..
It establishes the column is not greek, as they did not use a base for their columns.

I would suggest, therefore, the column is probably Roman Doric, after the advent of the Tuscan style..
Not exactly sure what the timeline would be on that..
But anything after say, 250 - 200 BC would be reasonable.

34 posted on 04/10/2007 1:11:14 AM PDT by Drammach ("If you make yourselves sheep, the wolves will eat you." -- Benjamin Franklin)
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To: Drammach

OK, thanks.


35 posted on 04/10/2007 4:33:13 AM PDT by Tribune7 (A bleeding heart does nothing but ruin the carpet)
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To: Drammach

Actually this is not surprising at all considering the Roman Do-It-Yourself craze that started around 150 AD. Columns were being shipped all around the Med and the Indian Ocean so it is not suprising that some wound up in China.

While there was always a market for the quality solid stone versions there was also a thriving market for the stone laminated Cedar of Lebanon economy columns. The one pictured in the article is an MS-XIV-TXXIIIV manufactured by Classic Columns Company, Inc. CCC produced columns, both solid and laminated, in most historical styles. In addition to their standard product lines CCC also undertook custom work as well. Records from the Roma Better Business Bureau indicate that in 268 AD CCC shipped a total of at least 16,000 columsns to the Far East.

CCC went out of busness in 418 AD due to a moritorium on shipping Cedar from Lebanon due to widespread shortages.


36 posted on 04/10/2007 8:24:05 AM PDT by .44 Special (Ta Muid Buarch)
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