http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/ggg/ en-us Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:18:10 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2385840/posts http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KHcQsjFdC8&feature=channel Joseph Stalin declassified. Newly revealed documents about Stalin and the founding of the USSR and his inner circle. About the purges and memos concerning STalin. Yotube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2385840/posts#comment Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:18:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2387570/posts The secret is out: Man and gomphotheres once coexisted in Sonora. Tools and spear tips found with fossil bones at a remote Sonoran site suggest that Clovis-era hunters butchered two juvenile specimens of the elephantlike megafauna about 13,000 years ago. It's the first discovery of such recent evidence of gomphotheres in North America, said Vance Holliday, a University of Arizona anthropologist. It's also the first time gomphothere fossils were found together with implements made by Clovis people, the oldest known inhabitants of North America, Holliday said. The discovery, on a remote ranch in the Rio Sonora watershed, was actually made... Arizona Daily Star http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2387570/posts#comment Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:13:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2382726/posts The legend of the lost Persian army has survived over two and a half millennia - despite a blatant lack of hard evidence. But now two Italian experts believe they have found its remains. Twin brothers Angelo and Alfredo Castiglioni uncovered hundreds of human bones, weapons and jewelery in the Sahara desert, west Egypt, that they believe belonged to the 50,000-strong army. Daily mail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2382726/posts#comment Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:05:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2368561/posts In the world wide web and in the publishing world, there are conspiracy theories going about concerning topics from the Kennedy assassination, aliens, 9/11 being an inside job, Chariot of the gods, a book claiming that extraterrestrials influenced the ancient world, and corporate control over government. While some present some truth, some are fantastic and even fictitious. One such theory involves ancient history and a belief that we have not been alone in the universe for sometime. British Author and Green activist David Icke has compiled a series of books claiming that since the dawn of time, Earth has been... Mainestategop http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2368561/posts#comment Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:36:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2356607/posts The first century B.C. was one of the most culturally rich in the history of the Roman Empire - the age of Cicero, Caesar and Virgil. But as much as historians know about the great figures of this period of Ancient Rome, they know very little about some basic facts, such as the population size of the late Roman Empire. Now, a group of historians has used caches of buried coins to provide an answer to this question. During the Republican period of Rome (about the fifth to the first centuries B.C), adult male citizens of Rome could be taxed... Live Science http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2356607/posts#comment Wed, 7 Oct 2009 12:08:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2355338/posts An Italian scientist says he has reproduced the Shroud of Turin, a feat that he says proves definitively that the linen some Christians revere as Jesus Christ's burial cloth is a medieval fake. The shroud, measuring 14 feet, 4 inches by 3 feet, 7 inches bears the image, eerily reversed like a photographic negative, of a crucified man some believers say is Christ. "We have shown that is possible to reproduce something which has the same characteristics as the Shroud," Luigi Garlaschelli, who is due to illustrate the results at a conference on the para-normal this weekend in northern Italy,... Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2355338/posts#comment Mon, 5 Oct 2009 18:22:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2347340/posts The largest haul of Anglo-Saxon gold ever found has been discovered by a metal detector enthusiast on farmland in Staffordshire, it was revealed today. Experts say the hoard, which is at least as significant as any other treasure from the Anglo-Saxon era ever unearthed, is worth millions and could have belonged to a king. The discovery of at least 1,345 different items, thought to date back to the seventh century, is expected to redefine perceptions of the period. Terry Herbert, from Burntwood, Staffordshire, came across the collection as he searched a field near his home with his trusty 14-year-old detector... Daily mail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2347340/posts#comment Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:35:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2335689/posts Last month we told you about people who stumbled upon their fortune. If you haven’t found your own copy of the Declaration of Independence or a few thousand Ancient Roman coins, let me give you a push in the right direction with these tales of lost treasures that are just waiting for you to find them. 1. The Lying Dutchman? Arthur Flegenheimer, who went by the alias “Dutch Schultz,” was a New York mobster during the 1920s and ’30s known for his brutality and hard-nosed business tactics. By the time he was 33, Dutch had taken on the Mafia in... Mental Floss http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2335689/posts#comment Wed, 9 Sep 2009 19:46:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2338047/posts Sophisticated computer scans of fossils have helped solve a mystery over the nature of a giant, ancient raptor known as the Haast's eagle which became extinct about 500 years ago, researchers said Friday. The researchers say they have determined that the eagle — which lived in the mountains of New Zealand and weighed about 40 pounds (18 kilograms) — was a predator and not a mere scavenger as many thought. Much larger than modern eagles, Haast's eagle would have swooped to prey on flightless birds — and possibly even the rare unlucky human. hostednews/ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2338047/posts#comment Sat, 12 Sep 2009 15:48:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2327972/posts MILFORD -- A 1907 catalog of the New Haven County Historical Society listed several rare and odd items, including a necklace from an Egyptian mummy, slave chains, a small block of wood from the Old South Bridge in Concord, Mass., which the British guarded at the start of the Revolutionary War. But lot 23 in the inventory -- "a skull of an American soldier, one of 42 who died of the 200 in a destitute and sickly condition that were brought from a British prison ship ... and suddenly cast upon the shore of the town of Milford on the... Connecticut Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2327972/posts#comment Sun, 30 Aug 2009 15:57:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2304794/posts An Open Letter to President Obama Regarding the Appointment of Science Advisor John Holdren Dear President Obama, I note with dismay your appointment of Dr. John Holdren as Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, and Co-Chair of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. Although Dr. Holdren’s experience in academia and administration may be adequate, his publicly expressed views regarding population control disqualify him from holding office. I will set aside objections to Dr. Holdren’s scientific competence. Despite his strong scientific credentials, he advanced theories... Evolution News & Views http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2304794/posts#comment Thu, 30 Jul 2009 22:19:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2298667/posts Newly analyzed remains suggest that a modern human killed a Neanderthal man in what is now Iraq between 50,000 and 75,000 years ago. The finding is scant but tantalizing evidence for a theory that modern humans helped to kill off the Neanderthals. The probable weapon of choice: A thrown spear. The evidence: A lethal wound on the remains of a Neanderthal skeleton. Livescience.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2298667/posts#comment Wed, 22 Jul 2009 22:53:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2280921/posts A Roman tomb believed to be that of St Paul may be opened for the first time in 2000 years, the archpriest of the cathedral where it is located said Friday. ''We've been thinking of opening St Paul's sarcophagus for a while and Pope Benedict XVI has not ruled out ordering a thorough analysis of the tomb,'' said Cardinal Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo of St Paul's Outside the Walls. ''We've also studied how we could do it. You have to bear in mind that this sarcophagus has been there for 20 centuries and has never been opened,'' he said.... Italy Mag http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2280921/posts#comment Sat, 27 Jun 2009 23:34:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279832/posts Bible buzz begins as hunters wait to view Ten Commandments box Ark hunters and Bible enthusiasts are buzzing about a report that the Ark of the Covenant, the ancient container that holds the Ten Commandments, is expected to be unveiled in Rome today. As WND reported, the patriarch of the Orthodox Church of Ethiopia says he will announce to the world the unveiling of the Ark, which he says has been hidden away in a church in his country for millennia, according to the Italian news agency Adnkronos. Abuna Pauolos, in Italy for a meeting with Pope Benedict XVI this... WorldNetDaily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279832/posts#comment Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:19:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279052/posts <p>Egyptologists from the Brooklyn Museum and doctors from North Shore University Hospital learned Tuesday through a CT scan that a 2,500-year-old mummy previously thought to be a woman - and named Lady Hor - actually was a man.</p> <p>Dr. Jesse Chusid said that while the mummy's body wrap of linen covered in plaster, called cartonnage, bore the shape of a woman, the body within had the anatomy of a man.</p> http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279052/posts#comment Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:15:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2278730/posts Archaeologists have unearthed a hoard of ancient Roman treasures, including a marble head of the Roman emperor Titus, during an excavation outside the southern Italian city of Naples. The long-term digging effort in Rione Terra, a cliff in the port town of Pozzuoli, has yielded remains of 12 ancient statues, columns and fragments bearing inscriptions from what appear to be monuments from the Republican and Imperial periods of ancient Roman history. Discovery http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2278730/posts#comment Wed, 24 Jun 2009 22:58:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2273794/posts MORE than a thousand years ago a Saxon thief, desperate to hide his plunder, stashed a hoard of stolen gold in what is today a nondescript West Yorkshire field. What became of the thief is lost to the ages and his precious loot lay safely buried in that same field for the next millennium. There it remained until a treasure hunter, out with his trusty metal detector last year, experienced the moment he will never forget when he unearthed the amazing find on the farmland near Leeds. Archaeological experts say they believe the three gold rings, half a gold ingot... Yorkshire Evening Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2273794/posts#comment Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:40:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2261515/posts YANGON, Myanmar: (AP) A 2,300-year-old Myanmar temple building totally collapsed while workers were attempting to repair it, killing six people and injuring 30, witnesses said Sunday. Some people were still trapped beneath bricks, bamboo scaffolding and other debris a day after the collapse Saturday, said Tin Shwe, who runs a small shop near the temple. The tall, bell-shaped structure, called a stupa, collapsed because of age and deterioration, said a temple official, Tin Tin Win. Damage to the Danok temple was detected in 2006. Tin Shwe said most of the victims were navy personnel doing reconstruction work on the temple,... Malaysia Star http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2261515/posts#comment Sun, 31 May 2009 06:22:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2244244/posts A COTSWOLD field where a massive Roman mosaic was uncovered earlier this year is set to be declared a site on national archaeological significance. The mosaic was discovered by metal detector enthusiasts Paul Ballinger, 41 and John Carter, 53, in a field in Kemble back in January. It is believed to date back to the 4th Century and could be up to 40-foot in diameter. A square foot of the mosaic was uncovered by Paul and John, revealing the intricate floor tiles which showed the leg of an animal. Now English Heritage want to designate the site as an official... Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2244244/posts#comment Tue, 5 May 2009 02:26:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2237717/posts A story about the Roman Empire. (which was called Honoria) how it came about and how it eventually fell. Very eerily similar to America's history. YOUTUBE http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2237717/posts#comment Sat, 25 Apr 2009 18:51:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2232497/posts The Western world has never taken Islam with the full seriousness it has earned. Down through history, once Islamic armies have conquered a land, with very few exceptions, that land has remained Muslim. A Christian will wish in vain that the great circle of Christian lands around the Mediterranean (and on up into Syria, Iraq, Iran, and northwards into Georgia) had not fallen irretrievably into Muslim hands, most of them before 732 A.D. For Christians who think that the future of the world favors movement in their direction, a study of the latent dynamism of Islam is not a little... AEI Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2232497/posts#comment Sun, 19 Apr 2009 00:41:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2222860/posts Medieval knights hid and secretly venerated The Holy Shroud of Turin for more than 100 years after the Crusades, the Vatican said today in an announcement that appeared to solve the mystery of the relic’s missing years. The Knights Templar, an order which was suppressed and disbanded for alleged heresy, took care of the linen cloth, which bears the image of a man with a beard, long hair and the wounds of crucifixion, according to Vatican researchers. The Shroud, which is kept in the royal chapel of Turin Cathedral, has long been revered as the shroud in which Jesus was... Times Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2222860/posts#comment Sun, 5 Apr 2009 19:20:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2223109/posts Medieval knights hid and secretly venerated The Holy Shroud of Turin for more than 100 years after the Crusades, the Vatican said yesterday in an announcement that appeared to solve the mystery of the relic’s missing years. The Knights Templar, an order which was suppressed and disbanded for alleged heresy, took care of the linen cloth, which bears the image of a man with a beard, long hair and the wounds of crucifixion, according to Vatican researchers. The Shroud, which is kept in the royal chapel of Turin Cathedral, has long been revered as the shroud in which Jesus was... Times Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2223109/posts#comment Mon, 6 Apr 2009 05:32:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2213254/posts London A whale’s tooth carved by a member of the expedition on HMS Beagle that included a 25-year-old Charles Darwin is to be sold at auction, it was announced yesterday. The 7in tooth was decorated by James Bute, a Marine serving on the Beagle’s voyage around the world in 1834, during which Darwin carried out research that formed the basis for his theory of evolution. The elaborate scrimshaw (the technical name for carving on whale bones and teeth) shows the Beagle in rough seas off a mountainous coastline on one side of the tooth, and on the other side, the... The Times (London) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2213254/posts#comment Tue, 24 Mar 2009 06:25:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2206339/posts Scholarship suggesting the existence of the Essenes, a religious Jewish group that lived in the Judea before the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE, is wrong, according to Prof. Rachel Elior, whose study on the subject will be released soon. Elior blasts the predominant opinion of Dead Sea Scrolls scholars that the Essenes had written the scrolls in Qumran, claiming instead that they were written by ousted Temple priests in Jerusalem. "Sixty years of research have been wasted trying to find the Essenes in the scrolls. But they didn't exist, they were invented by [Jewish-Roman historian] Josephus. It's... Haaretz.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2206339/posts#comment Sat, 14 Mar 2009 04:53:56 GMT