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Italians Find Ancient Ur Tablets (Iraq)
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| 3-28-2006
Posted on 03/28/2006 10:53:21 AM PST by blam
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"Ur, near the southern Iraqi city of Nassiriya, is cited in the Bible as the birthplace of the prophet Abraham ." When Abraham lived in Ur, it was a seaside town. It is now about 100 miles in-land.
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posted on
03/28/2006 10:53:23 AM PST
by
blam
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
03/28/2006 10:54:00 AM PST
by
blam
To: Allegra
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posted on
03/28/2006 10:56:40 AM PST
by
thackney
(life is fragile, handle with prayer)
To: blam
To Ur is human, to dig it up is divine! ;-)
To: blam
Interesting that its now safe enough for archaeology in the Iraqi south.
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posted on
03/28/2006 10:59:08 AM PST
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buwaya
To: blam
Do they tell where the WMDs are?..........
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posted on
03/28/2006 10:59:30 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him...)
To: thackney
I want to see the ancient sites here
so bad! Ur has been on my list as well as ancient Babylon. There are still
remnants of the Tower of Babel there. Heck, I'd be thrilled just to see the stuff in the Baghdad Museum.
So close and yet so frustratingly far. I'm coming back here in a few years. I have got to see these things.
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posted on
03/28/2006 11:00:19 AM PST
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Allegra
(No mosques were entered or damaged during this post.)
To: blam
And... They will be found to be part of the Da Vinci Code!!! (or is it the Da Vinci Hoax???) [ /sarcasm off]
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posted on
03/28/2006 11:00:53 AM PST
by
topher
(Let us return to old-fashioned morality - morality that has stood the test of time...)
To: blam
When Abraham lived in Ur, it was a seaside town. It is now about 100 miles in-land. Global warming will fix that...........
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posted on
03/28/2006 11:01:33 AM PST
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Red Badger
(And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him...)
To: blam
Perhaps the tablets say, "ACCORDING TO ALBERTIUS GORUS, GLOBAL COOLING TO DESTROY OUR CIVILIZATION!"
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posted on
03/28/2006 11:03:17 AM PST
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Red Badger
(And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him...)
To: blam
They translate to:
"Nebuchadnezzar lied, people died"
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posted on
03/28/2006 11:03:46 AM PST
by
Mikey_1962
(I grew up in a slum, when I got to college it had become a "ghetto".)
To: blam
Very very interesting. THX for the post.
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posted on
03/28/2006 11:05:25 AM PST
by
umgud
(12 gauge, the original pepper spray)
To: Allegra
I'm coming back here in a few years. Does that mean you are actually planning on leaving someday?
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posted on
03/28/2006 11:06:25 AM PST
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thackney
(life is fragile, handle with prayer)
To: blam
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posted on
03/28/2006 11:07:14 AM PST
by
Spirited
To: Allegra
Very interesting...I see where you have a common thread with the area....
To: Allegra
Very interesting...I see where you have a common thread with the area....
To: blam
It is now about 100 miles in-land.
That's cause global warming melted all the oceans...and they went away.
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posted on
03/28/2006 11:11:32 AM PST
by
P-40
(http://www.590klbj.com/forum/index.php?referrerid=1854)
To: thackney
Does that mean you are actually planning on leaving someday?:-P
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posted on
03/28/2006 11:12:25 AM PST
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Allegra
(No mosques were entered or damaged during this post.)
To: nikos1121
Very interesting...I see where you have a common thread with the area.... You mean "Home Sweet Home?" LOL
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posted on
03/28/2006 11:13:29 AM PST
by
Allegra
(No mosques were entered or damaged during this post.)
To: blam
Abraham of the Ur of the Chaldeas
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