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Hear Hear!
Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2019 5:25 pm
by circumspice
It's a damn pity that articles such as this one need to be published... But still, it needs to be said, repeatedly, til the new age/ancient aliens morons are finally silenced... (yeah right... like that will ever happen)
https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4693
Re: Hear Hear!
Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2019 2:35 am
by Simon21
It is also not true that Napoleon's gunners used it for target practice
Re: Hear Hear!
Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2019 12:36 am
by circumspice
Simon21 wrote:It is also not true that Napoleon's gunners used it for target practice
Probably not because Napoleon had already sent a cadre of scholars to Egypt to oversee the discovery, identification & removal of any important artifacts during the French campaign in Egypt. Common soldiers would have been instructed to keep an eye out for antiquities & to report them immediately. This was fairly atypical for the time because most armies were only concerned with capturing & holding territory. The story of the discovery of the Rosetta Stone is a good example. Ole Nappy was ahead of his time as far as reverence for antiquities. (for the purpose of looting, of course) He essentially started the fad of Egyptomania worldwide.
Egyptomania
Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2019 3:22 pm
by kbs2244
One of the classic examples of this fashion fad was Col. Powers naming of various sites he saw in the Grand Canyon with Egyptian names.
He knew it would get him headlines.
We suffer from the side effects of those names to this day.
Re: Hear Hear!
Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2019 10:11 pm
by Minimalist
Napoleon was an artillerist. His gunners would not have missed.
Re: Hear Hear!
Posted: Fri Oct 25, 2019 8:58 pm
by Minimalist
Testing, testing
Re: Hear Hear!
Posted: Sat Oct 26, 2019 7:59 pm
by circumspice
Yes, the board is back up & running. However, it's looking weird on a smartphone... It's a "mobile friendly" version that I absolutely hate. And... there's no obvious way to change the display from the mobile version to a desktop version... I must jump through hoops just to check if there are any new posts... like clicking on each separate board just to check for new posts... I hate this new version... 