Fingerprints of the Gods - Book Review

Beagle · Post by **Beagle** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 12:35 am

Marduk, enough of that BS. Firstly, you didn't handle anything - you went ape-shit crazy.

Everything you said about me, and others, is completely untrue and paranoid.

You attacked 3 of us if you don't remember. I have also not used the word liar - I never do.

marduk · Post by **marduk** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 12:40 am

Beagle
I proved you were a liar over your comments at posters at maat
don't you remember insulting me and calling me dishonest when I first started posting here
because i posted at maat you labelled me with your potty mouth without actually checking what sort of posts I make at maat
thats paranoia
maybe you should ask Charlie what sort of posts I make at maat
hes thanked me twice for my help in the last 24 hours over there
now would you like me to go and prove you a liar for the second time today

Everything you said about me, and others, is completely untrue and paranoid

this is a lie
it was perfectly true and you know it and so does everyone else
who do you think you are trying to convince here
yourself
youre a very nasty person Beagle
get used to the idea or change your ways or pick on someone else
because I simply am not going to put up with your crap anymore
kapeesh

now go back and read these last few posts you made
http://archaeologica.boardbot.com/viewt ... ght=#27074

I got it. Posting after our every post is harassment - stop now.
Playtime is over

http://archaeologica.boardbot.com/viewt ... ght=#27079

I'd like to trash this whole thread tomorrow, and do it without any insanity.

http://archaeologica.boardbot.com/viewt ... ght=#27083

Never mind - you're going wacko again.

http://archaeologica.boardbot.com/viewt ... ght=#27084

Do you have to spend all your time trying to convince people that you're very smart and an expert? It is all you do you know. Imagine your reaction to some nut like that. G'night

http://archaeologica.boardbot.com/viewt ... ght=#27087

Marduk, enough of that BS. Firstly, you didn't handle anything - you went ape-shit crazy

every one contains a personal attack aimed at me
who the hell do you think you are

Beagle · Post by **Beagle** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 7:38 am

None of that is true Steve, but this is amazing.

pick on someone else

I haven't said a word to you since you returned from your last suspension, prior to yesterday. And then only because I wanted to have a decent thread on the Pokotia stone.

The smart thing for you to have done was return the favor. Don't read my posts, leave me alone. Instead you have harassed me everywhere I post. You've even had a couple of your friends help you in the endeavor. Very childish. You've been following behind me like a little puppy dog. Min also.

I may have to wait on the Pokotia thread, because you are such a destructive element in this forum. If we edit out our posts, it will be just you embarassing yourself in there.

I really wish you had chosen to ignore me back. You make bad decisions however.

I'm going to pour another cup of coffee, confer with a few people, and enjoy my day here. We'll see what happens.

Cognito · Post by **Cognito** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 11:58 am

Beagle & Marduk:

You guys need to kiss and make up. I am positive you both were married in a previous life just like these two are now:

If this cannot become a kinder and gentler thread, Charlie and I are planning to moderate your discussions with a baseball bat and can of pepper spray. The whole world is watching and this bickering sucks

AND DON'T GIVE ME ANY CRAP ABOUT WHO STARTED IT SINCE NOBODY CARES!!!!!!!!!!

Harte · Post by **Harte** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 1:23 pm

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Harte · Post by **Harte** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 1:24 pm

Minimalist wrote: Well...he "came up" with it in the sense that he introduced that archaeologist and the loss of the city well within historical times. I, for one, believe that Plato was telling a story but the image of a nearby city disappearing beneath the sea was a powerful one to add in to the story.
It certainly would have been well known to the bulk of his intended 'audience.'

That was Helike, I believe. The story of what happened there has been proffered before as a possible root of the Atlantis myth. Doesn't hurt that it happened during Plato's youth, and not all that far from where he lived at the time.

Minimalist wrote:The show was not bad. He's a dork but he's not as bad as you-know-who.

"Digging For the Truth" is one of the less ridiculous archaeological programs on the History Channel. I will say, though, that Josh makes it seem like he's uncovering "truths" whereas in actuality many (most, probably,) of the things he "finds" were discovered decades before now.

They've got a new show, by the way, that focuses on ancient technologies. Looks fairly interesting as well, and the first one didn't say anything about ancient astronauts or Annunakis etc. What a relief.

Harte

Post by **Minimalist** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 2:05 pm

"Digging For the Truth" is one of the less ridiculous archaeological programs on the History Channel. I will say, though, that Josh makes it seem like he's uncovering "truths" whereas in actuality many (most, probably,) of the things he "finds" were discovered decades before now.

Much better than Drive Through History....which had me almost gagging last night as they fucked over the Roman Empire.

Bernstein showed up on Jon Stewart's Daily Show not too long ago and admitted that he was not an archaeologist. AT least he does not generally argue with his experts as Jacobovici did 1,000 times on The Naked Archaeologist.

Forum Monk · Post by **Forum Monk** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 6:05 pm

I have played with the NASA World Wind application a little more and have succeeded in displaying the sea level which was 120m lower at the end of the LGM. If there is a particular area you would like to see, let me know and I will post an image.

The resolution is not a good as Google Earth but it is a very interesting application, nevertheless. There are many scientific visualizations possible.

Beagle · Post by **Beagle** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 1:03 pm

If you like, Monk. I'm interested in whether or not there was a land bridge at any time. If you've already viewed it, it's ok to just tell me what it showed.

Forum Monk · Post by **Forum Monk** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 1:37 pm

Beagle wrote:If you like, Monk.

I like.

These are form the end of the LGM when the Med is 120m lower than today.
Here is the area around Malta. Ialy and Sicily are connected (barely perceptable) but there is no visible land bridge:

However, at the othe end of the Med, there is a land bridge:

Post by **Minimalist** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 1:50 pm

The islands in the Aegean are a hell of a lot larger.

Beagle · Post by **Beagle** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 3:50 pm

Thank you Monk. I appreciate that.

Post by **Minimalist** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 1:31 pm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/5192410.stm

Prehistoric humans roamed the world's largest desert for some 5,000 years, archaeologists have revealed.

The Eastern Sahara of Egypt, Sudan, Libya and Chad was home to nomadic people who followed rains that turned the desert into grassland.

When the landscape dried up about 7,000 years ago, there was a mass exodus to the Nile and other parts of Africa.

Beagle · Post by **Beagle** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 3:44 pm

The Sahara desert is probably the poster child of climate change. At one time most of humanity probably lived there.

Beagle · Post by **Beagle** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 4:02 pm

One thing though, that I've wondered about, is that every source you read says that the Sahara recieved huge volumes of rain during the mid-holocene. But then they go on to describe the area as a lush savannah.

It would seem to me that in several thousand years it would be a rain forest.

I saw a map of what it would have looked like once. It was covered with rivers and lakes.