tagged w/ Mesopotamia
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When people think of old books, you might think of something written by Homer or perhaps Beowulf. But in fact, the earliest literature that we have dates back to 2600 BC and are from the ancient cultures of Mesopotamia and the Middle East.
link:http://www.masteroflibraryscience.com/the-20-oldest-books-of-all-time.htmlWhen people think of old books, you might think of something written by Homer or... more
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Noah’s Ark FOUND? Evangelist Group Says It’s In Turkey…
Huffington Post
04-28-10
Noah’s Ark has been found atop a mountain in Turkey, a team of Turkish and Chinese evangelical explorers said Monday, April 26.
Click here for the Full Story and Video of Noahs Ark....http://ctpatriot1970.wordpress.com/2010/04/28/holy-video-noahs-ark-found-group-says-its-on-turkeys-mount-ararat/
The 15-person team claims to have recovered fragments of wood and pieces of rope from a structure on Mount Ararat in eastern Turkey that carbon dating has put at 4,800 years old, roughly coinciding with the time the biblical flood was said to have been occurred.Noah’s Ark FOUND? Evangelist Group Says It’s In Turkey…... more
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in increasing efforts to protect biodiversity, Iraq will become the 192nd Party to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) on October 26, 2009.in increasing efforts to protect biodiversity, Iraq will become the 192nd Party to the... more
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In increasing efforts to protect biodiversity, Iraq will become the 192nd Party to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) on October 26, 2009.In increasing efforts to protect biodiversity, Iraq will become the 192nd Party to the... more
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Is it the final curtain for the Fertile Crescent? This summer, as Turkish dams reduce the Tigris and Euphrates rivers to a trickle, farmers abandon their desiccated fields across Iraq and Syria, and efforts to revive the Mesopotamian marshes appear to be abandoned, climate modellers are warning that the current drought is likely to become permanent. The Mesopotamian cradle of civilisation seems to be returning to desert.
Last week, Iraqi ministers called for urgent talks with upstream neighbours Turkey and Syria, after the combination of a second year of drought and dams in those countries cut flow on the Euphrates as it enters Iraq to below 250 cubic metres a second. That is less than a quarter the flow needed to maintain Iraqi agriculture.
Tensions have been growing since May, when the Iraqi parliament refused to approve a new much-needed trade deal with Turkey unless it contained binding clauses on river flows. But Turkey appears in no mood to compromise. In July, it announced the final go-ahead for yet another dam, the Ilisu on the Tigris.Is it the final curtain for the Fertile Crescent? This summer, as Turkish dams reduce... more
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From the report: Fears of the continued plunder of ancient antiquities in war-torn Iraq may be laid to rest, according to a new survey of eight of the most important archaeological sites in the south of the country.
An international team of scholars who visited the historic sites in June found no obvious evidence of recent looting, according to a report recently published by the British Museum in London.
The findings came as a surprise to antiquities experts and scholars who had expected continued destruction of Iraqi heritage sites after the U.S. invaded in 2003.
"We didn't see any new looting at the eight sites, which was really very, very encouraging," said team member Elizabeth Stone, a Mesopotamia specialist from Stony Brook University in New York.
While the study team cautions that the situation may be very different elsewhere in Iraq, the findings suggest a dramatically improved situation at the eight locations since 2003, when widespread illegal digging was recorded in the region.
The survey, however, uncovered other significant damage to ancient Mesopotamian monuments caused by neglect and military activity.
Paul Collins, curator of later Mesopotamian collections at the British Museum, stresses that the study gives only a limited snapshot of the current situation in Iraq.
"It's just eight sites out of tens of thousands of archaeological sites, most of them unexplored," he said.
Similar surveys need to be undertaken across Iraq to "really get a picture of what did happen and what the situation is now," he added.
--follow link for full article--From the report: Fears of the continued plunder of ancient antiquities in war-torn... more
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So you thought Thomas Edison Invented the lightbulb? What do you make of this Ancient Egyptian carving? There are no traces of smoke or ash on the ceilings of these temples, so how did they see inside the dark recesses, copper reflectors can only bounce light so far down the shafts. Watch the video below for an in-depth analysis.So you thought Thomas Edison Invented the lightbulb? What do you make of this Ancient... more
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A tiny limestone figure of a lion from ancient Mesopotamia has sold at auction for $57m (£28m), almost double the previous record price for a sculpture.
The 8.3cm (3.25in) tall Guennol Lioness is thought to have been carved 5,000 years ago in what is now Iraq and Iran.
The lion, whose new owner has not been identified, had been on loan to the Brooklyn Museum of Art for 59 years.
The previous record for a sculpture was set last month when Pablo Picasso's Tete de Femme was sold for $29m.
A 2,000-year-old Roman bronze sold for $28m in June, the previous record price for an antiquity sold at auction.
A tiny limestone figure of a lion from ancient Mesopotamia has sold at auction for... more
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