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Sex lies archeology & DVD shake Greece Government

Sat, 12 Jan 2008 14:36:35 GMT

clipped by: syncopath
clipper's remarks: hello Aribeth, pray tell us what's going on there between the heavenly acropolis & the mortal land of the Greeks ?? .... -)))

Clip Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

It began as a tale of sex, lies and a secret video recording at the heart of the ministry charged with bringing the Elgin Marbles back to Greece.

But after two apparent suicide attempts and allegations of blackmail and endemic corruption, the affair has called into question the moral authority of the Culture Ministry as it presses its case for the return of the ancient masterpieces.

The juiciest sex scandal in modern Greek memory began when an archaeologist allegedly decided to get revenge on her married boss after he refused to give her a full-time job at the ministry.

Evi Tzekou, 35, is in custody on charges of attempted blackmail after apparently smuggling a camera into the bedroom of Christos Zachopoulos, her lover, and filming more than 100 hours of extramarital sex.

The scandal has sent the popularity of the conservative Government to record lows

there is a widespread sense of shame that the organisation claiming the moral high ground for their return should be racked by scandal.

2400 years old merchantman ship found !!

Thu, 22 Nov 2007 02:38:18 GMT

clipped by: syncopath
clipper's remarks: Professor Elisha Linder:
"I am mad about the subject. I love to be at the sea, to look at ships, to deal with ships, and to study ships," he said. "And I would die to find an even older ship!"

Clip Source: maritime2.haifa.ac.il

The wreck was found at Kibbutz Maagan Mikhael, about 30 km south of Haifa, some 70 meters offshore, at a depth of 1.5 m, and under 1.5 m of sand. The ship was a 2400- year-old merchantman, 14 m in length and 4 m beam. A substantial portion of the wooden hull structure has survived in a remarkable state of preservation.
Among the artifacts found aboard were 70 items of ceramic ware, ropes, a lead ingot, a set of carpenter's tools, 12 tons of rocks, mainly blueschist, and a perfectly preserved one-armed wooden anchor, with ropes still attached.

Clip Source: www.israel21c.org

Elisha Linder spent much of his career

scouring the Israel northern coastline in the hopes of uncovering an ancient trading ship. So it was with no small amount of well-appreciated irony that when he finally achieved his dream over 35 years later, it was literally in the own backyard of his kibbutz.

The ship

from the time of the construction of the Second Temple, is one of the most complete ancient ships ever recovered from the sea.

Clip Source: www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk

Tags: underwater, archeology

underwater archeology museum - Caesarea

Thu, 22 Nov 2007 02:09:51 GMT

clipped by: syncopath
clipper's remarks: "Well, divers in general have the tendency to look for new things, new sites, new interest, new thrills, and if they have the tendency or the feel for archaeology - bingo - they have two in one".

Clip Source: www.archaeology.org.il

Clip Source: www.zeenews.com

Caesarea, May 25: Scuba divers swimming under the blue Mediterranean sea surface are not always looking for fish, in one spot they are checking out exhibits in Israel's first underwater museum in the city of Caesarea.

As divers descend, the light dissipates to reveal remnants of what experts say was one of the biggest and most sophisticated sea ports of the Roman Empire.

And for the first time in about 2,000 years, the ancient harbour is open for business. The tourism business, that is.

With waterproof maps and an instructor to guide them, scuba divers can maneuver through the larger artifacts by following ropes tied between the poles in the sea bed. Snorkelers can view remnants found in more shallow waters.

Romans conquered Caesarea in 63 BC. King Herod named the port city in 22 BC to honour his patron Caesar Augustus and commissioned the building of the harbour, as well as other major projects, many of whose remains are now on display.

Clip Source: www.archaeology.org.il

Clip Source: www.sacred-destinations.com

Tags: caesarea, underwater, museum, archeology

5,000 year old piece of chewing gum

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 01:39:54 GMT

clipped by: syncopath
clipper's remarks: old habits die hard ...

Clip Source: cellar.org

From the Guardian via Spluch comes this item: a 5,000 year old piece of chewing gum, found by a British archeology student.

The gum is made from birch bark tar, and the reason they think it's gum is that it has a big ol' human tooth print in it. Kinda weak, but that's how archaeologists think isn't it?

Also, it was stuck to the bottom of a prehistoric theater seat.

Trevor Brown, her tutor at the University of Derby, said: "Birch bark tar contains phenols, which are antiseptic compounds. It is generally believed that Neolithic people found that by chewing this stuff if they had gum infections it helped to treat the condition."

Sini Annala, from the Kierikki Centre, said: "The actual material is some kind of tar, that was made by heating birch bark. After the tar was made ... it was boiled, and when it cooled, it became solid. "When it was heated again, it became softer, and it was used as some kind of chewing gum."

Tags: archeology