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Post by thatericn on May 20, 2016 0:56:22 GMT -5
About 2010, I got to see the traveling exhibition of the Tarim mummies at the Bowers Museum in Orange County, Calif. One of the really interesting things was seeing the woven wool clothes on one of the female mummies. Nothing was dyed, but different colored wools where used in patterns. Very cool looking.
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Post by deuce on May 27, 2016 11:59:03 GMT -5
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Post by deuce on May 27, 2016 21:24:31 GMT -5
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Post by deuce on May 29, 2016 19:43:41 GMT -5
European DNA found in a Carthaginian skeleton from 500BC: www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/05/160525161342.htmMyself, I don't find it surprising at all that a Carthaginian found a wife in Iberia. BTW, they keep calling the man a "Phoenician", which is about as accurate (considering the time-period) as calling a 7th century Mercian or Wessex-man a "German". Yes, I know the Romans called them "Punics", but Carthage had been politically and culturally distinct for centuries.
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Post by deuce on Jun 2, 2016 12:54:33 GMT -5
Earliest known chess piece (6th century) found in Albania: news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2155916.stmSo much for the claims that chess was invented later and within the Muslim caliphate (it was probably invented even earlier in India).
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Post by deuce on Jun 3, 2016 8:29:53 GMT -5
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Post by deuce on Jun 4, 2016 10:20:52 GMT -5
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Post by thatericn on Jun 4, 2016 23:59:00 GMT -5
With so many Asian breeds having been bred for flat faced features, and that trait seemingly coming west with Mastiff type breeds, it seems to fit that with two different origin points, you also had two different cultural, societal and practical lists of what was wanted from a dog. It also feels rather "Howardian," with two different starting points of wolves and "pre-dogs" rising to the status of Dog...
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Post by deuce on Jun 5, 2016 0:05:09 GMT -5
About 2010, I got to see the traveling exhibition of the Tarim mummies at the Bowers Museum in Orange County, Calif. One of the really interesting things was seeing the woven wool clothes on one of the female mummies. Nothing was dyed, but different colored wools where used in patterns. Very cool looking.
Barber's The Mummies of Urumchi is great. I really didn't appreciate the craft/art of weaving until I read that book.
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Post by deuce on Jun 11, 2016 19:54:40 GMT -5
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Post by deuce on Jun 12, 2016 8:06:52 GMT -5
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Post by deuce on Jul 11, 2016 11:34:00 GMT -5
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