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Pavlopetri, a submerged Mycenaean-era town:
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Post by valeriaspirit on Nov 20, 2016 18:22:38 GMT -5
Hi, Deuce and everybody - Found this article on Smithsonian.com to be quite interesting. An ancient amulet, dated at about 6000 years ago (roughly 4000 B.C.) has been found to have been produced using the "lost-wax" method of casting - a method which is still used to this day. I tried to get a visual of the amulet, but was unsuccessful. However, what I found especially interesting about this amulet is that it is in the form of a wheel. I imagine in real life, a wheel might represent the sun, or it might represent the endless cycle of death and rebirth, or something like that, to the people who created it. But what I immediately thought of was Conan's amulet in the movie, which was a representation of the Wheel of Pain in miniature form. Here is the URL to the story on Smithsonian.com. I didn't have any luck getting it to be an active link, but you can cut-and-paste it into your browser. There's a pretty nice video which explains how the scientists were able to study the photoluminescence of the completely corroded amulet to discover how it was created and the sequence of corrosion. www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/6000-year-old-amulet-ancient-metal-marvel-180961135/?utm_source=smithsoniantopic&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20161120-Weekender&spMailingID=27107685&spUserID=Mzk3NTY5MjQ2NjY0S0&spJobID=923539221&spReportId=OTIzNTM5MjIxS0TTFN :-) Valeria Spirit
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Post by Deleted on Nov 21, 2016 13:05:40 GMT -5
Hi, Deuce and everybody - Found this article on Smithsonian.com to be quite interesting. An ancient amulet, dated at about 6000 years ago (roughly 4000 B.C.) has been found to have been produced using the "lost-wax" method of casting - a method which is still used to this day. I tried to get a visual of the amulet, but was unsuccessful. However, what I found especially interesting about this amulet is that it is in the form of a wheel. I imagine in real life, a wheel might represent the sun, or it might represent the endless cycle of death and rebirth, or something like that, to the people who created it. But what I immediately thought of was Conan's amulet in the movie, which was a representation of the Wheel of Pain in miniature form. Here is the URL to the story on Smithsonian.com. I didn't have any luck getting it to be an active link, but you can cut-and-paste it into your browser. There's a pretty nice video which explains how the scientists were able to study the photoluminescence of the completely corroded amulet to discover how it was created and the sequence of corrosion. www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/6000-year-old-amulet-ancient-metal-marvel-180961135/?utm_source=smithsoniantopic&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20161120-Weekender&spMailingID=27107685&spUserID=Mzk3NTY5MjQ2NjY0S0&spJobID=923539221&spReportId=OTIzNTM5MjIxS0TTFN :-) Valeria Spirit Hello Valeria Spirit, Just watched the video, very interesting.
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Post by valeriaspirit on Nov 23, 2016 17:19:13 GMT -5
Hi, Deuce and everybody - Found this article on Smithsonian.com to be quite interesting. An ancient amulet, dated at about 6000 years ago (roughly 4000 B.C.) has been found to have been produced using the "lost-wax" method of casting - a method which is still used to this day. I tried to get a visual of the amulet, but was unsuccessful. However, what I found especially interesting about this amulet is that it is in the form of a wheel. I imagine in real life, a wheel might represent the sun, or it might represent the endless cycle of death and rebirth, or something like that, to the people who created it. But what I immediately thought of was Conan's amulet in the movie, which was a representation of the Wheel of Pain in miniature form. Here is the URL to the story on Smithsonian.com. I didn't have any luck getting it to be an active link, but you can cut-and-paste it into your browser. There's a pretty nice video which explains how the scientists were able to study the photoluminescence of the completely corroded amulet to discover how it was created and the sequence of corrosion. www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/6000-year-old-amulet-ancient-metal-marvel-180961135/?utm_source=smithsoniantopic&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20161120-Weekender&spMailingID=27107685&spUserID=Mzk3NTY5MjQ2NjY0S0&spJobID=923539221&spReportId=OTIzNTM5MjIxS0TTFN :-) Valeria Spirit Hello Valeria Spirit, Just watched the video, very interesting. Hi hunnu - Well, I see that URL did turn into a hotlink - good! And thanks for reproducing the video here. I tried to do that but didn't have any luck. Oh well - I'm IT-challenged. :-) Valeria Spirit
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Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2016 1:44:21 GMT -5
Hello Valeria Spirit, Just watched the video, very interesting. Hi hunnu - Well, I see that URL did turn into a hotlink - good! And thanks for reproducing the video here. I tried to do that but didn't have any luck. Oh well - I'm IT-challenged. :-) Valeria Spirit Hello Valeria Spirit, I'm not the greatest with computers, and have problems understanding the language used half the time. This is how I add youtube videos from articles: 1. I play the video on the article page. 2. On the bottom right-hand corner of the video should be the youtube icon, I click on the icon. 3. A separate page should now appear playing the video from the original youtube page. 4. I copy the URL from the youtube page and then paste the URL where I'd like to add the video on the post. So far this seems to work for me, at least with youtube videos. I hope that helps.
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