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Thu Oct-11-07 12:17 PM
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| 24. I hope they keep it under guard so Islamists don't paint over it |
| -World's oldest wall painting unearthed in Syria |
Lone_Star_Dem |
Oct-11-07 10:54 AM |
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"Kilroy was here." nt |
Hand |
Oct-11-07 10:55 AM |
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Signed by Osama. |
Roland99 |
Oct-11-07 11:02 AM |
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beat me. |
Donnachaidh |
Oct-11-07 11:07 AM |
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hah :D |
SyntaxError |
Oct-11-07 11:56 AM |
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King Ashurnasirpal rules, OK |
Canuckistanian |
Oct-12-07 12:07 PM |
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Ashurnasirpal SUX! Ashubanirpal RULES! |
Hand |
Oct-12-07 03:22 PM |
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But....but... the world is only 6,000 years old! |
TheDebbieDee |
Oct-11-07 10:55 AM |
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4,500... |
Prag |
Oct-11-07 10:58 AM |
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both wrong. 7,019 as of last month. GET IT RIGHT, or ELSE! |
antifaschits |
Oct-11-07 10:59 AM |
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I was excluding the 'Flintstonian Epoch'... |
Prag |
Oct-11-07 11:08 AM |
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Very interesting. |
Prag |
Oct-11-07 10:57 AM |
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Beware the US airforce. |
antifaschits |
Oct-11-07 10:58 AM |
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Yeah, I thought that was odd as well. |
monktonman |
Oct-11-07 11:37 AM |
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The Neocons wanted to destroy Iraqi culture. |
The Stranger |
Oct-12-07 11:45 AM |
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"It looks like a modernist painting." |
mike_c |
Oct-11-07 11:00 AM |
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. |
Lone_Star_Dem |
Oct-11-07 11:03 AM |
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Oldest found so far. |
aquart |
Oct-11-07 11:04 AM |
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Yeah, that bugged me a mite too... |
Prag |
Oct-11-07 11:11 AM |
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It looks like a tally of some kind |
Whoa_Nelly |
Oct-11-07 11:14 AM |
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A calendar? Interestng to see a checkerboard. I wasn't expecting that! |
soothsayer |
Oct-11-07 11:34 AM |
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Exit poll! |
havocmom |
Oct-11-07 11:38 AM |
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I like your point of view..as always! |
Whoa_Nelly |
Oct-11-07 11:45 AM |
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nope. the # of ET contacts in the last month. |
antifaschits |
Oct-11-07 11:48 AM |
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It's the Master StarChart! |
Whoa_Nelly |
Oct-11-07 12:18 PM |
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Perhaps a very early hard drive |
daleo |
Oct-11-07 02:29 PM |
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Or maybe it's PRON and they pixellated it |
XemaSab |
Oct-11-07 03:47 PM |
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Matrix screen saver |
alfredo |
Oct-11-07 03:54 PM |
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Actually, it looks a lot like the screen when you defrag a hard drive |
daleo |
Oct-12-07 10:44 AM |
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Defrag, that something I don't have to do. My OS defrags on the fly. |
alfredo |
Oct-13-07 01:12 PM |
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I was thinking it might be a map |
blogslut |
Oct-13-07 08:00 PM |
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oldest?! |
Duncan |
Oct-11-07 11:34 AM |
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Oldest "WALL" painting...always watch for play on words |
Gamey |
Oct-11-07 12:29 PM |
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beautiful painting -- whether it's the oldest or not. |
xchrom |
Oct-11-07 11:58 AM |
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I'd love to go back in time and impress those people with the power of the internets. |
SyntaxError |
Oct-11-07 11:58 AM |
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I hope they keep it under guard so Islamists don't paint over it |
slackmaster |
Oct-11-07 12:17 PM |
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"...wall painting in red, black and white" |
KansDem |
Oct-11-07 12:41 PM |
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I see a dark figure (face) with a crown like Inanna (Ishtar's) on both paintings. |
McCamy Taylor |
Oct-11-07 01:24 PM |
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Don't assume those were the only original colors |
XemaSab |
Oct-11-07 03:53 PM |
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I bet the decorator found it to be very tacky! |
hedgehog |
Oct-11-07 01:26 PM |
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Fantastic painting, but I have to admit I liked this |
enlightenment |
Oct-11-07 01:44 PM |
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Who here thinks the unexcavated painting is going to turn out to be "Dogs Playing Poker"? n/t |
MilesColtrane |
Oct-12-07 11:21 AM |
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wonderful |
roguevalley |
Oct-12-07 11:33 AM |
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Thanks for this story, Lone_Star_Dem |
David Zephyr |
Oct-13-07 01:19 PM |
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Imagine how many ancient objects have been destroyed in Iraq. |
yardwork |
Oct-13-07 08:16 PM |
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The cradle of civilization. |
ozone_man |
Oct-13-07 08:20 PM |
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