Anonymous Coward User ID: 773473 United States 10/29/2010 07:33 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Researchers unearth ancient water secrets at royal garden dig [ link to www.newkerala.com] Washington, Oct 29 : Archaeologists have unearthed an ancient royal garden— which dates back to the 7th century B.C.—at the site of Ramat Rachel near Jerusalem. Researchers at Tel Aviv University, in collaboration with Heidelberg University in Germany, are also leading the first full-scale excavation of this type of archaeological site anywhere in the pre-Hellenistic Levant. According to Oded Lipschits and Boaz Gross of Tel Aviv University, this dig is an unparalleled look into the structure and function of ancient gardens. According to Gross, such gardens were once the ultimate symbol of power. It makes an obvious statement of status to have a massive and lush green space surrounding one''s palace, especially when the surrounding area is bare, as it would have been in the dry climate of the Judean Hills only two miles from the Old City of Jerusalem, he said...... ....... |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 882473 United States 10/29/2010 08:01 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Researchers unearth ancient water secrets at royal garden dig Wow. I found an old bathtub buried under some dirt next to my uncle's ranch. Apparently the neighbors threw it out years ago. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1145664 Netherlands 10/29/2010 08:20 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Researchers unearth ancient water secrets at royal garden dig i threw away a little tiny sword kinda away. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1136348 United States 10/29/2010 08:37 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Researchers unearth ancient water secrets at royal garden dig so whats this the joobers want an american handout to keep digging ? |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1145741 United States 10/29/2010 08:59 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Researchers unearth ancient water secrets at royal garden dig i threw away a little tiny sword kinda away.
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1145664Why ? |
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User ID: 1146124 United Kingdom 10/29/2010 08:53 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Researchers unearth ancient water secrets at royal garden dig i threw away a little tiny sword kinda away.
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Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1145741He (or she) had already eaten the cherry and finished the drink? |