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[] autotldr 25 points 6 hours ago
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A 3,200-year-old stone slab with an inscription that
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mysterious Sea People has been deciphered,
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period when a confederation of people that modern- 24,965 users here now
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[] BusbyBusby 17 points 6 hours ago

How was the original slab destroyed in the 19th Welcome!

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[] Gnarledhalo 52 points 6 hours ago
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'Shortly after Perrot recorded the inscription,

villagers used the stone as building material for a Worldnews Rules
mosque, according to Mellaart's notes. '
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[] FrenchGeordie 48 points 5 hours ago US internal news/US politics
Fucking retards. In France we have a ton of Editorialized titles
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[] FrenchGeordie 9 points 4 hours ago

Not really. If they built a whole fucking

Church or Mosque, they defo used more
than one slab of stone. It seriously isn't
hard to put it aside and use another
stone. Hell it was probably more
expensive to reshape the old slab
anyways.

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[] TsukiraLuna 13 points 4 hours ago

It's described as being 29 meters long. That's a really big piece of stone you
don't have to excavate and transport.
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[] JamesSpencer94 1 point an hour ago

Also loads and loads were lost during the Revolutions...

A lot of the time I begin to read of something I get excited then eventually there
comes the sentence "It was destroyed in the French Revolutions." Darn.
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[] Arayder [score hidden] 3 minutes ago

It has happened all throughout history. So many great things have been lost to time
and humans who dont know about or care about historical value. Just the way she
goes.
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[] AgarwalSahab 17 points 2 hours ago

Islam
Destroying world heritage since 700 AD
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[] Trinition [score hidden] 35 minutes ago

FTFY
Islam Religion
Destroying world heritage since 700 AD forever
See another's comment
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[] groatt86 [score hidden] 1 hour ago

Its also a myth that muslims preserved the ancient texts of ancient greeks, its fantasy.
A few muslim scholars translated some texts into their local language. All of the
original scrolls and texts were kept safe in constantinople by greeks until ottoman
invasion. A million greeks fled to italy with these texts and scrolls which triggered the
renaissance.
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[] Zorander22 [score hidden] 1 hour ago

"A few Muslim scholars" doesn't really cover it. There were large-scale efforts in the
Islamic region to translate a substantial subset of Greek texts. Yes, texts from
Constantinople mattered and were important, but it is either disingenuous or
ignorant to claim that the Muslims preserving ancient texts is a myth. You may
wish to read the Wikipedia article on the topic.
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[] uppermiddleclasss [score hidden] 32 minutes ago

Being disingenuous is their intention, I suspect.

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[] Danwaka 3 points 2 hours ago

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Same thing happened in Britain as well. A lot of Roman constructs were looted for stone
elsewhere, including homes and palaces.
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[] Richard7666 2 points 4 hours ago

Does the mosque still stand? Perhaps it could be recovered and pieced back together?
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[] the_norwegian_blue 13 points 2 hours ago

Sure. Just go tell them you want to demolish their mosque. I am sure they will be
reasonable about it.
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[] Sylvester_Scott 25 points 6 hours ago

...and a blue police call box.

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[] EnigmaticStain -1 points 5 hours ago

I recognize that reference.

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[] Late_Dent_ArthurDent 0 points 4 hours ago

Do tell.
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[] Dasnap 5 points 3 hours ago

Seinfeld.
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[] NotJerrySeinfeld2 [score hidden] 14 minutes ago

Haha, my favorite comedian. :)

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[] DoctorPrisme 1 point 3 hours ago

Dr Who.
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[] Snarfbuckle 2 points 3 hours ago

Who?
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[] Criss-Istr 9 points 6 hours ago

what is dead may never die

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[] draxlaugh -1 points 4 hours ago

what is dead may never die but rises again harder and stronger
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[] Late_Dent_ArthurDent 1 point 3 hours ago

Relevant...?
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[] danguro 0 points 3 hours ago

and faster
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[] Snarfbuckle 2 points 3 hours ago

Or at least shambling towards while saying "braaiiins".

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[] ihedenius 1 point 3 hours ago

Zombies don't eat brains unless instructed to by their zombie masters. A lot of
people get that wrong.
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[] Snarfbuckle 1 point 1 hour ago

Unless the master is also the zombie in question.

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[] gladiator119 18 points 4 hours ago

There was a rare image inscribed depicting the sea people. It has long been considered a mystery
as to who they were and where they came from but hopefully this can shed some light on their
origins:
Imgur
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[] Vorgand_Rothovics 3 points 4 hours ago

Astonishing, I wonder if this was a general caricature from accounts of their onslaught or if it
involved contemporary actors with primary knowledge of the Sea Peoples.
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[] timoseewho 1 point 1 hour ago

yes
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[] groatt86 2 points 1 hour ago

I am 100% certain the sea people were an ancient people and kingdom from most likely Cyprus
or Rhodes. This is around the time both islands had established powerful kingdoms, you can still
see the ruins in lindos, rhodes of this kingdom.
For me it makes sense since these islands would have centered their power around the sea and
this confirms the sea people were not from western anatolia or middle east.
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[] strl [score hidden] 1 hour ago

If true it would seem to lend credence to the biblical account of Philistines being foreigners who
founded fortified cities in the areas they conquered (Ashkelon was one of the five cities of the
Philistines).
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[] ModsHereAreCowards 2 points 3 hours ago

Pesky fuck'n Atlantians

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[] theduder92 1 point 2 hours ago

How do they know if they deciphered it correctly?

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[] Buddhadhamma [score hidden] 1 hour ago

Side question, was there a sea level rise in 5200 years ago that might've displaced the "sea
people"? Or was there large scale drought/famine that pushed them to PALESTINE/Syria from

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Greece/Italy area?
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[] atomfullerene [score hidden] 1 hour ago

There wasn't any sea level rise 3200 years ago, but famine combined with other factors may
have played a role. Nobody's entirely sure where the sea peoples came from, if indeed they all
came from one place.
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[] spamjavelin [score hidden] 32 minutes ago

Could it be the Phoenecians? They're referred to as one people by outsiders, but we're
thought to be more a collective of city states (or so I recall).
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[] Valianttheywere [score hidden] 27 minutes ago

Egyptian word for sea peoples has the protoindoeuropean words for eider (a sea duck
common to europe) and 'above cliffs'. So not realy much of a dilemma. Its obviously the
Pict Imperium from Scotland.
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