Thanks again—I look forward to looking at your blog. One thing I’ve learned from my research on Malta is that there are numerous different opinions, theories, hypotheses, etc. I think of it as a deeply textured tapestry, constructed by many weavers.
Thank you Elyn and Gary, but I don't think Calypso has something to do with Malta, not even with any other particular place. If you wish, you can read my view about different issues of Odyssey in my blog "geometax12.blogspot.com", article "Odysseus and Calypso", in English.
Thanks, George. You may be onto something re the Odyssey. There is a cave known as Calypso’s Cave, on Gozo, and it is linked to the legend that Homer retells about Ulysses being kept captive on an island for 7 years by Calypso. Much to think about and continue to explore.
I believe Malta was the "isle of the Sun God" in Odyssey, where the sacred cattle of the god were kept and the hungry men of Odysseus thoughtlessly slaughtered. There are indeed engravings of cattle on the ancient ruins of Malta, and according to this article equinoxes and solstices played an important role in local culture. I dare also propose that the numerous obese female statues and statuettes found in Malta, actually may not represent a goddess of fertility but a female Sun.
You left out the most important part of the Hopi prophecy "when the Blue Star Kachina appears on earth our time is ended & the world as we know it will change". That fits in with the idea that the star is moving closer to the earth and will collide with us and knock the earth off it's axis again. What was once frozen will become warm and desert will support life.
And yet your own comment has "s" instead of is.... You know what they say about pots and black kettles, don't you? You also don't seem to know how to properly use commas or even how many periods to use to indicate a pause....
Even this biblical God doesn't seem to have a clue that "he" came out of Nothing, yet assume "himself" (or assume by ignorant humans) as the all-knowing, all mighty. It is also clear that this so-called "creator" God is not the "beginning" itself, nor the "Source" of everything (as already assumed by most humans).
The bible has no explanation about the real nature of the universe because anyone who ever created it didn't really have the capacity to write it, because they didn't have the knowledge about the real nature of the universe. So, if Science wish to expand its understanding about the universe, it shouldn't be stuck with the biblical statements.
There is nothing secret in the universe. Everything is already laid bare, either you see it, or you don't.
I was raised a Baptist...I eventually left the church. I practice witchcraft, but I'm not wiccan. My beliefs are more closely aligned with pantheism at this point.
I believe I've always been a witch, but just didn't realize it. I think more witches and pagans are simply coming out of the closet so to speak.... none of my pagan friends have ever, to my knowledge, attempted to 'convert' anyone. I cannot say the same regarding Christian friends....
Fantastic, I for one would love to see this project completed - Rome has been on my bucket list for years. I do hope they manage to work in some accessibility for the handicapped, I spend much of my travel time in a wheelchair, while I can manage on crutches for short distances and times, steps and ladders still give me grief.
Unlike Giovarni, pasta did not immediately spring to mind, however speaking as a cook who has ancient and medieval cooking as a hobby 2 uses spring to mind. Firstly, it can be hard cooking a lump of dough the size of a bagel without it turning to a slurry in the liquid - you have 2 issues, if you dump it into a rolling boiling pot, the action of the water tossing it around would possibly dissolve the ring, or cook only the outside without remoistening the inside so you would get an inedible hunk of rock hard dough wrapped in a thin layer of cooked paste. If you take the first comment, you then have a different concept. The ring shape is because they would store the dough lump like a string of chinese pierced coins by hanging - it would keep them dry as they would be exposed to air on all sides which would help keep them vermin free. Now that you have a reasonable portable portion sized stored dough, what can you do with it? You can trade it as it is reasonably portable and can be wrapped in folded cloth instead of having to haul around a basket or pot of loose fluffy powder. You have it in a portion control size, so you can instruct an apprentice to use so many rings per recipe. What can you do with the rings? You can pound them back into a powder and reform them with other ingredients into breads, you can dump them into a pot of cold water, mash it up into a slurry and brew with it, or you can use the slurry to thicken a stew.
As a fan of experimental archeologists I might have a go at reproducing the rings and then see what I can do with them at various stages [freshly dried, dried 3, 6 and 12 months] how well they store, how to store and transport them and what I can do with them once I have them.
Going by described size, they look like about 4 oz US measure of flour ... now I just need to dig out my flours and clear an area to settle them in the sun to dry.
Pasta is dried ground grain or seed, however most pasta also has salt, sometimes egg with yolk or without yolk and occasionally some form of oil ... but a lump of dried grain dough the size of a bagel would probably dissolve into a slurry if they tried to just boil it up ...
A bad period in history, leading to much death *however* I do have my doubts as to the danger of living in a purportedly haunted structure.
I would live there, I love unique houses [better than the cookie cutter tract housing or apartment buildings we normally live in here in the US] it is a pity that I don't have an independent source of income that would let me purchase it nor live there ... I do wish we had some good pictures of the inside. I always wonder what type of hearth they have remaining in what was the kitchen, I have an interest in historical cooking and have always wanted a good cooking hearth to experiment with.
I remember reading back in the 1970s that tests then showed that the amount of carbon 14 in the environment varied over different periods. Trying to locate the article but no luck to date.
time is infinite so there is no 'before the beginning of time'! my dog is well educated so no worries...i can not look toward the external to know where i come from or where i am going. we need no proof that we are here and pride can cause us to refuse improvement.
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Christians grasping at ideas that come from science, in order to feel like their religion actually has It's basis in fact not fiction. Laughable.
I loved the posts about King Davi's city
Thanks again—I look forward to looking at your blog. One thing I’ve learned from my research on Malta is that there are numerous different opinions, theories, hypotheses, etc. I think of it as a deeply textured tapestry, constructed by many weavers.
Thank you Elyn and Gary, but I don't think Calypso has something to do with Malta, not even with any other particular place. If you wish, you can read my view about different issues of Odyssey in my blog "geometax12.blogspot.com", article "Odysseus and Calypso", in English.
Thanks, George. You may be onto something re the Odyssey. There is a cave known as Calypso’s Cave, on Gozo, and it is linked to the legend that Homer retells about Ulysses being kept captive on an island for 7 years by Calypso. Much to think about and continue to explore.
I believe Malta was the "isle of the Sun God" in Odyssey, where the sacred cattle of the god were kept and the hungry men of Odysseus thoughtlessly slaughtered. There are indeed engravings of cattle on the ancient ruins of Malta, and according to this article equinoxes and solstices played an important role in local culture. I dare also propose that the numerous obese female statues and statuettes found in Malta, actually may not represent a goddess of fertility but a female Sun.
You left out the most important part of the Hopi prophecy "when the Blue Star Kachina appears on earth our time is ended & the world as we know it will change". That fits in with the idea that the star is moving closer to the earth and will collide with us and knock the earth off it's axis again. What was once frozen will become warm and desert will support life.
And yet your own comment has "s" instead of is.... You know what they say about pots and black kettles, don't you? You also don't seem to know how to properly use commas or even how many periods to use to indicate a pause....
Even this biblical God doesn't seem to have a clue that "he" came out of Nothing, yet assume "himself" (or assume by ignorant humans) as the all-knowing, all mighty. It is also clear that this so-called "creator" God is not the "beginning" itself, nor the "Source" of everything (as already assumed by most humans).
The bible has no explanation about the real nature of the universe because anyone who ever created it didn't really have the capacity to write it, because they didn't have the knowledge about the real nature of the universe. So, if Science wish to expand its understanding about the universe, it shouldn't be stuck with the biblical statements.
There is nothing secret in the universe. Everything is already laid bare, either you see it, or you don't.
I was raised a Baptist...I eventually left the church. I practice witchcraft, but I'm not wiccan. My beliefs are more closely aligned with pantheism at this point.
I believe I've always been a witch, but just didn't realize it. I think more witches and pagans are simply coming out of the closet so to speak.... none of my pagan friends have ever, to my knowledge, attempted to 'convert' anyone. I cannot say the same regarding Christian friends....
Fantastic, I for one would love to see this project completed - Rome has been on my bucket list for years. I do hope they manage to work in some accessibility for the handicapped, I spend much of my travel time in a wheelchair, while I can manage on crutches for short distances and times, steps and ladders still give me grief.
Unlike Giovarni, pasta did not immediately spring to mind, however speaking as a cook who has ancient and medieval cooking as a hobby 2 uses spring to mind. Firstly, it can be hard cooking a lump of dough the size of a bagel without it turning to a slurry in the liquid - you have 2 issues, if you dump it into a rolling boiling pot, the action of the water tossing it around would possibly dissolve the ring, or cook only the outside without remoistening the inside so you would get an inedible hunk of rock hard dough wrapped in a thin layer of cooked paste. If you take the first comment, you then have a different concept. The ring shape is because they would store the dough lump like a string of chinese pierced coins by hanging - it would keep them dry as they would be exposed to air on all sides which would help keep them vermin free. Now that you have a reasonable portable portion sized stored dough, what can you do with it? You can trade it as it is reasonably portable and can be wrapped in folded cloth instead of having to haul around a basket or pot of loose fluffy powder. You have it in a portion control size, so you can instruct an apprentice to use so many rings per recipe. What can you do with the rings? You can pound them back into a powder and reform them with other ingredients into breads, you can dump them into a pot of cold water, mash it up into a slurry and brew with it, or you can use the slurry to thicken a stew.
As a fan of experimental archeologists I might have a go at reproducing the rings and then see what I can do with them at various stages [freshly dried, dried 3, 6 and 12 months] how well they store, how to store and transport them and what I can do with them once I have them.
Going by described size, they look like about 4 oz US measure of flour ... now I just need to dig out my flours and clear an area to settle them in the sun to dry.
Pasta is dried ground grain or seed, however most pasta also has salt, sometimes egg with yolk or without yolk and occasionally some form of oil ... but a lump of dried grain dough the size of a bagel would probably dissolve into a slurry if they tried to just boil it up ...
A bad period in history, leading to much death *however* I do have my doubts as to the danger of living in a purportedly haunted structure.
I would live there, I love unique houses [better than the cookie cutter tract housing or apartment buildings we normally live in here in the US] it is a pity that I don't have an independent source of income that would let me purchase it nor live there ... I do wish we had some good pictures of the inside. I always wonder what type of hearth they have remaining in what was the kitchen, I have an interest in historical cooking and have always wanted a good cooking hearth to experiment with.
were did i put my pasta sauce ,after all pasta is dried wheat flour !
I remember reading back in the 1970s that tests then showed that the amount of carbon 14 in the environment varied over different periods. Trying to locate the article but no luck to date.
''Under the permafrost'' Under... meaning the area once wasn't frozen and then became frozen.
ha... presenting 'sir mark' of cain
time is infinite so there is no 'before the beginning of time'! my dog is well educated so no worries...i can not look toward the external to know where i come from or where i am going. we need no proof that we are here and pride can cause us to refuse improvement.
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