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I just saw an exhibition of anicent Egyptian treasures from the Louvre! I saw the actual ruling staff held by one of the King Ramses! The artifacts just screamed 'ancient'  although the gold jewellry looked so modern!
My students and I had the spooky feeling that we were being 'watched' by several of the stautes on display..........

Thats awesome...were you allowed to take any pics ?

Also...did you stumble on any worthwhile egyptian trivia ?  :)

If I had the time to read the 'book of the dead' displayed along a wall I could tell you.

No pics allowed - security was everywhere.

so you're in paris right now ? ;)

did you see the permanent collection in the louvre?

if you liked it there is a cool exhibit at the "institute of the arab world" with unique pieces. i saw it when the museum opened a few years ago. amazing building too. it was crowded then.

No not in Paris.

The 'institute of the arab world' pieces sounds interesting.
I will gain my qualifications to work in museums soon.

go up on their roof, they have marvellous cakes and mint tea...

Not sure whose rooof you are talking about there. .......
Jessica, congratulations, you have flummoxed me.
Anyone out there interested in ancient Egypt?

the institute of the arab world has a restaurant and caf? up on top, on the roof. Not only is the view absolutely wonderful but they have marvellous cakes and mint tea.

Yes ?

And i have an interest in ancient egypt, i particularly like the fact that in some periods, women could abort, divorce, possess land, be bosses of their own companies, smoke and rule the country.

Yes, they were a very forward thinking civilisation.

i'm as obsessed as you are .... but with jackie O ;)

ancient egypt rooms in museum are amazing in atmosphere.
on friday night, le louvre is open till 9pm, and usually empty, at dark, the egyptian rooms are eerie.

i read an article about a musuem they're building in Cairo that is gonna be huge and render the most unique pieces.

What really puzzled me is how far back we have gone nowadays, mentally, especially when it concerns women.

Archeologists know women aborted in egypt, so that means abortion was probably always there, as women found ways to get rid of unwanted pregnancies.

Yet, it is today more than ever that we go back to having our bodies belonging to the state ?

This is not democratic, it is not freedom.

Another thing that did strike me was that cocaine was found in egyptian tombs, when no coca plants could be foud anywhere near europe or africa back then. The only way it could have been in egypt would mean egyptians did travel to south america and when you see the similarities between aztec/maya architectures and the egyptian, one of them was who inspired the other and maybe even distant relatives.

So did the Mayas/Aztecs travel to Egypt or did Egyptians travel to South America ?

Zahi Hawass has made sure of that, all pieces are coming back into egypt and he makes sure none leave
He is ferocious, a bit of my hero actually.

Not always the best, especially when it comes to making decisions about carbon dating etc etc...i kind of disagree with him, but he is admirable.

What is your source for that ? Is it a peer reveiw journal ?

it's all over the net, but here is a page that got it from the discovery channel

http://carlwfbird.googlepages.com/cocainemummies

Not just coca leafs, but nicotine too, they also drank wine and beer and 700 BC, false teeth were invented ( not in egypt though)..ha ! and we think we invented all..

I would be very skeptical unless something has been published in a peer review journal

ask Elmo :rofl:

(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w273/timothywilcox/tmx-elmo-toy.jpg)

He is soooo cuuuute!

Well, peer medical reviews have published about " parental alienation" when they never researched wether the guy that talked about it was serious or not.
Turns out he is a convincted pedophile who had natural reasons to want his own child back and who invented a medical reason to brand within courts of justice.
The actual medical state of parental alienation was never proven medically, and yet, it was published everywhere.

What i'm getting at is that peer reviews are nothing but another magazine, in which you will find utter truths and utter bollocks.

And seeing the discovery channel are pretty serious, i wouldn't disclose it myself.

Hey Jesssica - I started this thread to have 'intellectual discussions' about the wonders of ancient Egypt. Feel free to start your very own thread dedicated to pedophiles elsewhere.

No stolat, i am talking peer reviews, i was just illustrating the remark on egypt with one that was inside a medical peer review and that was utter bollocks..

As if truths always had to come out of peer reviews...

Plus, the plateau site used to have aforum full of proper well known if not extremely famous archeologists and it was available to everyone then.

The " i don't believe infos unless they come from there" kind of annoyed me a little bit.

I wasn't thread napping stolat.

Now UFOs really should have a thread of their own!

Peer Review is the ONLY CREDIBLE source for scientific information , otherwise one ends up with a bunch of stupid shit theories to explain things that could be explained rationally w/o resorting to myth and an absence of logic. (I.E: astrology , UFO abductions , ID , Homeopathy , ect. , ect. , ect.)

Flaws in the peer review process are discovered relatively quickly , hence your example ; they are however very rare .

Yes , a great , and well respected teacher of the truth .