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Gilgamesh tomb discovery

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posted on May, 1 2003 @ 09:02 AM
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Gilgamesh is a babylon king and a mythological heroe :

news.bbc.co.uk...
edit on 23-5-2011 by Gemwolf because: Removed all caps title



posted on May, 1 2003 @ 10:01 AM
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WOW, this is really very exciting. I hope that they have found the tomb of gilgamesh.

" "The most surprising thing was that we found structures already described by Gilgamesh," Mr Fassbinder stated."

Archaeology is n`t always that exciting but thats one dig I`d love to be at. Epic story telling turns to reality!



posted on May, 2 2003 @ 09:07 AM
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isn't it? I'm no literary expert...but I believe it is.

Very interesting indeed...especially the advanced canals, etc.



posted on May, 26 2003 @ 07:26 PM
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I can't believe I overlooked this post!


This is very important. I think it is anyway's. Considering that the bible has stolen some storie's from the Epic of Gilgamesh. Now, we have actuall proof that what was once considered a myth is actually real. They found Gilgamesh's tomb! How many people can say for a fact that they found Jesus' tomb? They found Uruk, they found everything as it was described in the epic! I wonder why this story hasn't gotten more fame ... Christ, first they say they found Osiris' tomb, now Gilgamesh's ... Why can't we still NOT find Jesus' tomb? I've heard of many different place's for that guy, yet not one single shred of proof ... make's you wonder ...




posted on May, 26 2003 @ 07:33 PM
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This is a great find for Historians, greater find for the people of Iraq.



posted on May, 26 2003 @ 07:44 PM
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Oh, Oh, too late, its probably been ransacked, chopped up into bits and smuggled out of the country to be sold on the black market.

Anyone want to buy a piece of Gilgameshes tomb? I will sell it to you very cheap my friend, ....



posted on May, 28 2003 @ 02:33 PM
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wow this is very interesting.



posted on May, 20 2011 @ 02:03 PM
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Tourists flock to 'Jesus's tomb' in Kashmir

By Sam Miller
Srinagar

A belief that Jesus survived the crucifixion and spent his remaining years in Kashmir has led to a run-down shrine in Srinagar making it firmly onto the must-visit-in India tourist trail.
Rozabal shrine, Srinagar
Jesus is reputed to be buried in this run-down shrine in the Kashmir capital

In the backstreets of downtown Srinagar is an old building known as the Rozabal shrine.

It's in a part of the city where the Indian security forces are on regular patrol, or peering out from behind check-posts made of sandbags.

There are still occasional clashes with militants or stone-throwing children, but the security situation has improved in recent times and the tourists are returning.

When I first searched for Rozabal two years ago, the taxi circled around a minor Muslim tomb in a city of many mosques and mausoleums, the driver asking directions several times before we found it.

The shrine, on a street corner, is a modest stone building with a traditional Kashmiri multi-tiered sloping roof.

A watchman led me in and encouraged me to inspect the smaller wooden chamber within, with its trellis-like, perforated screen.

Through the gaps I could see a gravestone covered with a green cloth.

When I returned to the shrine recently though, it was shut - its gate padlocked because it had attracted too many visitors.

The reason? Well, according to an eclectic combination of New Age Christians, unorthodox Muslims and fans of the Da Vinci Code, the grave contains the mortal remains of a candidate for the most important visitor of all time to India.

'Crazy professor'

Officially, the tomb is the burial site of Youza Asaph, a medieval Muslim preacher - but a growing number of people believe that it is in fact the tomb of Jesus of Nazareth.

Map showing location of Srinagar

They believe that Jesus survived the crucifixion almost 2,000 Easters ago, and went to live out his days in Kashmir.

"What else could they do? They had to close it," Riaz told me.

His family home almost overlooks the shrine, and he is witheringly dismissive of the notion that Jesus was buried there.

"It's a story spread by local shopkeepers, just because some crazy professor said it was Jesus's tomb. They thought it would be good for business. Tourists would come, after all these years of violence.

"And then it got into the Lonely Planet, and too many people started coming.

"And one foreigner…" he gave me an apologetic look, "broke off a bit from the tomb to take home with him. So that's why it's closed now."

On cue, a couple of unwashed and exhausted Australians appeared, carrying the latest edition of the Lonely Planet travel guide to India, which, sure enough, carried the tale of Jesus's tomb, with some caveats about crackpots and blasphemy.

They asked me to take a photo of them outside the shrine - but were not desperately disappointed that it was closed.

The tomb of Jesus was just another place to tick off on their tourist-in-India must-visit list.

Famous meeting
Buddhist monastery, Srinagar
The remains of a Buddhist monastery which some believe Jesus visited

The ruins of a Buddhist monastery in a spectacular location halfway up a mountainside north of Srinagar are not, yet, mentioned in the Lonely Planet.

It's a spot that I had previously been unable to visit, because as a senior police officer told me, it was "infested with terrorists".

But the watchman now seemed prepared for the arrival of mass tourism, with his 50 words of English, and his hidden stock of ancient terracotta tiles for sale.

He informed me that Jesus was among the religious leaders who attended a famous Buddhist meeting here in AD80, and even pointed to the place where he sat.

The stories of Jesus in India are not just aimed at gullible tourists - they date back to the 19th Century.

They were part of attempts to explain the striking similarities between Christianity and Buddhism, a matter of great concern to 19th Century scholars - and also a desire among some Christians to root the story of Jesus in Indian soil.

Missing years

There is talk of the missing years of Jesus, unmentioned in the gospels, when he was between the ages of 12 and 30.

Woman kisses statuette of Jesus, in Srinagar Cathedral
Christians form a little more than 2% of India's population

Some say he was in India, picking up Buddhist ideas. These aren't notions that have entirely died out.

The US-based Christian sect, known as the Church Universal and Triumphant, is the best-known modern supporter of the belief that Jesus lived in Kashmir, though they don't believe he died there.

And in Islam, in which Jesus is the penultimate prophet, there is also a minority tradition adopted by the controversial Ahmadiyya sect , that Rozabal does contain the grave of Jesus.

Professional historians tend to laugh out loud when you mention the notion that Jesus might have lived in Kashmir - but his tomb is now firmly on the tourist trail - and a growing number of credulous visitors believe that he was buried in the Rozabal shrine.

And for those who scoff, remember that others have argued, just as implausibly, that Jesus came to Britain.

A theory that was much in vogue when the poet William Blake famously asked: "And did those feet in ancient time, walk upon England's mountains green? And was the holy Lamb of God on England's pleasant pastures seen?"



posted on May, 23 2011 @ 04:30 AM
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The discovery of Uruk is not a recent one.
In fact, the City was discovered and excavations were conducted since 1849 onwards.
Archaeology of Uruk - wikipedia link



posted on May, 23 2011 @ 04:42 AM
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Last Updated: Tuesday, 29 April, 2003, 07:57 GMT 08:57 UK

Erm, thought this was a new thread.

But I wonder why it says this thread has only three post.

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posted on May, 23 2011 @ 04:44 AM
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oh nice, another great archeological find.

wich probably means we wont hear anything else from it.

until nat geo makes a watered down docu about the findings that is.


 
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posted on May, 23 2011 @ 04:49 AM
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oh i didnt realise some thread necromancy had been performed here.
wich also means my previous assumption was probably right.


 
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