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According to some Egyptological websites, the problem is saturation irrigation by farmers whose farms are now pushing into the areas. Pumps have already been installed in the Luxor area and have achieved great success. Drip irrigation systems have been suggested as a cure for the problem in the future, however, at $400/acre they are prohibitively expensive for growers who may only make that much per year off of their entire farms.

Using european illustrations as a guide to middle east practices is dicey. Jesus was likely not blonde or blue-eyed, as in many Vatican paintings. As to the Romans, they used X type crosses to punish thiefs, and if you research a little harder you will find that Jesus was dilberately punished in the style of the thief. His wrist and ankles were likely pegged to the wood with Iron nails, because they were efficient, easily made, and reuseable. All of these things were used by the Romans to prolong the life of the punished and to make sure they suffered, and thieves were particularly ill recieved by Roman authorities. Jesus was brought up on charges of sedition, punished as a political mal-content, and made to suffer the double indignity of being punished with the common thieves. The authorities didn't take kindly to the locals talking about replacing them with a new form of government.

What a beautiful display. In some arts we have not surpassed the ancients at all.

Man I love the information age.

This is just exactly the kind of fascinating story that I was hoping to find when I signed up with these forums. Thanx. Can't wait to hear further developments.

This would be a first. Last time I checked, murder weapons didn't belong to the family of the victim unless it was already theirs, but even so, they didn't usually want it. I'm sure that they could probably just go out to the local store and get their own ice pick. They're probably really common in that area.

It just keeps getting better and better.

You can't change history retroactivly. If the Scandinavians want historical dibs, here, I give it to them. But it's our country, and we'll call it whatever we like. I don't hear them calling their part of the world Rus.

In my time in Egypt I think that it was generally accepted idea that Tut looked like the face on the mask. Now that I have had a chance to see the faces on television and the internet, it seems that the presumptions were correct.

Could you give us an idea of the scale of the pots and the building. What volume are we talking about here?

Preservation of sites that can create revenue are pills that non-historical types always find easy to swallow. A great solution.

Steal a computer from Bill Gates and watch the police take notice.

Anyone seen a picture. Perhaps of the French coin. side of a milk carton?