FLavius Valerius Constantinus

Lol, I remember reporting about this a long time ago. You should have seen how they wasted their time with the 'lift a kid' with balloons. 3000 ballons later and the kid was only on her toes.

This is odd(I got it off yourdictionary.com), but merriam webster doesn't have it as a etymon: Dictionary am

link to article Greek archaeologists said on Sunday they had discovered the largest underground tomb in Greek antiquity in the ancient city of Pella in northern Greece, birthplace of Alexander the Great. The eight-chamber tomb rich in painted sculpture dates to the Hellenistic period between the 3rd and 2nd century BC and offers scholars a rare glimpse into the life of nobles around the time of Alexander's death. "This is the largest, sculptured, multi-chambered tomb found in Greece, and is significant in that it is a new architectural style -- there are many chambers and a long entrance arcade," the chief archaeologist at Pella, Maria Akamati, told Reuters...

link to article Archaeologists have been examining a Bronze Age burial mound on the Black Mountain in Carmarthenshire. As well as analysing cremated bone, an urn and flint tools found in a cist, tests on soil taken from around the site found microscopic pollen grains. Researchers believe it paints a new picture of ancient burial rituals - more tender than previously thought. The excavation on Fan Foel, above Llyn y Fan Fach, was carried out by Llandeilo-based Cambria Archaeology...

link to another article Here's a update on the information.

Quite frankly I don't know what you are babbling about. We're not fanatics, it's just that for some [or most] of us, our common sense tells us the Hagia Sophia has a huge historic/cultural value and so that we must support any effort to restore it. Also a lot of us were raised Christian so we definitely tie our beliefs into it, but not 'radically,' rather fundamentally. ...Well it's your belief, but I can hardly say that they even 'tried' to maintain it now or even made more beautiful when they don't even accept money to restore it, I don't call that adding much. Holy? It has no historical root connecting to the founding of Islam, all they did was just conquer Constantinople because of their jihad rhetoric. And don't go saying the opposite that Constantinople has no connection to Christian roots because the Romans/Greeks are their original owners of this domain. Not saying that they must, but why not? What harm is it gonna do. *Oh no, the world is going to explode! * It was originally a place of worship for the majority of its existence, then why not again. The only reason why it is so beautiful is because it 'is' a primarily a religiously/iconographic place, kinda self contradicting there. The builder of this structure wanted to show their 'faith' too ya know. Bah... India is a prime example contradicting your statement if you know about the state of their country. Anyways, we is a term I can interpret as referring to 'have'/Western countries while the 'have nots' commonly have the situation a 150 years ago. Is it not Islamic tradition to forbid it? Why is there not magnificient statues of past Islamic figures? Another example of Islam forbidding art is the written Arabic language itself. Because Islam forbids artistry, they displayed it in the way which they write(hey, it looks artistic), which is good and beautiful in a way. Well it's a fact of life that religion plays a large part in many peoples' lives. But as your other states, they seem like anti-Christian propaganda which I hear commonly, crusaders/zealots here and there. As for Turkey's EU movement, well its up to the EU and they can biased if they want and demand the Hagia Sophia be a requirement, but its not gonna happen I suppose. "After all this, I hope no one take my comments as offensive."

How politically incorrect that statement was...

Love leads [our] homeland/country. I could be entirely wrong because something simple like this has so many different degrees of interpretation and translation. It could be a genitive of...not sure.

Almost every thing written about Jesus was written long after the fact. The gospels themselves are so riddled with inconsistencies and contradictions, we're not even sure whether Jesus' ministry lasted one year or three! So what difference does it make whether the fabulae are 200, 2000, or 20000 years old? Bahhh... Then why bother argue because Catholics are Catholics with fundamental beliefs and non-believers are nonbelievers... it really isn't gonna change!

I dunno how I can help, since I'm not a drinker or even of age yet, I still can help out if you ever need me to.

It's called a 2000 year belief that still last to this day, and trying to change it is like trying disprove everything the Church has stood for from the start of its birth.

Well you got the extreme Goths, now that's the group to terminate. But now you got the Goths who are 'your'(and mines) friends. They just like to dress and act a little to help separate themselves and have an identity denied by others when they tried. So remember to distinguish about who is who deep down.

I'm gonna side with the Church. I mean really, even though some may not care, but this 'place of worship' sure means a who big lot to the archaeologists, classicists, and Catholic/Orthodox members!

Funny, my Latin teacher/Ph.D. brought up a comment relevant to this subject. He said the thing that was 'truly' odd was not monotheism, but rather that it was a religion that proselytizeied, because he said not too many religions out there in the Roman World bothered to go out and preach/convert like the disciples. So what do you guys think?

Some of you may realize this, but the History Channel had a big feature on this matter, and they disproved almost everything suggested by this "fiction" novel. The Church hates it because it puts together facts that seem like they are related, but in reality, most of the plot/concepts used have no relevance to each other. Just watch the documentary by History Channel if you ever have a chance, things will be explained clearly why this movie/book is false.

link to article The ashes of an ancient chief or priest who lived three centuries before the legendary founding of Rome have been unearthed in the heart of the city, archaeologists report. The remains were discovered late January inside a funerary urn at the bottom of a deep pit, along with bowls and jars, all encased in a hutlike box. The artifacts date to about 1000 B.C. The size and richness of the tomb suggest that the ashes are the remains of a high-ranking individual, said the researchers who made the discovery. A team of archaeologists with the Department of Cultural Heritage of the Rome Municipality discovered the prehistoric tomb under the sprawling ruins of ancient imperial forums that still lie in the center of modern Rome. (See photos of Rome.)

link to article AN American archaeological mission discovered a tomb in Luxor's Valley of the Kings next to the burial place of King Tut, Egyptian antiquities authorities have announced. An excavation team from the University of Memphis made the find five metres from Tutankhamun's tomb, while the mission was doing routine excavation work, said Zahi Hawass, secretary-general of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities. Some three metres beneath the ground, the tomb contained five human mummies with coloured funerary masks enclosed in sarcophagi and several large storage jars...

I seriously wonder how people can not realize the object that they just touched or sat on is priceless and fragile.

Huh? For some reason, it reminds of a tribe (perhaps African or Pacific area) that bury their dead, then waiting only days or weeks later and exhume the corpse, which then they cook/smoke and so the whole tribe feasted on the body. Way to give back to the community.

Aside from UNRV not being. When UNRV is up, does anyone seem to notice that loading time is miserably longer(in my opinion) one day, then right now it's starting to pick up. I tried posting, and sadly sometimes my browser freezes.

If you prefer I can scan a page about latin pronunciation from my book? In reality, pronunciation doesn't really matter to the Romans that much as long as you get the idea or message across by use good sentence construction, unless you're a politician.

Burial anyone. Obviously, my religion demands that I have a burial with Catholic rights performed by a priest.