The ruins, including the monastery and domed shrines known as stupas, will likely be largely destroyed once work at the mine begins. by AP
Ancient Buddhist statues that were uncovered by a Chinese mining company in Afghanistan in Nov 2010. The monastery dates back to the seventh century B.C. along the famous Silk Road which links Asia to the Mid-East. The site is in Mes Aynak, south of Kabul, mes means copper in the local Dari language. The monastery has been excavated which has uncovered hallways, rooms adorned with frescoes, clay and stone statues of Buddha which are up to 19 meters high. Another courtyard area has several stupas 8 to 9 meters high. The statue of the Buddha in a sleeping position dates to the third century.
In total, 89 relics such as coins, ceramics and a 19 meters statue have been unearthed – said Mohammad Zia Afshar, an adviser in the information and culture ministry.
Unfortunately the statue was badly damaged. The other relics date back to the Bactrian era and from Islamic and Buddhist civilizations. The discovery was made in the central province of Bamiyan, near the ruins of giant statues that were destroyed by the Taliban seven years ago. Afghanistan’s Taliban government has begun turning to rubble what has stood for centuries, using explosives and rockets to destroy two ancient statues of Buddha. Earlier the Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers ordered the demolition of the statues in the name of Islam, saying it aims to eliminate idolatry from the country. Bamiyan was once a thriving center of Buddhism. Chinese government endorsed China Metallurgical Corporation is trying to establish the worlds second largest copper mine. The mine was slated to begin construction in late 2011 but with a friendly agreement wtih the Kabul authorities archaeologists have bought 3 years to excavate what they can. Three years still isnt enough to fully preserve the site as it has been estimated at least 10 years of archaeology would be required. So the archaeologist have to finish the work until short time.
In my opinion, seeing the country’s economic situation and the ability to interest enforce of Chinese government doesn’t seem hasty statement when I say: the cultural heritage of Afghanistan will be “defeated”
Ilona Kaszanyi
A new study, using genetic analysis to look for clues about human migration over sixty thousand years ago, suggests that the first modern humans settled in Arabia on their way from the Horn of Africa to the rest of the world.
The NDAA Act passed by the president on New Years Eve is one of the most despicable acts done against the American people by their own government that I can think of in the 20th and 21st centuries, and speaks of the wisdom that those Anti-Federalists from the 1780s foresaw in the tendencies of government. It is because of laws like the National Defense Authorization Act that the founders of The United States insisted on having a Second Amendment in the Bill of Rights added to the American Constitution. Whether its part of a massive conspiracy to bring all the nations of the world under United Nations control, or just short-sighted ignorance on the part of naive politicians, government has crossed the line in their inept war on terror.
Darryl Parks of 700 WLW is the kind of man who is not a conspiracy theorists. He is not a man of rhetoric. He is a successful executive in a network of radio stations who has had to defend his companies in court, he associates with very talented lawyers daily, and he has the age and wisdom to have seen many presidential elections and their administrations from the perspective of the media. If he tells you that you should be concerned, you should be. Hes not trying to sell books, or videos. He only hosts a radio program on Saturday mornings because he likes to stay in touch with the craft, so he can make better decisions as an executive. He is about as normal, and sane of a human being that one could care to meet. That is why everyone should listen to him when he says that the NDAA Act is the most tragic, and dangerous piece of legislation on record to come out of the Federal Government. Listen to his broadcast after the president signed the controversial bill so that you can learn all you need to know. If you do nothing else today, you should listen to this entire transmission.
It is for reasons such as the NDAA Act that during the foundation of America we have a Bill of Rights that has a Second Amendment on it, because at some point in time, the people of our country may have to go to war with their own government. That is not a statement of rhetoric that is designed to reflect some radical right-winged position. That statement is a viewpoint of political philosophy observed in over 2000 years of human history, and the reality that power corrupts and must be hauled in when things get out-of-control.
Now to the average person, going to war against the federal government is a nutty idea. Its something that many people wouldnt even entertain as an option. After all, we are seeing over 40 years of indoctrination from government schools that say kids cant even make a fake gun with their hands while playing on the playground at recess. We have witnessed teachers confiscating water pistols and fake guns from kids all in the name of safety as every gun incident was over exaggerated by the political machines in an attempt to grab the guns of the American people and demonize the need for them in civilized society. Gun grabbing laws were implemented by the Brady Bill, the Columbine Shootings and a variety of other high-profile acts of public violence in a media attempt to turn the average American against the gun, so America could be disarmed. The teachers are simply playing their role in advancing a society that is ruled by a political elite, and disarming the American people is part of that plan. If you dont believe me read the link from the Naked Communist at the end of this article, and see it for yourself.
When the president signed the NDAA Act on New Years Eve, he along with every single person who voted in favor of that act took an act of aggression against the people of America. They voted for the NDAA Act on purpose or by accident because they were easily manipulated and not sophisticated enough to see the big picture. They declared war on the people of America, and that dictates action on our part.
It would be my suggestion that in this war the American people defeat their enemy the government peacefully, by cutting the money that fuels their enterprise. Just stop voting for increases in taxesall taxes. By doing this you will take away the power they are using to control your life. Do this now and you will save lives later. Because I do not believe that the NDAA Act will be a problem for the American people over the next 5 years. It wont be until the last half of this decade that Americans will be swept up and thrown away to rot due to their political beliefs or perceived threats to the governments existence. So I do not suggest taking your guns to Washington D.C. at this time. But do not approve another police levy, because it will be the police who come to your house to arrest dissidents. And do not send your sons and daughters to the military. The military must be dramatically reduced so they cannot be used against us under the NDAA Act.
Do not pass more tax levies for your school. Support School Choice and force schools to have competition and diminish the labor union influence, because it is through the unions that the advancement of the 45 items from the Naked Communist are being implemented. With competition in public school you will decentralize the way teachers teach and their natural talents can then be left to educate your children in a real education that will actually teach them something.
A good rule of thumb is, if what you spend your tax money on goes to a government agency, which it almost always does, then you need to restrict the taxes you spend to such a degree that you will starve and destroy the government entities that rely on that money to exist. Such an action is far more humane than the next option which involves the Second Amendment. The employees of government will cry, they will whine, they will declare doom and gloom for the American economy. America might even have an unemployment rate of over 30%. But at least those government employees will still have the ability to get a job in the private sector and start their lives over again. If there is a war where the Second Amendment needs to be utilized to restore the power of the Constitution, then living another day to get a job in the private sector may not be an option. So by cutting the size of government and forcing those employees into the private sector, you may just save their lives.
This is not an exaggeration. How long does anyone think it will take for the police to act on their authority of beating a victim for refusing a breathalyzer by declaring that they suspected the victim of being a terror suspect? There were warnings in the mid 90s of America becoming a police state when police began using cameras at traffic lights and sending people tickets in the mail for being caught on camera running a stop light or speeding on a rural road. Heck, Google Earth can now show a speeder from space, so the police certainly can. The tracking of every single person on earth is now possible with their cell phones. And remember when the Department of Homeland Security was created under a panicky Bush Administration? This NDAA Act is a direct connection to that War on Terror initiative. One year ago the talk about the TSA patting down individuals and violating their Civil Rights was all the discussion. One year later, people have become used to it, and are becoming complacent again and allowing the violation of their bodies to go unchecked.
The government is betting that this NDAA Act will go the same way. The government has predicted that the complacent public will just buckle under the new law and take it because they have everything else in this gradual climb for power that has been going on for half a century. They will continue to take away our Constitutional Rights until we assert ourselves and so far things have happened so fast, that our public educated minds havent been able to take them all in as fast as theyve happened.
Sorry to interfere with your life dear reader, and give you this daunting news. Most Americans arent bad by default, but they simply follow the orders of their superiors. What Im saying is that if those orders involve imposing on the American life a loss of any freedoms at the cost of safety, then it is time to turn the danger back on those who wish to rob us of both at the expense of the one because they are incompetent. As an American I do not want a large central government and I certainly dont want to fund a large government. So Im advising you as an American Tax Payer to vote down every single tax and to gradually diminish the size of government by cutting the money that feeds it. Employing this strategy will not only help with the inevitable national debt that is already over 15 trillion dollars, but might actually save the lives of the people who might be tasked under the NDAA Act to confiscate people like me and you in a bloodbath that will naturally follow. Because thats what will happen if they come to my house. I no longer trust the courts, or any member of the government to do the right thing, so being detained by those people would be a death sentence. It has throughout history, and theres no reason to believe things would be different in the future. Thats why we have the Second Amendment. Its not for hunting deer, or turkey. Its for defending our property, which is one of the highest honors of the American Citizen, and the primary enemy of the communist philosophy.
Cut taxes and save future lives!
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http://overmanwarrior.wordpress.com/2010/12/04/ten-rules-to-live-by/
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On the shores of Lake Kucukcekmece, 13 miles west of downtown Istanbul, archaeologists are uncovering evidence of one of the citys primaryand perhaps earliestancient harbors. At the expansive harbor site of Bathonea, revealed in 2007 after a drought significantly lowered the lakes water table, excavators have found a 2.5-mile-long sea wall, docks, jetties, massive cisterns, well-appointed houses and wide, stone-paved roads, all dating from the fourthsixth centuries C.E. This is the period that saw Istanbuls founding and the rise of Constantinople as the capital of the early Byzantine empire, though it is also a period that is poorly attested both archaeological and historically. The discoveries made [at the site] are now shedding a completely new light to the wider urbanized area of Constantinopolis, said Volker Heyd, an archaeologist who helped survey the Bathonea remains. A fantastic story begins to unveil.
On the shores of Lake Kucukcekmece, 13 miles west of downtown Istanbul, archaeologists are uncovering evidence of one of the citys primaryand perhaps earliestancient harbors.
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In this exclusive video from the Biblical Archaeology Society, educational programs director Sarah Yeomans takes you on a behind-the-scenes tour of the excavations at Bethsaida, Israel. The excavation, directed for more than 20 years by University of Nebraska at Omaha professor Rami Arav, has revealed numerous insights into life at the time of Jesus and is also one of Israels top archaeology field schools.
The video tour, shot on location in Bethsaida, Israel, during the summer 2010 field season, begins with a brief introduction to Bethsaida, a small village on the northern shore of the Sea of Galilee that, according to the New Testament, saw Jesus perform two of his most famous miracles: the healing of the blind man (Mark 8:2225) and the feeding of the multitudes (Luke 9:1217). And while the Bethsaida excavations have revealed numerous insights into everyday life in Jesus Galilee during the first century C.E., the sites origins are actually found in the tenth century B.C.E.the time of King Davidwhen Bethsaida was part of the small kingdom of Geshur mentioned several times in the Hebrew Bible (Joshua 13:13; 2 Samuel 13:37).
Have you ever wondered what its like to volunteer on an archaeological dig? I Volunteered For This? Life on an Archaeological Dig is a free eBook that gives you the lowdown on what to expect from life at a dig site. Youll be glad to have this informative, amusing and sometimes touching collection of articles by archaeological dig volunteers.
After this introduction, Sarah takes you on a tour of some of the areas of Bethsaida that are currently being studied and excavated, including the so-called house of the fisherman where archaeologists found a well preserved, Hellenistic-era courtyard house filled with net weights, anchors, needles and fishhooks.* You are also introduced to some of the projects staff and volunteers, including six-year veteran excavator and supervisor Aaron Gale, professor of religious studies at West Virginia University, and three-year archaeology volunteer Gloria Epps who loves coming to dig at Bethsaida because it gives her another perspective on Biblical history. Youll also meet Dr. Carl Savage, the assistant director of the Bethsaida excavations, who has been digging at the site for more than 15 years.
Throughout the video tour, Sarah also gives you a candid perspective about life as an archaeology volunteer at Bethsaida, Israel, from the 4:45 a.m. wake-up calls, to the afternoons filled with pottery washing and analysis, to the various tools and equipment that archaeologists use to collect data. If you want to read more about Sarahs experience as an archaeology volunteer and supervisor at the site of Bethsaida, you can also check out her article The Simple Joy of Digging.
Visit BASs 2012 list of dig opportunities to learn more about the excavations at Bethsaida, Israel and other archaeology field schools in Israel and Jordan.
Notes
* See Rami Arav, Richard A. Freund and John F. Shroder, Jr., Bethsaida Rediscovered, Biblical Archaeology Review, January/February 2000.
The bank is a potential rabbit warren earthwork
Good news to start 2012. The West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service has told us that they will be registering both the milk churn stand, and Clapper Brow with historical environment records (HER monument records).
Because of the name, the lie of the land, the soil, and historic ownership in the vicinity, we believe that parts of Clapper Brow may be an ancient rabbit warren. Clapper is a term meaning ‘rabbit’, and the field has three diagonal earthworks that could well have been deliberately made for the farming of our little furry friends.
Rabbit farming was an important part of rural economies from the late thirteenth century. The warrens were often owned by local manors and had their own warreners to look after them. The Archologists have promised to come and have a good look at the site, when they are next in the area, and have suggested that we apply to the Hertitage LotteryFund to undertake an earthwork survey, and put up an interpretation board on the site. The Heritage Lottery Fund helps communities learn about and participate in the conservation of their heritage.
Final aerial photos from the end of the 2011 excavation season at Khirbet Qeiyafa were posted to the projects official Web site this week. The images give stunning views of the sites various excavation areas, including the now well-defined area of the sites southern four-chambered gate and adjacent casemate walls and fortifications (pictured). As reported in BAR,* Khirbet Qeiyafa is a small but imposing fortress on the border between Judah and Philistia that has been dated by pottery and radiocarbon analysis to the early tenth century B.C.E. and the reign of King David. Visit our digs page to learn how you can participate in the 2012 excavations.
Final aerial photos from the end of the 2011 excavation season at Khirbet Qeiyafa were posted to the projects official Web site this week.
* Hershel Shanks, Newly DiscoveredA Fortified City from King Davids Time, Biblical Archaeology Review, January/February 2009; and Prize Find: Oldest Hebrew Inscription Discovered in Israelite Fort on Philistine Border, Biblical Archaeology Review, March/April 2010.
View the new images of Khirbet Qeiyafa.
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For the past decade, scholars at Harvards Semitic Museum have been re-baking thousands of clay tablets recovered from ancient Nuzi, a small town in northern Mesopotamia (modern Iraq) that flourished under the Hurrian kingdom of Mittani some 3,500 years ago.* When first made, most of the cuneiform tablets were simply left out in the sun to dry, which left a hardened exterior surface but a damp, moist middle. If the tablets are not properly treated, the moisture remaining in the tablets can cause them to crack and crumble. Thats where Harvards baking project comes in. The scholars bake each tablet uniformly in a small kiln to a temperature of 675 degrees Celsius, and afterwards soak them in de-ionized water to eliminate harmful salts. The process makes the tablets much stronger and thereby allows them to be handled for study. [The tablets] are our responsibility, essentially forever, said Adam Aja, the assistant curator at the museum and overseer of the project. This is the best treatment you can do. Theyll be as stable as any ceramic pot and can be handled.
For the past decade, scholars at Harvards Semitic Museum have been re-baking thousands of clay tablets recovered from ancient Nuzi, a small town in northern Mesopotamia (modern Iraq) that flourished under the Hurrian kingdom of Mittani some 3,500 years ago.
* See A Day in the Life: Hurrian Nuzi, Archaeology Odyssey, May/June 2001.
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Kayla Ray, a 2011 winner of one of the BAS archaeology scholarships, looks out over the blue waters of the Mediterranean from the rocky shores of Caesarea Maritima. As a dig volunteer, Ray was able to travel to Israel and experience Israeli and Middle Eastern culture firsthand.
Digs in Israel and Jordan are a doorway to the Biblical past, but they also offer volunteers the opportunity to immerse themselves in modern Israeli and Middle Eastern culture. Dig volunteers who travel to Israel and Jordan not only learn how to excavate, but they also see the sites of the Bible and meet people from different backgrounds. These are experiences that dig volunteers treasure for the rest of their lives.
Every year, winners of our archaeology scholarships (the BAS Dig Scholarship) tell us about their overseas adventures in Israel, Jordan and elsewhere, recounting how their travels exposed them to Israeli and Middle Eastern culture and the regions languages, foods and customs, not to mention the incredible sites and monuments of Biblical lands.
While a volunteers workweek revolves around a strict dig schedule, there is usually plenty of time on weekends to see the sights (and sites) and explore the country. For those who travel to Israel to dig, many projects offer organized field trips to various sites and regions around the country, including Masada, the Dead Sea and Galilee. In Jordan, winners of BASs archaeology scholarships have traveled to Petra, Amman and Wadi Rum.
For many who travel to Israel, however, nothing quite matches the experience of seeing Jerusalem for the first time. Jerusalem is an overwhelming and powerful city, wrote Erin Pruckno, a winner of one of our BAS archaeology scholarships in 2007. I loved the bustle and barrage of people in the Old City, and the terrifyingly fun walk through Hezekiahs Tunnel that found us knee-deep in freezing-cold, pitch-black water.
Have you ever wondered what its like to volunteer on an archaeological dig? I Volunteered For This? Life on an Archaeological Dig is a free eBook that gives you the lowdown on what to expect from life at a dig site. Youll be glad to have this informative, amusing and sometimes touching collection of articles by archaeological dig volunteers.
Working on a dig also gives volunteers the opportunity to dive into the language of the host country. Though English is the lingua franca used on most excavations, volunteers who travel to Israel to dig are bound to pick up some Hebrew phrases in the trenches. And on digs in Jordan, where volunteers regularly work side-by-side with workmen from local villages, many winners of our archaeology scholarships tell us of their triumphs in learning their first few phrases of Arabic. Kristina Glicksman, a 2007 winner who worked at the site of Khirbet al-Mudayna, told us, I really enjoyed working with the Bedouin and trying to communicate with smatterings of Arabic and English and lots of hand gestures.
Digs are almost always international affairs, composed of archaeologists and experts from around the globe. In addition, dig volunteers, including the winners of our archaeology scholarships, come from an array of backgrounds and typically include college and graduate students, retirees, school teachers, vacationing archaeology or Bible enthusiasts, and everyone in between. As such, digs are an excellent way to learn about and experience the worlds diversity.
Working on a dig is much more than just archaeology and learning about the Biblical past. Its also a chance to experience Israeli and Middle Eastern culture and broaden your horizons.
Click here to learn about 2012 dig opportunities in Israel, Jordan and beyond.
Based on Joey Corbett, Join a Dig, See the World, Biblical Archaeology Review, January/February 2012.
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