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Chemical warfare in Dura Europos!? - Virilis - 10-27-2009
Howdy rangers!
Just found this:
http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/ ... 2009-01-16
Simon James speculates about persians / sassanids using chemical warfare in Dura Europs. This is new to me, anyone out there who knows more about this?
Re: Chemical warfare in Dura Europos!? - jvrjenivs - 10-27-2009
This is already posted some times. I'm sure there is more to find about it with the search engine. I think Jona Lendering even posted a link with pictures.
Re: Chemical warfare in Dura Europos!? - Virilis - 10-27-2009
Quote:This is already posted some times. I'm sure there is more to find about it with the search engine. I think Jona Lendering even posted a link with pictures.
Thanks Jürjen :oops: ...
Re: Chemical warfare in Dura Europos!? - jvrjenivs - 10-27-2009
Here for instance you can find more: link from old RAT. Seems the article with that picture is now available anymore.
Re: Chemical warfare in Dura Europos!? - Jona Lendering - 10-27-2009
Quote: anyone out there who knows more about this?As Jurjen writes, this has been around for quite some time. Worse, when it resurfaced a year ago, it was already known for decades.
It is a remarkable piece of "phantom news", like this month's notice that Alexandria was founded on an earlier settlement, which I read two years ago as well, and was, back then, not really news either. A part of the explanation of "phanton news" may be that archaeologists seldom hesitate to release the same interesting press release twice (more publicity = more money), but that does not explain everything.