10-21-2007, 07:23 PM
Ruben said:-
...indeed, I couldn't agree more! :? Newspaper reports are not an ideal source....it is quite possible this is assumption.. BUT... the fact that 'leather or linen' in the earlier report was subsequently corrected to 'leather', the fact, as Giannis pointed out, that the general museum assumption seems to be linen, and lastly, the fact that so many graves survive and have been excavated gives one hope that some organic remains have actually been found.
...as I said, " we need to know more!" :wink: :wink:
Quote:It can make reading descriptions of such grave finds that aren't detailed excavation reports frustrating.
...indeed, I couldn't agree more! :? Newspaper reports are not an ideal source....it is quite possible this is assumption.. BUT... the fact that 'leather or linen' in the earlier report was subsequently corrected to 'leather', the fact, as Giannis pointed out, that the general museum assumption seems to be linen, and lastly, the fact that so many graves survive and have been excavated gives one hope that some organic remains have actually been found.
...as I said, " we need to know more!" :wink: :wink:
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(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
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