~The Seven Ancient Wonders of the World~

last SG · 2007-03-06T09:23:08+00:00

Originally posted by OCEANOS: [b]Merry Meet Karkadann, Any details to share about? Blessed Be, Oceanos[/b]Getting some info on them but nothing is conf...

MoonIce SG

Rolling Eyes

Karkadann SG

Next stop, The Curse of the Pharohs.

scorpboi SG

cool Cool

scorpboi SG

hmmm
waiting for updates Mr. Green

Karkadann SG

The Curse of the Pharaohs refers to the belief that any person who disturbs the mummy of an Ancient Egyptian pharaoh is placed under a curse whereby they will shortly die. Many tombs of pharaohs have curses written on or around them, warning against entering.

The belief was brought to many people's attention due to the deaths of some members of the team of Howard Carter, who opened the tomb of Tutankhamun (KV62) in 1922, launching the modern era of Egyptology. The first of these "mysterious" deaths was that of Lord Carnarvon. He had been bitten by a mosquito, and later slashed the bite accidentally while shaving. It became infected and blood poisoning resulted. This was before antibiotics, thus little could be done and the aristocratic archeologist died. It should be noted, however, that there was nothing mysterious about Carnarvon's death. He had been in frail health for years since a serious car accident. His doctors had recommended that he go to Egypt because the warm climate would benefit his fragile health. Several others directly or indirectly involved with the tomb of Tutankhamun followed the Earl in death. Skeptics pointed out that many, many others who visited the tomb or helped to discover it lived long and healthy lives. A study showed that of the 58 people who were present when the tomb and sarcophagus were opened, only eight died within a dozen years. All the others were still alive, including Howard Carter who died peacefully at the age of 64 in 1939

Karkadann SG

Some have speculated that deadly fungus could have grown in the enclosed tombs and been released when they were open to the air. Arthur Conan Doyle, author of the Sherlock Holmes mysteries, favoured this idea, and speculated that the mold had been placed deliberately to punish grave robbers. A newspaper report printed following Carnarvon's death is also believed to have been responsible for the wording of the curse most frequently associated with Tutankhamun "Death shall come on swift wings to him who disturbs the peace of the King" a phrase which does not actually appear among the hieroglyphs in KV62.

While there is no evidence that such pathogens killed Lord Carnarvon, there is no doubt that dangerous materials can accumulate in old tombs. Recent studies of newly opened ancient Egyptian tombs that had not been exposed to modern contaminants found pathogenic bacteria of the Staphylococcus and Pseudomonas genera, and the moulds Aspergillus niger and Aspergillus flavus. Additionally, newly opened tombs often become roosts for bats, and bat guano may harbour histoplasmosis. However, at the concentrations typically found, these pathogens are generally only dangerous to persons with weakened immune systems. Air samples taken from inside an unopened sarcophagus through a drilled hole showed high levels of ammonia, formaldehyde and hydrogen sulfide; these gases are all toxic, but at dangerous concentrations are easily detected by their strong odours

Karkadann SG

Next stop: The Interior of the Pharoh's tombs and its artifacts.

stellazio SG

wah the status of zeus was stolen. Shocked

Karkadann SG

The Status of Zeus at Olympia: This is the statue of the great Greek God Zeus. It resided in the ancient town of Olympia, on the west coast of modern Greece. This temple that houses the status was designed and built by the architect Libon around 450 BC. The Athenian sculptor Pheidias was later given the task of creating a magnificent status to reside in the temple. In the early first century AD, the statue was attempted to be transported by the emperor Caligula. This failed and after the Olympic games were banned in AD 391, the temple of Zeus was ordered closed. The temple itself through years of natural disastors, was fully damaged by fire in the fifth century AD. The main statue lived on until it was also taken by fire in AD 462 in its new palace at Constantinople.

MeOwSuSan SG

is China “chang chen” count ???

Karkadann SG

That is more like a modern day wonders of the world. The Ancient wonders are mostly destroyed except for the Pyramids.

scorpboi SG

ic so great wall of china is considered young Mr. Green

MeOwSuSan SG

young as in ???

scorpboi SG

the age that it wad built Very Happy

Karkadann SG

Just not in time to be considered one of the Ancient Wonders of the world.

solomon1983 SG

Hope one day seven modern wonders of the world wont fall on ATLANTIS Mr. Green

OCEANOS SG

Merry Meet To All,

I see some great discussions going on in here.

About "ATLANTIS", I have some interesting information to share.

The word Atlantis to the Terms in Mythology has numerous different meanings, and are often interpretable into which they are adapted Locally. For instance, in Greek Atlas, A, meaning The one who could not withstand and tlas meaning The Skies. Atlas was the mythical God, referred as the Pillar of Heaven that is its support. When Atlas became overburdened with too much for him, the skies fell down, burying Atlantis.

The words Atlas and Atlantis originally come from Sanskrit, The Holy Language of India. The Sanskrit name for their Hell is Atala, meaning Deprived of Pillar, Bottomless or more preferably Sunken to Bottom.

Blessed Be,
Oceanos

Father Lim SG

ah incidentally, there was a movement going on to nominate a new set of 7 wonders of the world...

the great wall is probably a shoo-in since it's the only structure visible form space...

I'm not sure voting is still allowed but can Google it to try...

Karkadann SG

There was news that Brazi1 was trying t0 get "The Statue 0f Jesus" in as we11

scorpboi SG

alot of inside news Very Happy

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