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by Alan B » Tue Jul 18, 2017 11:38 am
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Shackled skeletons in mass grave could be rebel army that tried to take Athens 2,600 years ago
Eighty skeletons found shackled in a mass grave near Athens last year could be the remains of Cylon's followers. The Athenian nobleman was the first recorded winner of the Olympic Games, but he went down in history for attempting to take over the city by force and become its only leader, some 2,600 years ago.
The skeletal remains were discovered in the Falyron Delta Necropolis – a large cemetery dating back to the 8th to 5th century BCE that was unearthed over a century ago during the construction of an opera house and a library south of Athens.
The wrists of the 80 individuals had been clamped by iron shackles. They were put in the mass grave but arranged in an orderly manner, which suggests they were not slaves.
They appear to have been the victims of a bloody execution. Archaeologists determined that they had died from blows to the head sometime between 675 and 650 BCE, as dated by the analyses of pottery fragments recovered from the grave. This was a time of great social unrest in Ancient Greece.
Discovering so many ancient skeletons in one place is rare, so the researchers were intrigued and wanted to find out who these individuals had been and why they were killed. Ever since the skeletons were unearthed, the most popular hypothesis discussed by archaeologists has been that these individuals were part of Cylon's army that tried to take over the city.
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Archaeologists have started using innovative scientific techniques worthy of a CSI episode to learn more about what happened and to see if they can get clues to confirm this theory.
Cylon may not be just a historical story any more...
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by Forty Two » Tue Jul 18, 2017 12:58 pm
“When I was in college, I took a terrorism class. ... The thing that was interesting in the class was every time the professor said ‘Al Qaeda’ his shoulders went up, But you know, it is that you don’t say ‘America’ with an intensity, you don’t say ‘England’ with the intensity. You don’t say ‘the army’ with the intensity,” she continued. “... But you say these names [Al Qaeda] because you want that word to carry weight. You want it to be something.” - Ilhan Omar
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by Alan B » Tue Jul 18, 2017 1:12 pm
Obvious. Not much thought required.
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by laklak » Tue Jul 18, 2017 2:01 pm
Thought is highly overrated, and probably hetero-oppressive or something.
Yeah well that's just, like, your opinion, man.
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by Forty Two » Tue Jul 18, 2017 2:11 pm
There you go mansplaining again, Lak.
“When I was in college, I took a terrorism class. ... The thing that was interesting in the class was every time the professor said ‘Al Qaeda’ his shoulders went up, But you know, it is that you don’t say ‘America’ with an intensity, you don’t say ‘England’ with the intensity. You don’t say ‘the army’ with the intensity,” she continued. “... But you say these names [Al Qaeda] because you want that word to carry weight. You want it to be something.” - Ilhan Omar
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by Animavore » Tue Jul 18, 2017 2:20 pm
I thought Cylons were those things from Battlestar Galactica.
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by Brian Peacock » Tue Jul 18, 2017 2:31 pm
Didn't we all?
Cylon of Athens.
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by JacksSmirkingRevenge » Tue Jul 18, 2017 2:57 pm
Interesting.
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by pErvinalia » Tue Jul 18, 2017 3:45 pm
Animavore wrote:I thought Cylons were those things from Battlestar Galactica.
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by Forty Two » Tue Apr 03, 2018 5:35 pm
“When I was in college, I took a terrorism class. ... The thing that was interesting in the class was every time the professor said ‘Al Qaeda’ his shoulders went up, But you know, it is that you don’t say ‘America’ with an intensity, you don’t say ‘England’ with the intensity. You don’t say ‘the army’ with the intensity,” she continued. “... But you say these names [Al Qaeda] because you want that word to carry weight. You want it to be something.” - Ilhan Omar
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