Archaeologist Links Ancient Palace, Ajax (Greek hero of the Trojan War)

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Archaeologist Links Ancient Palace, Ajax (Greek hero of the Trojan War)

Archaeologist Links Ancient Palace, Ajax
By NICHOLAS PAPHITIS, Associated Press Writer

ATHENS, Greece - Among the ruins of a 3,200-year-old palace near Athens, researchers are piecing together the story of legendary Greek warrior-king Ajax, hero of the Trojan War.

Archaeologist Yiannis Lolos found remains of the palace while hiking on the island of Salamis in 1999, and has led excavations there for the past six years.

Now, he's confident he's found the site where Ajax ruled, which has also provided evidence to support a theory that residents of the Mycenean island kingdom fled to Cyprus after the king's death.

"This was Ajax' capital," excavation leader Lolos, professor of archaeology at Ioannina University, told The Associated Press on Wednesday.

The article continues at http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060330/ap_on_sc/greece_ajax_palace

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xchrom

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Thu Mar-30-06 09:21 AM
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1. very cool -- i love the illiad and the odyssey

and have followed the various archaeological sites that track that time period.

of course you realize this also proves the existance of the greek pantheon.

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glitch

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Thu Mar-30-06 09:34 AM
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2. Me too. Love Greece and Greeks.

Wonderful country. I read The Iliad and The Odyssey while traveling around there a long, long time ago. Thanks for bringing back those memories!

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havocmom

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Thu Mar-30-06 09:37 AM
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3. Post that over in Religion/theology or Seekers on Unique Paths forums

and pop some corn :D

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xchrom

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Thu Mar-30-06 10:17 AM
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5. lol -- i know huh?

and i'm christian -- but i HATE that whole historical fact and religion bullshit.
i mean i hate it -- i gues i'm a bad ''religous'' person but a pretty fair spiritual one.

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havocmom

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Thu Mar-30-06 11:49 AM
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6. nothing bad with honest spritiuality

but you go talkin pantheism being proved by some diggers and the cynics will fall outta the sky. LOL Didn't know they could fly, did ya ;)

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FSogol

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Thu Mar-30-06 10:06 AM
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4. Awesome post. Thanks. n/t

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