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Jun 7 |
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What is the mark next to the hallmark on this silver object? What is the orientation of the mark in each spot? Since it does appear, like you say, to come from the same thing, orientation may be important. @Joe - While I agree it would be sloppy, the technique does require annealing (reheating, basically), they might therefore use tongs. |
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Mar 22 |
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Mar 22 |
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What cultures did, or do, perform human sacrifice on a regular basis? It's debatable whether Abraham actually expected to actually have to kill his son. It's also debatable whether the 'sacrifice' mentioned in the Judges resulted in Jephath's daughter's death. The book of Wisdom doesn't appear to be in the 'standard' biblical canon, and the passage isn't necessarily referring to Jewish culture either. I have a feeling that the way 'sacrifice' is used in Kings is less an appeasement for God, and more a judgement on those prophets ('for perverting right worship', basically). |
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Mar 9 |
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Date of Transatlantic crossing postcard hmmmm.... Other avenues of inquiry; 'Fahrenheit' is abbreviated (to this American) in a non-standard fashion - when was this particular style used? There's an address given, can the dates of residence for the listed group be confirmed? I can't make out some of the other city/country names, that might also help. |
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Feb 20 |
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How were heavier objects weighed in antiquity/middle ages? Easy method for weighing an elephant: Find elephant. Kill Elephant. Cut elephant into weigh-able chunks. Weigh chunks. Sum weight of chunks. Cook elephant-burgers for tired butchers/clerks. ... More seriously, and non-destructive for the elephant: Find (still) pond with large boat. Place elephant in boat. Mark height of water on outside of boat (how deep in water). Remove elephant. Place weigh-able items in boat, until height of water matches mark. Remove and weigh items from boat. Sum weights. Ride elephant home. Otherwise, estimates using density ('Eureka!') likely used. |
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Jan 15 |
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Who were the first to relatively measure the length of the year precisely? And how accurately? Especially in certain climes, being off of leap-years won't show a noticeable error for a while... |
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Nov 23 |
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Nov 5 |
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When and how did people begin to consider slavery immoral? @Luke - In the interest of thoroughness, it should be mentioned that only Israelite males were to be released on the Sabbath year - purchased foreigners and women were exempt. It is, however, debatable about whether the OT supports slavery; I personally get the feeling that slavery was a social/economic institution, not a religious/moral one (especially given that it seems to mostly be dealing with debt-relief). |
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Nov 5 |
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What factors contribute to the fact that only a handful of countries manufacture aircraft jet engines? Agree with @DVK. And in the case of Germany, it should probably be 'no longer bother', as they had the first working jet fighter aircraft |
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Aug 24 |
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Is it true that the soldiers returned from WW2 either didn't marry or kept themselves from families? My mom, and the majority of the Baby Boomers, would probably disagree with this. It looks like there's a spike around the end of WWI, too, if this graph is to be trusted |
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Jul 12 |
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Have fair-skinned peoples ever been the lower/oppressed class? Although in the case of ancient Egypt, I've heard that they weren't as dark as their neighbors in Cush (Ethiopia, if I remember right) - who they would also enslave. |
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Dec 8 |
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Were there bows employed by tribes living in the desert, and if so, what were they made of? I don't know of any bow made completely from horn, but it was used as a major component of composite bows, including those used by the mongols. |
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Dec 8 |
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Were there bows employed by tribes living in the desert, and if so, what were they made of? Mongols probably should count, since by definition a steppe would be a grassland with very few (if any) trees. |
