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[scottobear]

Getting ever more nifty...

Thank you, discovery channel!

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20010212/scrolls.html

Hundreds of scrolls, reduced to lumps of coal by the 750-degree Fahrenheit cloud that wrapped the ancient Roman city of Herculaneum during Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D., are rising from the volcano's ash in what could be the most significant rediscovery of classical literature since the Renaissance.

Among the works scholars hope to read using the new technology are Aristotle's lost 30 dialogues, philosophical work by Epicurus, erotic poems by Philodemus, Virgilius's lost eclogue, scientific work by Archimedes and lesbian poetry by Sappho.

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[scottobear.livejournal.com]

Hey, those are 2 of the big three to pick!

:)

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[chicky.livejournal.com]

Heheh... the only other one that I watch is Bravo, but I only get that after about 8pm or so :)

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[scottobear.livejournal.com]

ah, very nice... history is a good one, too.

[dorkgirl.livejournal.com]

History, Learning, Discovery, and A&E....that's about all that I need on my cable dial! =)

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[scottobear.livejournal.com]

Well, I have to admit I'll fire up cartoon network or nick at nite if the timing is right...

[dorkgirl.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm guilty of that, as well. Sometimes I really need to get my "I Love Lucy" fix. =)

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[scottobear.livejournal.com]

Ah, for me it's mary tyler moore. :) or dick van dyke.