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Archaeological RecordWhen King Olaf was convertedto the sign of the cross, it was by the Proof of a sparrow flying through the suddenly stricken great | ||
| The Sarajevo excavation has unearthed a tomb containing the fully articulated skeleton of one man. Several artifacts were found with him; of most interest is a bronze helmet with a stiff plume that appears to be made of horsehair | ||
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hall, from one end to another, from one door to the next, so Brief is human life. Is it yesterday | ||
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and which resembles the helmet of the philistines, "the sea-faring Peoples" depicted on various Egyptian friezes, hundreds of them defeated, a rope linking their necks as they are lead away by a single thread | ||
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or are the ships setting sail for Troy tomorrow? The stones of the city are still smoldering with a fire that could not be extinguished, | ||
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of fate. As already noted, the Helmet of the Philistine resembles the helmet of the Achaeans who destroyed Troy, and other armor found with the corpse includes the characteristic greaves, breast plate, short sword... | ||
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the walls consumed in a fire so hot that it made whatever was made of earth--the bricks of every house and temple, the paving stones of every street-- | ||
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which may elucidate the origins of these warring peoples, for even though archaeomagnetic or carbon dating has not yet been completed, this "Adam" appears to be the oldest specimen yet unearthed, his armor, the earliest example. | ||
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catch fire and burn, and when everything else had been consumed, the ground itself caught fire and the earth began to burn. |
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Issue #11, September, 1999 :
Santa Fe Poetry Broadside.