Hello Paul and a big thanks for the updates concerning the port and the minister. YOu can also get back to me through linkedin so that we can communicate directly. Cheers
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I'm not sure I've done it well enough, but I'm trying to clarify both that these authors are not suggesting that a real Eden was in Lebanaon, and the subtlety of what they are saying. In one case it even appears that the author is discussing Lebanon as being not necessarily a physical place. I'm happy to discuss my edits on the article talk page. Dougweller ( talk) 18:41, 22 May 2011 (UTC)
In your recent edits on the Barton Cylinder you've sourced this quote to Black, can't find it there. Dougweller ( talk) 04:56, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
What I am looking for is what I have found already, an unexcavated PPNB megasite with remains of large neolithic structures (some converted to Roman temples) in and around Aaiha and Kfar Qouq near Mount Hermon. There is a central tell mound overlooking the Aaiha rock cut watercourse where I retrieved limestone plaster from what I suggest was a large house site on the top, tentitavely identified with Enlil's (or Adam's if you like) 'house of life' (or meeting place of heaven and earth). I am looking for archaeologists to radiocarbon date the remains, and hopefully arrive at settlement dates from c. 8200 to c. 6000 BC which could greatly revise views about the neolithic revolution.
The people who inhabited the site, I would suggest were the first to establish an irrigated settlement where they domesticated animals and grains and initially diffused this knowledge outward to the surrounding areas of the Jordan Valley, Syria and Turkey. The closest remains of an Adam and Eve that we'll find are probably represented by the painted skulls dug up at Tell Aswad by Danielle Stordeur. Who knows what is under the soil still however.
I agree that I should stick to the archaeology, and many trained in this field, like yourself will run a mile before looking seriously at any evidence tainted with religious suggestions about Eden. This seems a modern anomaly, and somewhat of a shame considering all the valuable discoveries of the last 2 centuries based on documentary evidence from the Bible, Armana tablets, etc.
I still consider these early creation myths as something that still needs a vast amount of work to improve our understanding and am quite cheered by the work on Sheep and grain, especially Black removing the deification of Lahar and Anshar. It shows that whilst O'Brien may have shot off on his own tangent, discovering what he discovered, modern scholars are catching up and improving on his suggestions in different ways and coming to similar, down to earth, agrarian interpretations without the gods, demons and evil spirits of the early translators.
Hopefully in depth coverage (as a pose to impossible to find translations in obscure Japanese journals like Acta Sumeriologica) on Wikipedia will encourage scholars to expand studies in this regard, so I still see it as valuable contribution along with the archaeology. Hope you agree. Paul Bedson ❉ talk❉ 14:31, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
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Materialscientist ( talk) 16:04, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
This is a "Hello" ! ! message from the author of the
Debate between bird and fish.
(i feel like a proud papa)-First, the top of my skull blew off when i found the "Debate between (mighty) copper and silver" in Kramer's book. (I retired from two decades of a Job-because of it). but, it surprised me that I had never heard of these
short story debates, and that though I had turned pages, and read parts of Kramer's book probably 15-20 times, I had never hit upon the literature discussion of the debate with silver/copper.
Anyhow, my feelings are: Congrats, on carrying forward..... And my thoughts, philosophical, and moral are these: "Human expression" is where it is at.. all of the Customs, and Societal Norms are based on the "Position in Society" of the individual, group, family, etc.... My thoughts on the 'debates' are that: ... As in Ancient Egypt, the "Weighing of the Soul", balancing the
Heart (hieroglyph), on one scale against the vertical "Feather of Truth", (
Maat's Shu-Feather-(of Truth)). ---leads me to where I have been at philosophically, and personally, for some 2 decades or so.------
4000 years of religios 'crap', discussion, 'social-contract-norms', "god(s) created", 'dancings', chants, invocations, or 'public/private prayer-(s)', -- -- -- -- none of that 4000-years worth can out-balance 1 of these 7 Sumerian Disputations-(a created discussion of "human-relations-to-the-world"-(similar to
Akhenaten's
Great Hymn to the Aten). The fact that some guys (or girls) created these
short storyies is a testament to our humanity.-(I don't "play" religion; wikipedia has
Irreligion and
Nonreligious, added to Atheism and Agnosticism-(i do Not define capital G, God, and the small 'gods' are all human creations (some in their likeness)...I don't play the religion/"god" game)
(I actually think
Mark Zuckerburg, --Facebook, --creating, --dreams, --passions, -- -- -- that all of that is a testament to our humanity. Wikipedia, your follow-on articles, "Paul Bedson",... all a testament. (Of note, the Time Magazine article on Zuckerburg, explains how he at age 13 created a Network in his house for his Mom, Dad, Sister, etc. ....Wow, another, top of the skull blown off by what I read!))..
So, thanx, ...Welcome to Wikipedia, ... I hope to give a Star, or Cookie, (I have never given one)... you already, deserve 1 or 2, in my book.) Cheers... --(from the the Hot
Sonoran Desert, Arizona,USA--
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I have to take a break and do Enlil and Ninlil which is from the Miscellaneous Babylonian Inscriptions Nippur collection next. It's in a different series grouping as much as it's setting is noted as the same "Nippur before creation" as in the Debate between sheep and grain and Debate between Summer and Winter. I also have to go do something about Assad Seif, the head of archaeology at the Directorate General of Antiquities, who a friend in the Ministry of Culture (Lebanon) has just offered to be put in contact with. I somehow have to convince him that the setting for all these myths is the Anti-Lebanon, precisely a foothill ( hursag), 8km north of Mount Hermon ( kurgal) with a tell mound on top that could very well be the remains of Enlil's house-of-life ( e-namtilla or e-kur) surrounded by a giant PPNB megasite with canal, a reservoir for winter water, etc. If that can get noted, a lot more people will quickly reach a similar mindset and outlook as you regarding "religion". Hopefully then we can answer questions like that posed in the section above about where the settlers of Tell Halula came from with their fully domesticated the forms of barley, wheat and flax at 7750 BC. Paul Bedson ❉ talk❉ 13:17, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
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The DYK project ( nominate) 08:05, 31 May 2011 (UTC)
Thank you, Paul Bedson, for your kind comments about my efforts writing and creating the new article The Kid (musical). Much appreciated. ;) There is a free-use image used in the article already, if you want to use that along with the hook, that is fine by me. I just thought there were probably more interesting free-use images to choose from with other articles' hooks, nature, wildlife, scenery, etc. -- Cirt ( talk) 14:28, 5 June 2011 (UTC)
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Sorry to see how this one got stalled. I've started a more formal review of it, and everything looks good to me save one quotation which I'm having trouble finding in the source. See details at T:DYK. Excellent article! Khazar ( talk) 14:06, 9 June 2011 (UTC)
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Calmer Waters 18:02, 27 June 2011 (UTC)
I will try to be succinct, (not necessarily short):
These are just 'notes to self', and as I started editting some of your articles, I knew you'd be examining my edits.... For what it is worth, on Wikipedia Commons I created, first: Category:Hieroglyphs on meda, then Category:Cuneiform on media. The
Gudea cylinders photos have been there at least 2-3 years-(Category:Hieroglyphs on clay cylinders-(or whatever the cat name is).... And I had to go to commons to make the Cat: Category:Hieroglyphs of Egypt (check the Category:Meteor hieroglyph, and look at the stele in the Louvre).. that categorizing of Photos was needed before I worked on the
Category:Egyptian hieroglyphs-Gardiner listed. Till later... (floating along in my own 'Edin')
And...thanks for giving me "grist for the mill", and how many more topics are on the clay tablets (it is pretty much endless, part of my quote: "you can't teach, what you don't know")... [from the HOT-108-to-114-Deg-3 weeks-more) SonoranDesert-ArizonaUSA-...
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PS, Paul, I know about your "crusade" but sometimes you should try to remain a little bit more objective and precise in their interpretation, if I may say so (and please don't take offense, I think that in general you are doing a good job). Also, I get the impression that you paraphrase sources quite closely; you might want to work on that a little bit since sometimes it might border on plagiarism.-- Zoeperkoe ( talk) 20:02, 8 July 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for the good advice. Will try to be a bit more wordsmithy for you. Thinking objectively, this has given me several ideas to get better evidence for the levantine corridor primacy argument. I like the idea of a "crusade", thanks for giving me some guidance on better areas for the offensive. lol. Paul Bedson ❉ talk❉ 20:28, 8 July 2011 (UTC)
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Hi Paul, you asked about my opinion on your sandbox. I only skimmed through it, but from what I saw I get the impression that you are pretty far out there if you want to connect Sumerian myths from the 3rd millennium BC with Lebanese sites from the 10th millennium BC and there is definitely no scientist who will support this. And that is not because there is some cover-up going on or because they are "bumbling" or "frightened" (which I actually consider quite an offense toward Near Eastern archaeologists; you have apparently no idea to what lengths they sometimes go to try and do their work in war-torn countries like Iraq and Lebanon in the past), but simply because it is not supported by the facts. To give another example, if you want to know the source of the Jordan River, don't go with some 19th century travel writer that happens to fit your ideas, but look up a modern hydrology report. Furthermore, if your aim is to save this "Aaiha site" from destruction, writing articles on WP isn't the way to go because it won't help a bit. Connecting it with Sumerian myths isn't either. I'm sorry, but Near Eastern rescue archaeology simply doesn't work that way. The WP article on Ur or Babylon hasn't saved them from getting destroyed after the Iraq war, and yours isn't going to save sites in Lebanon. That shouldn;t stop you from contributing to WP though, but you just have to be realistic about it.
In the meantime, I suggest you move ZAD 2 to Zahrat adh-Dhraʻ 2, because that's how the site is named. In your enthusiasm to generate as much information as possible, you make simple mistakes like these that can be avoided. Again, don't take offense, but I suggest that you take some more time to do more research before you start writing articles (or ask someone for advice before you start; you are not the only one who works on Near Eastern archaeology). Your output is so incredibly high that people like me or Doug simply can't keep up checking it. For example, you are involved in a merge discussion on Wall of Jericho, and I would actually like to suggest a merge for the Tower of Jericho as well (especially since both articles contain some factual errors and the astronomy thing simply doesn't make sense; there is not even an explanation as to why that shadow should be important in the first place and why it can't be simple coincidence which is very likely in a mountainous area like that), and you are already working on new ones. Instead, you might want to look at some of the articles you already wrote, and maybe re-edit them and check them for factual mistakes that might have arisen from you going through sources too quickly, or using Google Books snippets that do not provide the whole context of a quote? Again, I think it is great that you are so excited about Near Eastern prehistory, and in general your work is good, but it's these little things that could be better. Given the quantity you've already produced, shouldn't it be time that you start to work on quality and factuality a little bit more?
Again, please don't take offense at my comments. You are of course free to do what you want (and again, I think it's really great that you want to invest so much time in improving coverage of the ancient Near East on WP), but since you asked for my opinion; this is it. Happy editing! -- Zoeperkoe ( talk) 05:11, 10 July 2011 (UTC)
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Materialscientist ( talk) 16:04, 20 July 2011 (UTC)
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For providing a great coverage of ancient moments and sites from Lebanon to Cornwall. Keep it up! ♦ Dr. Blofeld 19:57, 20 July 2011 (UTC) |
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Why thank you! :) Looks like you do alot of awesome work as well. -- User:Woohookitty Disamming fool! 01:19, 26 July 2011 (UTC)
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Hey Paul , your additions to Jeita are amazing! It's great having expert input to this article, i think it can easily pass FA status Eli + 09:01, 27 October 2011 (UTC)
Somebody started this, needs a lot of work...♦ Dr. Blofeld 07:28, 22 November 2011 (UTC)
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Hi Paul, Sorry, I was out of the country and missed your post somehow. From the powerpoint presentation it looks as though you had a fascinating time. I can't make any comments about it except that it's awfully tricky separating out evidence of roundhouses to find out which were contemporary. Good luck with it. And thanks for the kind comments - all the best to you and yours (well, not UKIP I'm afraid, but as an American I've got a different point of view about many things involved in British politics). Dougweller ( talk) 17:37, 22 December 2011 (UTC)
I don't know if this is appropriate, but I thought I'd advertise the print copy of the VDM Publishing book covering my articles about the Qaraoun culture and their Heavy Neolithic flint industry detected by Jesuit archaeologists and recorded by the wife of the founder of the CIA, ( Miles Copeland, Jr.) in Part 1 of the Inventory of Prehistoric sites in Lebanon (north and coastal Lebanon) by Lorraine Copeland :
[ Christobal, Barnabas (editor)., Heavy Neolithic]
I doubt it will be as big a seller as the Bible, but figure this knowledge of mankind's first culture should be available for all, for free on here. Or in print if you want it. :) Paul Bedson ❉ talk❉ 05:08, 24 December 2011 (UTC) 05:07, 24 December 2011 (UTC)
No worries, I saw that someone had added to the Wadi al-Far'a article and it led me to your work. It's always good to see editors work diligently on a neglected subject on Wikipedia. If you need an extra hand anywhere let me know and I'll try to contribute however I can. Keep up the great work, cheers! -- Al Ameer son ( talk) 22:01, 25 December 2011 (UTC)
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You've lost any respect I had for you. This sort of behavior is just asking to be blocked. Dougweller ( talk) 18:39, 22 January 2012 (UTC)
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Paul, could you please explain the relationship between A Timelord and you, discuss why you engaged in the creation of what was apparently an obvious hoax, and why we should believe you're not going to do it again? Thanks.
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A Timelord is a friend of mine. We didn't mean to create a hoax but an attempt to establish a consensus for change to ASPRO chronology dating conventions regarding the WP:ERA rule that states: Do not arbitrarily change from one era style to the other on any given article. Instead, attempt to establish a consensus for change at the talk page. Reasons for the proposed change should be specific to the content of the article; a general preference for one style over another is not a valid reason.
That is over now, we did our best, it maybe got a bit out of hand, but I have no intention for any further efforts to establish consensus on that issue, as I am sure A Timelord won't bother if he is ever unblocked. I have lots more important work to do documenting of the Heavy Neolithic archaeological sites of the Qaraoun culture that started "culture" in the first place. That will keep me busy and I have assured Elen that I will try my very best to avoid anything that might be disruptive. Paul Bedson ❉ talk❉ 20:20, 6 March 2012 (UTC)
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After encountering your articles on Edmund Marriage and th Patrick Foundation and taking to AFD here, I have looked at more of your contributions to see if they replicated any of the problems which I identified there: COI, irrelevant or misleading citations, or lack of notability. I also scrutinised your contributions for instances of whether you had been pushing fringe POVs.
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Your extensive contributions now range across many related articles, and your userpage makes it explicitly clear that your primary purpose in editing Wikipedia is to promote the fringe theories of your friend Edmund Marriage and his late uncle Christian O'Brien.
This has now continued for a long time, and you have been warned about it before (e.g. in July 2011). At this point, I think that it is time for you to stop making any contributions to Wikipedia in respect of archaeology or myths, or the theories of Christian O'Brien/Edmund Marriage/Schwaller de Lubicz et al. Your interest in these topics is fine, but Wikipedia should not be used in the way you have been using it; your desire to promote these theories is perfectly legitimate, but should not be pursued through Wikipedia.
As to the rest of your editing, the problems I have identified in referencing suggest to me that you should seek assistance in improving the quality of your work. You may find that Wikipedia:Editor review could help.
You are free to disagree with any or all of what I have written, but if you continue to misuse references or push fringe theories and topics where you have a COI, then I am minded to use Wikipedia's sanctions processes to have restrictions imposed on your editing. I would much prefer that you took it upon yourself to try to follow Wikipedia's policies. -- BrownHairedGirl (talk) • ( contribs) 13:46, 5 September 2012 (UTC)
Now, as for Denis Buzy, Wadi Tahuna and George Aaron Barton, these topics are in no way fringe and I have provided a whole heap of extra references to restore Buzy and remove your tags from the others. These, along with my work on the early Neolithic cultures of Lebanon, along with the earliest Sumerian writing that may document them, may support non-mainstream theories about the Neolithic Revolution spreading from the Beqaa Valley, but again, this has been suggested by non-fringe, notable sources like Jacques Cauvin and is independent from even O'Brien's suggestion of a capital site for this culture in the Aaiha plain. Recording the history of human culture is what Wikipedia is all about, despite all the rules, which I do my best to abide by. I'll happily admit that I have a COI writing about my ancestors, but then everyone does because they are your ancestors too. Threatening sanctions against this could be interpreted as COI against humanity and possibly even racist against the Lebanese! My interest also comes from visiting the site and walking along the 1 mile bedrock cut "river of Eden" (which you can go see on Google Earth) and seen the cave at the start of the Jordan, which is specialist knowledge that Wikipedia should value.[ [5]] In this effort, I can only ensure my continued diligence and hope that your continued reviewing of my work will enlighten you about the Tahunian / Qaraoun culture and their place in history, archaeology and mythology. Paul Bedson ❉ talk❉ 16:09, 5 September 2012 (UTC)
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