Thanks for the link Tony, interesting article. As an avid newbie beekeeper myself, I found this comment pretty funny:
<<This might have been because the city's ruler wanted the industry under his control, Marcus said, or because the beekeeping industry was linked to residents' religious practices, as might be indicated by an altar decorated with fertility figurines that archaeologists found alongside the hives.>> I wonder if maybe the residents of Rehov simply hadn't forgotten (yet) that bees are critical to productive farming and so they kept them close to the geometric center of agricultural activity (the town), where it would be easy to do maintenance. Interesting our culture's built-in bias towards "old means primitive and superstitious". This comment made me think of archaeologists 1000 years from now digging up televisions... "Dateline 3021 AD - New Eastern Coastal province. Archaeologists excavating near the site of an ancient city called "Wasningtown" have discovered a set of symmetrical buildings which appear to be a form of housing. Compartments within each building may have been rooms. Interestingly, most of these rooms contain various sized boxes which may have had a glass panel in them. Given the large number of these devices placed in prominent places, archaeologists theorize that they are some form of ancient religious artifact: perhaps an altar constructed to bring good luck and fortune upon the occupants." Tony Del Plato wrote: > Off topic story but very interesting. > Tony Del Plato > > > Archaeologists discover ancient beehives - Yahoo! News > > http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070905/ap_on_sc/ancient_honey > > > > > > _______________________________________________ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
