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Dec 11, 2010 10:08 AM CST Time Travel
What historical event would you like to have been a proverbial fly on the wall at,

The Treaty of Versailles?
Luther's trial at Worms?
The Signing of the Magna Carta

any others?

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Dec 11, 2010 11:20 AM CST Time Travel
tomcatwarne
tomcatwarnetomcatwarneOcean City, Plumouth, Devon, England UK289 Threads 7 Polls 17,106 Posts
The second before the creation of the universe.grin angel devil
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Dec 11, 2010 11:20 AM CST Time Travel
jac379
jac379jac379pontyclun, South Glamorgan, Wales UK25 Threads 3 Polls 12,293 Posts
Eddy Izard's frock fitting.
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Dec 11, 2010 11:21 AM CST Time Travel
Hawna
HawnaHawnaHalifax, Nova Scotia Canada1 Threads 103 Posts
If it's to be a Historical event then the assassination of Julius Caesar..I'd like to be a fly who prevents it.
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Dec 11, 2010 11:22 AM CST Time Travel
tomcatwarne
tomcatwarnetomcatwarneOcean City, Plumouth, Devon, England UK289 Threads 7 Polls 17,106 Posts
Hawna: If it's to be a Historical event then the assassination of Julius Caesar..I'd like to be a fly who prevents it.


May I ask why?
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Dec 11, 2010 11:24 AM CST Time Travel
jvind
jvindjvindLong Island, New York USA7 Threads 642 Posts
signing of the Declaration of Independence
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Dec 11, 2010 11:41 AM CST Time Travel
lucynad
lucynadlucynadSunny city, Sicilia Italy7 Threads 2,431 Posts
i probably would like to see Leonardo da Vinci trying to fly with one of his flying machines...
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Dec 11, 2010 12:04 PM CST Time Travel
lifeisadream
lifeisadreamlifeisadreamMexi Go, Mexico State Mexico156 Threads 20 Polls 16,713 Posts
The Rosetta Stone finding and its interpretation.

What is the Rosetta Stone?
The Rosetta Stone is a stone with writing on it in two languages (Egyptian and Greek), using three scripts (hieroglyphic, demotic and Greek).

The Rosetta Stone was carved in 196 B.C., found in 1799 in a small village in the Delta called Rosetta (Rashid)by French soldiers who were rebuilding a fort in Egypt.

Why is it called the Rosetta Stone?
It is called the Rosetta Stone because it was discovered in a town called Rosetta (Rashid).

After many years of studying the Rosetta Stone and other examples of ancient Egyptian writing, Jean-François Champollion deciphered the egyptian hieroglyphs in 1822.

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Dec 11, 2010 12:06 PM CST Time Travel
tomcatwarne
tomcatwarnetomcatwarneOcean City, Plumouth, Devon, England UK289 Threads 7 Polls 17,106 Posts
lifeisadream: The Rosetta Stone finding and its interpretation.

What is the Rosetta Stone?
The Rosetta Stone is a stone with writing on it in two languages (Egyptian and Greek), using three scripts (hieroglyphic, demotic and Greek).

The Rosetta Stone was carved in 196 B.C., found in 1799 in a small village in the Delta called Rosetta (Rashid)by French soldiers who were rebuilding a fort in Egypt.

Why is it called the Rosetta Stone?
It is called the Rosetta Stone because it was discovered in a town called Rosetta (Rashid).

After many years of studying the Rosetta Stone and other examples of ancient Egyptian writing, Jean-François Champollion deciphered the egyptian hieroglyphs in 1822.




and?????????grin angel devil
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Dec 11, 2010 12:20 PM CST Time Travel
My first thought was Woodstock, but then i thought it would be awesome to see the construction of the pyramids and talk to the aliens who constructed them... transport grin
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Dec 11, 2010 12:23 PM CST Time Travel
venusenvy
venusenvyvenusenvyCalgary, Alberta Canada27 Threads 20,003 Posts
I would like to start with Atlantis and take it from there. super
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Dec 11, 2010 12:23 PM CST Time Travel
Boban1
Boban1Boban1bigplace, Central Serbia Serbia144 Threads 5 Polls 18,789 Posts
DjWabbet: What historical event would you like to have been a proverbial fly on the wall at,

The Treaty of Versailles?
Luther's trial at Worms?
The Signing of the Magna Carta
any others?


two days before Columbus got on his ship....grin
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Dec 11, 2010 1:06 PM CST Time Travel
lifeisadream
lifeisadreamlifeisadreamMexi Go, Mexico State Mexico156 Threads 20 Polls 16,713 Posts
tomcatwarne: and?????????


From that, egyptian hieroglyphs could be interpreted and we could understand and learn from those magnificent empires. The way we do with other great cultures like Mayans, etc...

professor

tomcatwarne: The second before the creation of the universe.


The creation of the universe as a Fast-made (instantanly made) universe???

conversing
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Dec 11, 2010 1:09 PM CST Time Travel
amahlala
amahlalaamahlalaAberdeen, South Dakota USA21 Threads 8,314 Posts
Marco Polo's first meeting with the Khan!
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Dec 11, 2010 1:10 PM CST Time Travel
tomcatwarne
tomcatwarnetomcatwarneOcean City, Plumouth, Devon, England UK289 Threads 7 Polls 17,106 Posts
lifeisadream: From that, egyptian hieroglyphs could be interpreted and we could understand and learn from those magnificent empires. The way we do with other great cultures like Mayans, etc...


The creation of the universe as a Fast-made (instantanly made) universe???


NO the seconds b4 the big bang, to see what was there before something, anything.grin angel devil
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Dec 11, 2010 1:11 PM CST Time Travel
tomcatwarne
tomcatwarnetomcatwarneOcean City, Plumouth, Devon, England UK289 Threads 7 Polls 17,106 Posts
From that, egyptian hieroglyphs could be interpreted and we could understand and learn from those magnificent empires. The way we do with other great cultures like Mayans, etc...



Yes I meant, do you know the transalation of the rosetta stone.grin angel devil
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Dec 11, 2010 1:13 PM CST Time Travel
invinciblemuse
invinciblemuseinvinciblemuseDresden, Saxony Germany38 Threads 2 Polls 6,026 Posts
My destination would be 1207, the minstrels' contest at the Wartburg, just to meet Walther von der Vogelweide. nerd
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Dec 11, 2010 1:15 PM CST Time Travel
tomcatwarne
tomcatwarnetomcatwarneOcean City, Plumouth, Devon, England UK289 Threads 7 Polls 17,106 Posts
invinciblemuse: My destination would be 1207, the minstrels' contest at the Wartburg, just to meet Walther von der Vogelweide.


Do you know of any English transalations of his poetry??grin angel devil
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Dec 11, 2010 1:17 PM CST Time Travel
Christmas1
Christmas1Christmas1Peterborough, Ontario Canada3 Threads 869 Posts
Woodstock 1969....unfortunately I was unable to attend. But if I was a fly I would have had a panoramic view. But probably would have nose dived into the ground after inhaling all the "smoke".
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Dec 11, 2010 1:23 PM CST Time Travel
invinciblemuse
invinciblemuseinvinciblemuseDresden, Saxony Germany38 Threads 2 Polls 6,026 Posts
tomcatwarne: Do you know of any English transalations of his poetry??


How about this one:

Ich saz uf eime steine

I sat upon a stone,
Cross-legged and all alone.
My elbow on my knee I propped,
And in my up-turned hand I dropped
My chin, as deep in thought
I wondered how we ought
To live together here and now.
In vain I asked the question how
Three things might be gained
And together be maintained.
Two are wealth and good renoun
Which often bring each other down;
The third is God's good grace,
Which takes pride of place.
How I longed to have all three;
But sadly it cannot yet be
That one heart could claim
Fortune, favour, fame.
Ways and means cannot be found
With such chaos all around.
There's treason and deceit,
There's violence on the street.
Peace and justice are deplored;
The three will never be achieved until these two have been restored.
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