From: Amara Graps (Amara.Graps@mpi-hd.mpg.de)
Date: Tue Apr 09 2002 - 23:19:00 MDT
Rudiger Koch:
>The homepage has a symbol that looks like a variation of the Nazi symbol to me.
A very old symbol that pops up in many places, however.
(Ancient China, Egypt, India, Greece, pre-Christian Celtic and
Scandinavian artifacts, the catacombs under Rome)
Here's some examples from Greek/Etruscan history
(look at the borders of the vases)
http://www.christusrex.org/www1/vaticano/ET2b-Kylix.jpg
Red-figured kylix - 207K ;
>From an Etruscan Tomb Date: 470 BC
http://www.christusrex.org/www1/vaticano/ETb-Calyx.jpg
White-ground calyx-krater - 207K
>From an Etruscan Tomb Date: 440-430 B.C.
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