tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9437006.post5274570112436010800..comments2024-02-15T03:29:30.431-06:00Comments on Rome of the West: "Treasures looted by Rome 'are back in the Holy Land'"Mark S. Abelnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06692448528819277158noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9437006.post-28821721267840138652006-09-28T12:48:00.000-05:002006-09-28T12:48:00.000-05:00Maybe the controversy only existed in Mr. Kingsley...Maybe the controversy only existed in Mr. Kingsley's publicity seeking head? Seems to be a real piee of work. I'm glad you pointed this one out. I haven't gotten a laugh like this from "original research" since Dan Brown.Jeffrey Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05227411938775535934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9437006.post-15770511322369348452006-09-27T11:10:00.000-05:002006-09-27T11:10:00.000-05:00I've never heard of this controversy. I just assu...I've never heard of this controversy. I just assumed that the artifacts from the looted Temple were just lost to history, with barbarian invasions and such.<br /><br />Unfortunately, there has been so much esoteric alternative history about this which confuses the matter.Mark S. Abelnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06692448528819277158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9437006.post-63035891851249248082006-09-27T10:32:00.000-05:002006-09-27T10:32:00.000-05:00I must have missed the controversy being manufactu...I must have missed the controversy being manufactured. I read that story in Procopius almost thirty years ago. It's not like it's something new, except in the mind of some reporter or "scholar" who thinks no one has ever heard of Procopius.Jeffrey Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05227411938775535934noreply@blogger.com