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your Daily Dose of ArtPosted by finkployd in
Photo  (Artist? Year? Type?) tags: berlin, neue nationalgalerie, new national gallery, germany, beirut, lebanese, lebanon, art, blogging beirut, daily dose of art, modern art, painting -finkployd- Daily Dose of Art on Blogging Beirut Of the Origins of Lebanese - Part DeuxPosted by finkployd in
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Well... it's not actually Part 2, but rather Part 1 & 2.
Not long ago, National Geographic completed a study in Lebanon - with the help of local research universities - of the Phoenician lineage of Modern Lebanese.  Who were the Phoenicians? The answer deciphered from their vials of DNA both pleases and frustrates the scientists. Perhaps most significantly, their data show that modern Lebanese people share a genetic identity going back thousands of years. "The Phoenicians were the Canaanites—and the ancestors of today's Lebanese," says Wells. That result extinguishes Wells' theory that the migrating Sea Peoples interbred with the Canaanites to create the Phoenician culture. "The Sea Peoples apparently had no significant genetic impact on populations in the Levant," he explains. "The people living today along the coast where the Sea Peoples would have interbred have very similar Y-chromosome patterns to those living inland. They are basically all one people." So all Lebanese are Phoenicians! You mean we're not Arab??? Well... here's where it gets complicated. The most comprehensive genetic study yet on the world's ancient crossroads - Lebanon - revealed the legacies left by travelers to and invaders of Lebanon - showing that the Crusaders left chromosomes as well as castles.:  While all religious communities living in Lebanon carry very similar genetic markers, the new analysis of 926 men from the Christian, Muslim and Druze communities of Lebanon reveals that recent historical migrations had detectable consequences. Lebanese Christian men are more likely to carry genetic signatures found in Europe - and thought to have been carried there by the Crusades; Lebanese Muslim men are more likely to carry genetic signatures deriving from the Muslim expansions of the 7th and 8th centuries. This is one of the few times that scientists have been able to relate distinct genetic patterns to well-documented population movements within a geographic region. So, to sum it all up, geographically - as the People of Lebanon - we share a common lineage: the Phoenician. But along religious lines, Lebanese Christians carry European genes and Lebanese Muslims carry Arab genes. So then, we are European Phoenicians & Arab Phoenicians... errrr yeah... full research papers and texts after the jump Continue reading "Of the Origins of Lebanese - Part Deux" your Daily Dose of ArtPosted by finkployd in
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after a weekend in Berlin, I've come to the conclusion that the 'only' thing we're lacking in Lebanon is a Daily Dose of Art - to inspire us.
so I'll be adding a Daily Dose of Art to Blogging Beirut... hope you enjoy the selection.  high res (Artist? Year? Type?) tags: berlin, neue nationalgalerie, new national gallery, germany, beirut, lebanese, lebanon, art, blogging beirut, daily dose of art, modern art, painting -finkployd- Daily Dose of Art on Blogging Beirut from Berlin - Day Three - Culture & Kit KatPosted by finkployd in
Info  high res breakfast: kinder bunny and a diet coke bottled water reminds me of poland - it's mostly carbonated (perrier-style). i think it has something to do with the soviet era, where carbonated guaranteed that it wasn't 'rebottled' or tampered with. oh and 3 dollars a bottle (that's the local stuff)! it's 3:40 PM: sitting in a cafe on Postdamer Platz Museums in the morning... don't have the camera cable, so no photos for now. There are so many museums, with such a variety of exhibitions - you could spend a month just museum-hopping. Liquidrom in the evening, and then Kit Kat Club hehe. That should cover it. Tomorrow some shopping - birkenstock is cheap here - I hope they don't close down everything on Sunday like in The Netherlands. Anyone need something from Berlin? -fink |
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