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Old February 17, 2011, 06:05 AM
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Old February 17, 2011, 06:18 AM
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Old February 17, 2011, 07:20 AM
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Well, this is defining 'priest' as anybody who is doing anything remotely connected with a temple. Fair enough.

This bothers me though:
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Se corrobora que la escritura es un invento femenino porque:
1.- Las más antiguas esculturas de humanos impartiendo conocimiento, escribiendo o llevando libros o rollos de pergamino / papiro o tablillas de arcilla (para escribir en fresco o enceradas, en todos los casos elementos usados para escribir) son femeninas.
It sounds like somebody on a mission.
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Well, this is defining 'priest' as anybody who is doing anything remotely connected with a temple. Fair enough.

This bothers me though:It sounds like somebody on a mission.
Well, I didn't want to go into details, I put that link because I saw "priestess" (sacerdotisas) in the tittle.
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Irma, priestess es feminina singular.
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Old February 18, 2011, 09:25 AM
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... and you don't normally have tittle without tattle.
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Se corrobora que la escritura es un invento femenino porque:
1.- Las más antiguas esculturas de humanos impartiendo conocimiento, escribiendo o llevando libros o rollos de pergamino / papiro o tablillas de arcilla (para escribir en fresco o enceradas, en todos los casos elementos usados para escribir) son femeninas.
No hagais caso de esto. Era propaganda del gobierno, no la realidad
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