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Unusual Bronze Coffin Unearthed In Lorestan (Iran)
Tehran Times ^
| 5-16-2005
Posted on 05/16/2005 3:17:34 PM PDT by blam
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What's a gag?
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posted on
05/16/2005 3:17:38 PM PDT
by
blam
To: blam
Amazing, all the reports of precious artifacts coming out of Iran in the last couple of weeks. Why, we wouldn't DARE bomb such a storehouse of antiquity, now would we? This strikes me as just another iteration of the "priceless relic" defense, last used against the US via the fraudulent reports of museum thefts in Baghdad.
To: blam
A gag, i think is like something you put in someones mouth to shut them up. It's that stuff you see in S&M joke stuff.
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posted on
05/16/2005 3:26:31 PM PDT
by
1FASTGLOCK45
(FreeRepublic: More fun than watching Dem'Rats drown like Turkeys in the rain! ! !)
To: blam
I thought it would look like the VW dug up from one of the old Woody Allen movies.
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posted on
05/16/2005 3:41:14 PM PDT
by
duckman
(I refuse to use a tag line...I mean it.)
To: RegulatorCountry
Actually it's more likely that the increased focus on Iran has helped some of these stories get the coverage they deserved. Archaelogy fell by the wayside somewhat in the Iran-Iraq war decade and the late nineties have seen a return of this field.
Amazng country and it will be a genuine tragedy if there needs to be a war. Most Iranians are bright, hard-working and have a decent sense of humour. Plus, the relics and so forth are amazing. You may not like their current administration, but that doesn't diminish the rich history and heritage of the country.
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posted on
05/16/2005 3:46:43 PM PDT
by
Androcles
(All your typos are belong to us)
To: blam; Yehuda; dennisw; Lijahsbubbe; aculeus
a skeleton with a golden blindfold and a golden gag on its face Michael Jackson?
To: blam
Leave the gag and the blindfold on and CLOSE THE COFFIN. QUICK! ITS IMPORTANT!
Oops. Too late.
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posted on
05/16/2005 3:55:22 PM PDT
by
Little Ray
(I'm a reactionary, hirsute, gun-owning, knuckle dragging, Christian Neanderthal and proud of it!)
To: RegulatorCountry
Then again the discovery of so many things recently could be due to the fact that the Mullahs just recently let foreign archaeologist back in Iran to explore. Not everything is a conspiracy. In fact, many of the more doctrinaire of the Mullahs are quite unhappy with the unearthing of pre-Islamic materials as the glories of Persia often make the Muslims who came later look to have inherited much of the splendor of Iran.
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posted on
05/16/2005 3:58:49 PM PDT
by
JimSEA
To: blam
"What's a gag?"
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posted on
05/16/2005 4:00:32 PM PDT
by
billorites
(freepo ergo sum)
To: blam
Isn't that the material they wrap around your mouth?
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posted on
05/16/2005 4:04:04 PM PDT
by
Netizen
To: blam
"The coffin is to be put on display at the Falakolaflak Castle..."
Try saying that word three times quickly...
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posted on
05/16/2005 4:10:35 PM PDT
by
Rennes Templar
("The future ain't what it used to be".........Yogi Berra)
To: Thinkin' Gal
a skeleton with a golden blindfold and a golden gag on its face
Michael Jackson? No, a goat.
Iranian S&M games gone horribly wrong I'd suppose.
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posted on
05/16/2005 4:15:01 PM PDT
by
VeniVidiVici
(In God We Trust. All Others We Monitor.)
Comment #13 Removed by Moderator
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
05/16/2005 5:34:52 PM PDT
by
solitas
(So what if I support a platform that has fewer flaws than yours? 'Mystic' dual 500 G4's, OSX.3.7)
To: solitas; blam; FairOpinion; Ernest_at_the_Beach; StayAt HomeMother; 24Karet; 3AngelaD; ...
Thanks Solitas. Please FREEPMAIL me if you want on, off, or alter the "Gods, Graves, Glyphs" PING list --
Archaeology/Anthropology/Ancient Cultures/Artifacts/Antiquities, etc.
The GGG Digest -- Gods, Graves, Glyphs (alpha order)
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posted on
05/16/2005 10:12:08 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(FR profiled updated Tuesday, May 10, 2005. Fewer graphics, faster loading.)
To: blam
search on Kidin-Hutran (mentioned in the article you posted):
Google
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posted on
05/16/2005 10:15:12 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(FR profiled updated Tuesday, May 10, 2005. Fewer graphics, faster loading.)
To: blam
MMfffff, ahmmhhh, mhhhmmhhahhm, mjuumphhh.
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posted on
05/16/2005 10:17:17 PM PDT
by
U S Army EOD
(My US Army daughter out shot everybody in her basic training company.)
To: Berosus
figured you'd want to see this topic. :')
Iranica -- Elam
http://azargoshnasp.net/~iran/history/ELAM/elam_iranica.htm
"The Igihalkid dynasty (ca. 1400-1210 B.C.E.). Until quite recently the Igihalkid dynasty seemed one of the best known in Elamite history. It was believed (e.g., Stolper, 1984, pp. 35-38) that, following a raid by the Mesopotamian Kassite ruler Kurigalzu II (1332-08 B.C.E.) against a certain Hurpatila, king of Elam, Igi-halki seized power, in about 1320, power that he than passed on to his six successors, the most celebrated of whom was Untaæ-Napiriæa, who built the famous ziggurat at Ùog@a Zanb^l (ca. 1250). This period ended with Kidin-Hutran, who put an end to the grandeur of the Kassites by winning two victories over Enlil-nadin-æumi (1224) and Adad-æuma-iddina (1222-17)."
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posted on
05/16/2005 10:18:35 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
I certainly do. We talked about the Parthians in the history class I teach, just two weeks ago. Any idea what the blindfold and gag were for? Perhaps the guy had been executed by the state.
At any rate, I see some theories, and maybe even a story coming out of this. In Egypt, for example, the finding of a mummy who may have been buried alive (Unknown Man E) was the inspiration for all the horror movies about mummies.
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posted on
05/17/2005 3:37:19 AM PDT
by
Berosus
To: RegulatorCountry
Amazing, all the reports of precious artifacts coming out of Iran in the last couple of weeks. Why, we wouldn't DARE bomb such a storehouse of antiquity, now would we? This strikes me as just another iteration of the "priceless relic" defense, last used against the US via the fraudulent reports of museum thefts in Baghdad.Ditto to that !!
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posted on
05/17/2005 3:57:05 AM PDT
by
Dustbunny
(The only good terrorist is a dead terrorist)
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