[Libloather]

I'll go first. They belonged to the Hildabeast - and they were found in the map room...

[TightSqueeze]

My Turn...

Guo Weimin, deputy director of the Hunan Provincial Archaeological Institute, said: "Upon closer exmanation it was discovered that these were actually ancient expired WorldCom warrants @ $50.00.".

[GaltMeister]

Tomorrow's news will show that they found the missing FBI files and Rose lawfirm's billing records underneath the old files.

[aristeides]

How would bamboo slips survive 2,000 years? I don't think Hunan has anything like a desert climate, does it?

[Larry Lucido]

"Hey! The missing evidence in the KelnerYing case! He really was innocent!

"Frank, KelnerYing went to the chair two thousand years ago.

"Well, uh......"

[Gritty]

Government bureaucracy being what it is, I'll bet they find copies of these in some government bureau in Peking.

[afraidfortherepublic]

Experts are comparing the find to that of the Qin Dynasty terracotta soldiers and horses unearthed in Shaanxi province in the 1970s.

I've seen these guys, and they are really neat. Every face and uniform is different. Some of these soldiers are definitely not "Chinese" -- they look more like Turks.

This was the best part of my tour of China in 1983, and not too many people go there because is is off the beaten path and expensive. I highly recommend the ruins at Xian where the soldiers are being unearthed.

[stands2reason]

What a find! I'm sure Chinese archaelogy has its best days ahead...

[Consort]