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Bulgarian Archaeologists Uncover Treasure Of Thousands Of Golden Ornaments
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| 8-17-2005
Posted on 08/17/2005 4:37:50 PM PDT by blam
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"a find they say matches the famous treasure of Troy"I've read that the Troy find by Schleimann was the largest gold stash ever found.
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posted on
08/17/2005 4:37:51 PM PDT
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blam
To: blam
Cool. I wonder what the point of little tiny rings was.
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posted on
08/17/2005 4:41:36 PM PDT
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Tax-chick
(Officially around the bend, at least for now.)
To: blam
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08/17/2005 4:49:06 PM PDT
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LRS
To: blam
I've read that the Troy find by Schleimann was the largest gold stash ever found.Check out Nick Cage in......NATIONAL TREASURE.
To: CROSSHIGHWAYMAN; SunkenCiv
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"Check out Nick Cage in......NATIONAL TREASURE."
I have that DVD but like everything around here, I can't get it to work properly.
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posted on
08/17/2005 4:57:40 PM PDT
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blam
To: LRS
"Golden Fleece?" Nah. The Golden Fleece was a sheep skin (with fur) that was placed into gold bearing streams and the gold would settle into the spaces between the hairs.
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08/17/2005 4:59:48 PM PDT
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blam
To: Tax-chick
I would baselessly speculate that the rings were woven into cloth.
A ceremonial (or not) precursor to chain mail?
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posted on
08/17/2005 5:03:25 PM PDT
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El Sordo
To: El Sordo
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08/17/2005 5:04:32 PM PDT
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Tax-chick
(Officially around the bend, at least for now.)
To: Tax-chick
Good afternoon.
"Cool. I wonder what the point of little tiny rings was."
Decoration. Ears, noses, eyebrows, tongues, other places.
Michael Frazier
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posted on
08/17/2005 5:05:14 PM PDT
by
brazzaville
(no surrender no retreat, well, maybe retreat's ok)
To: blam
I have that DVD but like everything around here, I can't get it to work properly.Hire a teenager to get it working.
To: brazzaville; blam
Er ... what's the size on these rings? The article doesn't say, only that the soldering was well-done.
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08/17/2005 5:06:57 PM PDT
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Tax-chick
(Officially around the bend, at least for now.)
To: Tax-chick
I wonder what the point of little tiny rings was. Possibly they were threaded on something like a string or leather thong that rotted away.
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08/17/2005 5:08:25 PM PDT
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VadeRetro
(Liberalism is a cancer on society. Creationism is a cancer on conservatism.)
To: blam
From Bulgarian tradition, Sofia was an Egyptian queen, and her treasure is hidden somewhere in this country.
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08/17/2005 5:10:04 PM PDT
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Hunble
To: VadeRetro; Tax-chick
A necklace does make more sense than a suit of ringlets.
Though the shirt would be cool.
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08/17/2005 5:11:05 PM PDT
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El Sordo
To: El Sordo
The rings could have been used as money. Many early coins had holes in them, so that they could be strung together to carry.
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08/17/2005 5:12:31 PM PDT
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wizr
(Freedom ain't free.)
To: wizr
Good point.
"I need to buy something. All these rings are burning a break in my string..."
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08/17/2005 5:15:43 PM PDT
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El Sordo
To: El Sordo
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posted on
08/17/2005 5:19:12 PM PDT
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Tax-chick
(Officially around the bend, at least for now.)
To: blam
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posted on
08/17/2005 5:23:46 PM PDT
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blam
To: blam; FairOpinion; Ernest_at_the_Beach; StayAt HomeMother; 24Karet; 3AngelaD; asp1; ...
Thanks Blam. A lot of those gold coins found in the Trojan treasure turned out to be prophylactics. Someone was going to say it, might as well be me. The treasure found by Schliemann was a good-sized hoard, and was grave goods dug into one of the oldest levels from Troy 4 or 5.
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08/17/2005 10:10:00 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: blam
Cremation and inhumation under a mound -- sounds like the ancestors of the Phrygians, possibly, or earlier migrating relatives of the Scythians perhaps. Also, I'd guess that this tomb isn't anywhere near that old, probably more like 3000 years old or less.
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08/17/2005 10:18:55 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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