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Bulgarian Archaeologists Stumble Upon 'Oldest Children's Toy in Europe': Late Bronze Age Thracian...
Archaeology in Bulgaria ^
| May 5, 2015
| Ivan Dikov
Posted on 05/09/2015 6:54:14 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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To: roamer_1
That’s what they said to the young man from Nantuckett. Now he gets around with a Labrador retriever.
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posted on
05/09/2015 8:39:15 PM PDT
by
tumblindice
(America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
To: SunkenCiv
Was it made in China? If not, it isn’t a toy... Interesting article, but how do they know it is a toy? Did they find a ‘ToysRUs’ receipt with it?
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posted on
05/09/2015 8:47:54 PM PDT
by
ExCTCitizen
(I'm ExCTCitizen and I approve this reply. If it does offend Libs, I'm NOT sorry...)
To: Swordmaker
They didn’t have a bunch of busybody nanny-staters bringing about recalls on toys back then.
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posted on
05/09/2015 8:50:16 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW!)
To: SunkenCiv
They didn’t have a bunch of busybody nanny-staters bringing about recalls on toys back then. True. But I still maintain it's not a toy. Even Thracians are not so stupid to put a sharp object like that in the hands of a toddler. "You'll put your eye out, kid!"
I've seen small weights like that on tripods used for site markers on charts in planning sessions or even just weights for the corners of charts. Their conclusion it must be a toy. . . or something with religious meaning. . . because they couldn't think of anything else is ludicrous, and typical of the nose picking some archaeologists go through thinking the know everything there is to know.
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posted on
05/09/2015 8:56:45 PM PDT
by
Swordmaker
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To: Swordmaker
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I agree with your assessment.
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posted on
05/09/2015 9:05:43 PM PDT
by
editor-surveyor
(Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
To: SunkenCiv
I wonder if they unearthed it in an ancient FAO Schwarz.
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posted on
05/09/2015 9:18:28 PM PDT
by
FrdmLvr
("WE ARE ALL OSAMA, 0BAMA!" al-Qaeda terrorists who breached the American compound in Benghazi)
To: FrdmLvr
I wonder if they unearthed it in an ancient FAO Schwarz.
No - TOYS ‘R US ........
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posted on
05/09/2015 9:34:26 PM PDT
by
njslim
To: FrdmLvr
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posted on
05/09/2015 9:41:10 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: Swordmaker
When I don’t know what something is for, I just call it a poo stick.
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posted on
05/09/2015 9:44:52 PM PDT
by
MaxMax
(Call the local GOP and ask how you can support CRUZ for POTUS, Make them talk!)
To: Swordmaker
“Even Thracians”?!? I hope there aren’t any ancient Thracians reading this, buster. ;’)
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posted on
05/09/2015 9:52:42 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: MaxMax
It was a special knitting apparatus for making stocking caps.
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posted on
05/09/2015 9:53:33 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: ExCTCitizen
The excavators couldn’t credibly use the usual ‘explanation’ — that it had a ritual purpose. So, toy.
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posted on
05/09/2015 9:54:30 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
05/09/2015 10:01:03 PM PDT
by
MaxMax
(Call the local GOP and ask how you can support CRUZ for POTUS, Make them talk!)
To: Red_Devil 232
“Like today’s balls bouncing off of each other.”
We’re not talking about San Francisco are we?
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posted on
05/10/2015 5:22:00 AM PDT
by
dljordan
(WhoVoltaire: "To find out who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.")
To: SunkenCiv
“Even Thracians”?!? I hope there aren’t any ancient Thracians reading this, buster. ;’) What? Did you not know that all blonde jokes used to be Thracian jokes? You know, "How many Thracians does it take to change a light bulb? None! They haven't figured out how the switch works yet!" or "How do you know a stone stele is Thracian? Wite-out on the carvings!" or "Did you hear about the Thracian trapped inside a locked chariot?"
You hadn't heard this before? ;^)
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posted on
05/10/2015 12:11:47 PM PDT
by
Swordmaker
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For a better sense of scale.
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posted on
05/10/2015 12:31:50 PM PDT
by
Covenantor
("Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern." Chesterton)
To: Swordmaker
What’s the difference between a Thracian queen and the road to Delphi? Not everyone has been on the road to Delphi.
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posted on
05/10/2015 1:22:19 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: Nowhere Man
My first thought was weapon. That’s pretty funny though!
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posted on
05/12/2015 1:36:01 PM PDT
by
Trillian
To: Covenantor; SunkenCiv
Seeing the actual size of the thing swings me back to thinking its a toy. Plus, a kid from a family this rich is going to have a nanny or other servant with him to make sure he doesn’t hurt himself with it.
To: colorado tanker
Here's a 16 sec video in Bulgarian (?) that shows the range of movement.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Bg4VX133mWQ
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posted on
05/12/2015 5:51:51 PM PDT
by
Covenantor
("Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern." Chesterton)
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