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Did the ROMANS discover America? Radical theory claims sword found on Oak Island...
Daily Mail (UK) ^ | Thursday, December 17, 2015 | Ellie Zolfagharifard

Posted on 12/17/2015 2:48:26 PM PST by SunkenCiv

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To: SunkenCiv

Mormons believe it was the Israelites that settled North America before they changed the book that a guy wrote from golden tablets that he lost.


41 posted on 12/17/2015 3:45:51 PM PST by Dallas59 (Only a fool stumbles on things behind him.)
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To: buwaya

Ogmios, the Celtic Hercules, could be the critter on this thing, his club brandished above his head.

Rare treasure found in Suffolk depicts medieval ‘Wild Man’
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-suffolk-35050026
http://ichef-1.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/10BA9/production/_87112586_2014t413_spoon_knop-2.jpg
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/11591904/Giant-chalk-hillside-figure-in-Cerne-Abbas-censored-for-American-audience.html


42 posted on 12/17/2015 3:48:21 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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To: yarddog

There’s no reason it would have to have been a one way trip.

The Lowly Amphora (and ancient contact across the oceans)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3295687/posts

The Roman Head From Tecaxic-Calixtlahuaca, Mexico: A Review Of The Evidence
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1304316/posts

Romans in Brazil During the Second or Third Century?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/1248340/posts

Ancient Romans In Texas?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/665767/posts


43 posted on 12/17/2015 3:51:25 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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To: SunkenCiv

44 posted on 12/17/2015 4:06:38 PM PST by Organic Panic
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To: Cold Heart

I missed it too but went to the History channel website and you can stream the last show and watch it on your computer.


45 posted on 12/17/2015 4:07:10 PM PST by biff
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To: ozzymandus

If they find a fossilized Corned Beef Sandwich they can claim that the early Hebrews discovered North America.

Now wouldn’t that be a kick in the behind? Kosher Moose sandwiches with Kishka, sauerkraut, coleslaw and a dill pickle.


46 posted on 12/17/2015 4:10:12 PM PST by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: IYAS9YAS

The show is silly, the partners are not using the technology available to find what is there.
I suggest:

1) Do test borings to determine the soil profiles and the locations of fresh and sea water.

2) Do a seismic survey to determine if voids exist and the top of rock.

3) Pump the shaft they dumped the green dye into. You need to clear the water for the camera investigation.

4) Retain a engineering company, to plan and review the geotechnical information.

5) Call Michels Corporation in Wisconsin, they can do anything needed to enable excavation to the bottom, in the dry.

They have driven shafts and tunnels in much more difficult conditions.

6) Grout closed the connections to the bay and stop the water.

7) Develop a dewatering plan to remove the water.

8) Develop a grouting plan to stabilize the soils in the shaft areas.

9) Develop a plan to excavate and support the work and make it safe.

10) Mike Rowe is a more pleasing narrator, in my option.


47 posted on 12/17/2015 4:13:29 PM PST by Rumplemeyer (The GOP should stand its ground - and fix Bayonets)
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To: SunkenCiv

Didn’t they find Roman era amphorae off the coast of Brazil and Roman coins in Texas?


48 posted on 12/17/2015 4:22:05 PM PST by Little Ray (How did I end up in this hand basket, and why is it getting so hot?)
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To: Flag_This

I think they had iron but steel alloyed iron to make it stronger came along much later.


49 posted on 12/17/2015 4:22:07 PM PST by biff
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To: SunkenCiv

I find it interesting that there is a Nolan family living on Oak Island. That is my maiden name although we have a different spelling and I have traced my dad’s line back to Henry Sinclair...so it is interesting that Sinclair visiting there is one of the current theories about it...and that a Nolan family lives there.


50 posted on 12/17/2015 4:27:06 PM PST by BamaBelle
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To: Rumplemeyer

One more person needs to die before the treasure of Oak Island can be found and it won’t be Mike Rowe ;-{)


51 posted on 12/17/2015 4:27:24 PM PST by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING ’VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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To: SunkenCiv

OK I give. Which pre-modern civilization did NOT visit Oak Island? And why did they all go there instead of the other 33 bazillion other islands along the NA coast? Was there a sign or something in the Atlantic - >This way to Oak Island where everybody but you has buried a fabulous treasure.


52 posted on 12/17/2015 4:39:59 PM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: SunkenCiv

Who discovered America can only be answered in the plural. It is HIGHLY probable that in the millennia before Columbus, there were many accidental and then purposeful discoverers. Every single one of them is MEANINGLESS to the m modern world. Until Columbus established a continuing relationship between Spain/Europe and America, the fact that Brendan the Voyager ‘discovered’ some place to the west around the 6th century is just as meaningful as this story of the Romans.

Now if they were to use the word ‘encounter’ I would be less vexed! A coincidental and ephemeral visit with no lasting effect!


53 posted on 12/17/2015 5:07:56 PM PST by SES1066 (Quality, Speed or Economical - Any 2 of 3 except in government - 1 at best but never #3!)
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To: mad_as_he$$

That was an interesting article. Thanks for posting..


54 posted on 12/17/2015 5:33:41 PM PST by cardinal4 (Certified Islamophobe)
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To: SunkenCiv

I watch those 2 brothers who are spending a fortune looking for treasure on Oak Island and all they have found (that I have seen) is a Roman coin.

They have more patience than I do.


55 posted on 12/17/2015 5:42:00 PM PST by Ditter (God Bless Texas!)
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To: Bob434

History Channel has obviously learned to back projects that by their very nature will proceed slowly and which are process orientated rather than just a big reveal.

This way even if they find nothing they avoid the mockery heaped on Geraldo Rivera for Capone’s “vault” as the journey has been the show, not the destination.


56 posted on 12/17/2015 5:48:27 PM PST by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

“All of north America is descended from Roman Caucasians!”

Yes, but the Asian Indians came across the land bridge and stole it so we took it back!


57 posted on 12/17/2015 5:57:05 PM PST by CodeToad (Islam should be banned and treated as a criminal enterprise!)
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To: SunkenCiv

There were lots of people floating around...east and west coasts.

Why would this surprise anyone?


58 posted on 12/17/2015 6:01:19 PM PST by Vermont Lt (I had student debt. It came from a bank. Not from the Govt.)
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To: BamaBelle

Ancient Roman documents do say that Roman ships sailed west from what is Spain and never came back—They had ships almost as good as Columbus so it was very possible—Roman ships sailed to China Across Indian Ocean, into Pacific, and to Canton. They even has a suez canal in Egypt. Possible—but—probabal?


59 posted on 12/17/2015 7:18:27 PM PST by Forward the Light Brigade (Into the Jaws of H*ll Onward! Ride to the sound of the guns!)
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To: SunkenCiv

It makes sense that the Romans would need to bring swords. They would have had to fight off everyone already on the island; The Aztecs, The Knights Templar, Space Aliens, Shakespeare, The Vikings...


60 posted on 12/17/2015 8:11:31 PM PST by ElkGroveDan (My tagline is in the shop.)
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