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An archaeological mystery in a half-ton lead coffin
University of Michigan ^ | Mar. 29, 2010 | Unknown

Posted on 03/29/2010 12:52:22 PM PDT by decimon

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1 posted on 03/29/2010 12:52:22 PM PDT by decimon
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To: SunkenCiv

Lead the weigh ping.


2 posted on 03/29/2010 12:53:02 PM PDT by decimon
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"Romans as a rule were not buried in coffins to begin with and when they did use coffins, they were mostly wooden. There are only a handful of other examples from Italy of lead coffins from this age—the second, third or fourth century A.D. We know of virtually no others in this region."

Don't open it!

3 posted on 03/29/2010 12:53:43 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: decimon

fascinating...


4 posted on 03/29/2010 12:55:04 PM PDT by Shaun_MD (Goldwater Conservative)
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To: decimon

Looks like the head and the foot panels have been blown out by the overload.


5 posted on 03/29/2010 12:55:29 PM PDT by aruanan
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To: decimon

Paging Pandora, Ms. Pandora.......


6 posted on 03/29/2010 12:57:41 PM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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To: 1rudeboy

In a completely unrelated story, several archaeologists were found with their faces melted off and others in various liquefied states.


7 posted on 03/29/2010 12:58:32 PM PDT by Shaun_MD (Goldwater Conservative)
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To: decimon

Obama’s chief science advisor suggests they x-ray it.


8 posted on 03/29/2010 12:59:38 PM PDT by LTCJ (The Constitution; first, last, always.)
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*snort*


9 posted on 03/29/2010 1:01:36 PM PDT by WakeUpAndVote (Drill baby, drill!)
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To: 1rudeboy

Yea! What fools! I saw that movie on the Showtime free preview weekend.

(This is where Showtime tries to entice new subscribers to their movie channel by showing second run movies at least five years old, or movies where Pamela Anderson plays a walk on part.)

Anyway, unless there is a geeky kid with a totally hot girlfriend whose uncle works at the museum, the world is hosed if they open that coffin.
Plan B would be an alcoholic ex-cop who is too old for this kind of thing.
Plan C is the brilliant but underfunded scientist whose theories are scoffed at.
There is no plan D. Hollywood just recycles A-C.


10 posted on 03/29/2010 1:01:52 PM PDT by IrishCatholic (No local Communist or Socialist Party Chapter? Join the Democrats, it's the same thing!)
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To: decimon
Did they unearth it on a Sunday? ..
11 posted on 03/29/2010 1:02:35 PM PDT by Waverunner ( "Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so too." Voltaire)
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If they want to find out what's in it, why don't they just X-ray it?

Oh, wait. . . . ;^)

12 posted on 03/29/2010 1:02:49 PM PDT by MissNomer
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Jimmy Hoffa?


13 posted on 03/29/2010 1:02:55 PM PDT by OldDeckHand
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To: decimon

If Geraldo Rivera shows up and utters the words “Al Capone”, you know it’s gonna be a bust.


14 posted on 03/29/2010 1:03:41 PM PDT by OldDeckHand
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15 posted on 03/29/2010 1:03:50 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: decimon

Don’t they know lead is toxic?


16 posted on 03/29/2010 1:05:16 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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To: decimon

So that’s where Lex Luthor has been hiding!


17 posted on 03/29/2010 1:06:54 PM PDT by LRS (Just contracts; just laws; just a constitution...)
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To: decimon

“Do not open until 2110”


18 posted on 03/29/2010 1:09:47 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (The money goes to the health care of people who do not even take care of their health.)
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To: 1rudeboy
"Don't open it!"

My thoughts too. It's a sealed lead coffin for a reason!

19 posted on 03/29/2010 1:10:12 PM PDT by Eagles6 ( Typical White Guy: Christian, Constitutionalist, Heterosexual, Redneck.)
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To: Waverunner

Wow, Michael Jackson looked bad towards the end there.


20 posted on 03/29/2010 1:10:30 PM PDT by Woebama (Never, never, never quit)
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