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Alexander the Great-Era Treasure Found in Israeli Cave
discovery.com ^ | Mar 9, 2015 07:00 PM ET | by Rossella Lorenzi

Posted on 03/10/2015 6:20:38 AM PDT by Red Badger

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To: Red Badger

Wow! Amazing!


21 posted on 03/10/2015 7:27:51 AM PDT by Bigg Red (Let's put the ship of state on Cruz Control with Ted Cruz.)
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To: Red Badger

That is, they were killed or died

(or were old and just forgot)


22 posted on 03/10/2015 7:33:52 AM PDT by bert ((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc.;+12, 73, ..... Obama is public enemy #1)
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Looking at the treasure, I’d say they belonged to a female, probably married..................


23 posted on 03/10/2015 8:11:37 AM PDT by Red Badger (If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
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Ark of the Covenant?


24 posted on 03/10/2015 8:11:45 AM PDT by painter ( Isaiah: “Woe to those who call evil good and good evil,")
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To: Red Badger
I am curious as to the reason for the ‘small stone weight’

Looks to be modeled as a fingertip, complete with nail. Odd.
25 posted on 03/10/2015 11:17:41 AM PDT by Company Man (Always proofread to make sure you haven't words out.)
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To: Red Badger
“The valuables might have been hidden in the cave by local residents who fled there during the period of governmental unrest stemming from the death of Alexander,” the IAA said in a statement.

Hiding assets from the tax collector?

26 posted on 03/10/2015 12:15:00 PM PDT by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & Ifwater the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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ALL wars have been fought for the same reason:

Who gets to collect the taxes............................


27 posted on 03/10/2015 12:31:40 PM PDT by Red Badger (If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
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To: SunkenCiv

Just wow!


28 posted on 03/10/2015 4:36:11 PM PDT by metesky (My investment program is holding steady @ $0.05 cents a can.)
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