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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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full title, "Bulgarian Archaeologists Stumble Upon 'Oldest Children's Toy in Europe': Late Bronze Age Thracian Toy Stork".
"The oldest children's toy in Europe" consists of a tripod holding the movable head of a stork with eyes made of carnelian -- a semi-precious gemstone found in the Rhodope Mountains in Southern Bulgaria. It is pictured here with the restored all three legs of its tripod. Photo: TV grab from BNT
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05/09/2015 6:54:14 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; decimon; 1010RD; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; ...
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05/09/2015 6:54:28 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW!)
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05/09/2015 6:57:41 PM PDT
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dp0622
To: SunkenCiv
B-)
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posted on
05/09/2015 7:00:53 PM PDT
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Nowhere Man
(Mom I miss you! (8-20-1938 to 11-18-2013) Cancer sucks)
To: SunkenCiv
I certainly is interesting but I cant understand how they determined that it was a child’s toy.
a toy with precious gemstones for eyes seems a bit much for a child.
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05/09/2015 7:02:27 PM PDT
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MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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05/09/2015 7:03:54 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: MeshugeMikey
The kid was a spoiled royal child.
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05/09/2015 7:04:55 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW!)
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05/09/2015 7:05:58 PM PDT
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MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
To: SunkenCiv
Kid never learned to put his toys away, I guess.
Anyway, stepping on a lego is no picnic, but how'd you like to trod that that thing while making your way to the bathroom in the middle of the night?
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05/09/2015 7:15:37 PM PDT
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Fido969
To: SunkenCiv
I think it was made for a businessman to display on his desk. Like today’s balls bouncing off of each other.
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05/09/2015 7:17:40 PM PDT
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Red_Devil 232
((VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!))
To: SunkenCiv
I don't think it's a toy. I do not see the play value in it. I see something that could stab a playmate and do injury. I think it's a decorative chart weight, used keep parchment charts flat on a table in a wind for a military campaign. Usable while still keeping the chart fully visible. A bronze item such as this would be very expensive, a one-off casting, made by a lost-wax process in which the mould is destroyed in the process. That is not something that would be made for a toy. . . unless it was made for a toy for a princess or a prince. But even then highly unlikely. It's a chart weight. I've seen them used in map rooms.
I would theorize the moveable head could be used to point toward the direction the military campaign might be headed.
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05/09/2015 7:19:22 PM PDT
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Swordmaker
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To: SunkenCiv
Might be missing a critical part. You could place cloth on top of the tripod part and use the bird head to keep the cloth in place. This could then cover something like food or incense without the cloth touching it, and also keep insects away.
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05/09/2015 7:28:30 PM PDT
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Kirkwood
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To: Swordmaker
An early version of lawn darts.
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05/09/2015 7:31:49 PM PDT
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bgill
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To: bgill
It’s a bit pointy for a child’s toy. I think the chart weight makes more sense.
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05/09/2015 8:00:30 PM PDT
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BenLurkin
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To: SunkenCiv
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05/09/2015 8:02:41 PM PDT
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Rome2000
(SMASH THE CPUSA)
To: SunkenCiv
Like Irwin Mainway’s “Bag o’ Glass” it taught kids that the world was a dangerous place and to be careful.
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05/09/2015 8:03:42 PM PDT
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tumblindice
(America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
To: SunkenCiv
I had one of those as a kid. I used to get a clothespin and attach a playing card to it so it would sound like a motorcycle.
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05/09/2015 8:10:06 PM PDT
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blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: SunkenCiv
“No, Ralphie, you’ll peck your eye out.”
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05/09/2015 8:10:54 PM PDT
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blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: SunkenCiv
you could put an eye out with that thing!
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05/09/2015 8:12:36 PM PDT
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roamer_1
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