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1 posted on 02/19/2004 3:43:45 PM PST by blam
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Bump for later read (am cube-bound)
2 posted on 02/19/2004 3:44:43 PM PST by SnarlinCubBear (Always take responsibility for what you do wrong, as soon as they drag you out from under the bed.)
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Ping.
3 posted on 02/19/2004 3:45:10 PM PST by blam
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Interesting.
4 posted on 02/19/2004 3:48:42 PM PST by Cinnamon Girl
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I don't get the shock over the lilies in the ditch. It's a pretty standard feature in any old fortification, and routinely used by the Roman Army.
5 posted on 02/19/2004 3:58:41 PM PST by jimtorr
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That wasn't animal fat smeared on the punji sticks in Vietnam. It was human feces.

Great job, liberal editor of the Hearald.
6 posted on 02/19/2004 4:22:21 PM PST by MonroeDNA (Soros is the enemy.)
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Distance Marker
"To the Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus
Augustus Pius, the father of his Country, a vexillation of the
20th Legion, the valiant and victorious, constructed 3000 paces
of the wall." Note the boar, symbol of the "Valliant XXth."

8 posted on 02/19/2004 4:59:14 PM PST by concentric circles
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12 posted on 02/19/2004 6:30:31 PM PST by farmfriend ( Isaiah 55:10,11)
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...stakes which may have been dotted with sharp objects such as glass

Highly unlikely that scarce and expensive glass [at that time] was used for this purpose.

15 posted on 02/23/2004 3:44:36 PM PST by curmudgeonII (Quitters never lose and cheaters always win.)
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Gene Study Shows Ties Long Veiled in Europe
Source: New York Times
Published: 4-10-01 Author: Nicholas Wade
Posted on 04/10/2001 20:56:13 PDT by Pharmboy
http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3ad3d5dd6874.htm


19 posted on 06/17/2007 7:50:14 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Time heals all wounds, particularly when they're not yours. Profile updated June 15, 2007.)
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A Blast from the Past (2004). Never got the standard ping message for some reason. Thanks Blam.

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20 posted on 06/17/2007 7:50:53 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Time heals all wounds, particularly when they're not yours. Profile updated June 15, 2007.)
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I didn’t think that glass was common [to line the pits] during this time period.


22 posted on 06/18/2007 12:42:11 PM PDT by curmudgeonII (Dum spiro spero.)
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We’re gonna build a wall, and we’re gonna get the Picts to pay for it.


26 posted on 06/14/2016 1:41:44 AM PDT by Bubba Ho-Tep ("The rat always knows when he's in with weasels."--Tom Waits)
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