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900-Year-Old Ship, Found In Rice Field, Draws Experts To India
Times Leader ^
| 10-23-2003
| V.M. Thomas
Posted on 10/24/2003 3:44:28 PM PDT by blam
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This ship is about the same size as the Nina and Pinta, the main ship in Columbus' expedition to America was the Santa Maria at about 98 feet long.
I wonder where this ship, with sails, may have gone?
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posted on
10/24/2003 3:44:29 PM PDT
by
blam
To: farmfriend; Cool Guy
Ping.
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10/24/2003 3:45:04 PM PDT
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posted on
10/24/2003 3:45:27 PM PDT
by
farmfriend
( Isaiah 55:10,11)
To: blam
ship, found in rice field, Noah, is that you?
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posted on
10/24/2003 3:46:07 PM PDT
by
TopQuark
To: blam
How do they know it's 900 years old, and how do they know that it's a certain ship?
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posted on
10/24/2003 3:47:43 PM PDT
by
snopercod
(I am waiting for the rebirth of wonder.)
To: blam
Was Helen Thomas on the passenger manifest?
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posted on
10/24/2003 3:50:00 PM PDT
by
Old Sarge
(Serving You... on Operation Noble Eagle!)
To: Old Sarge
I hereby nominate your post for "post of the year"... ROTFLMAO
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posted on
10/24/2003 3:52:08 PM PDT
by
Zeppo
To: snopercod
"How do they know it's 900 years old?""After carbon-dating tests on the ship's wood, a local variety called Anjili, Gopi said, "We believe the ship to be approximately 920 years old."
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posted on
10/24/2003 3:56:28 PM PDT
by
blam
To: blam
"After centuries of land buildup, the ship was 50 meters (160 feet) deep in the inland field when workers tilling the field two years ago noticed its wooden planks protruding."
How deep do they plant rice in India????
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posted on
10/24/2003 3:58:17 PM PDT
by
Lokibob
To: Zeppo
I humbly accept. Whom do we notify? If I ever see a "Post Of.." I'd like to submit it...
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posted on
10/24/2003 3:58:43 PM PDT
by
Old Sarge
(Serving You... on Operation Noble Eagle!)
To: Old Sarge
No wonder it sank.
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posted on
10/24/2003 3:58:48 PM PDT
by
Leisler
To: blam
Thanks for the ping. Cochin, was the first place Islam was practiced in the Indian sub-continent.The traders from Arabia brought the religion with them. 11 or 122 years ago, the king of that province converted along with his subjects to Islam. The people in that parts of the sub-continent, traded extensively with the other civilizations around the world. I am not surprised with this discovery.
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posted on
10/24/2003 3:59:54 PM PDT
by
Cool Guy
(Why is my comment a big jumbled mess?)
To: TopQuark
Noah, is that you?Darn. LOL.
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posted on
10/24/2003 4:00:26 PM PDT
by
concerned about politics
( Have you donated to the Salvation Army? Liberals HATE Christian organizations! Tax deductable, too)
To: blam
I wonder where this ship, with sails, may have gone? It would have been part of the extensive trading network of the richest civilization of the time, Islamic. It would have gone to the Persian Gulf and then the goods would have gone to Baghdad. Farther destinations are possible, but that would be the main ship trade.
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posted on
10/24/2003 4:03:25 PM PDT
by
RightWhale
(Repeal the Law of the Excluded Middle)
To: Lokibob
A better qurstion is, how do sail a 72' long ship IN a rice field?!?
To: blam
I wonder where this ship, with sails, may have gone?Almost certainly the Persian Gulf, with a lower possibility of the Red Sea, the Khmer Empire, Guangdong China, Japan, and the Swahili Coast - in that order.
Guess that doesn't narrow things down much..
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posted on
10/24/2003 4:09:12 PM PDT
by
AntiGuv
(When the countdown hits zero, something's gonna happen..)
To: blam
After carbon-dating tests on the ship's wood, a local variety called Anjili, Gopi said, "We believe the ship to be approximately 920 years old." Carbon dating would tell them the age of the wood, but the trees could have been living for a hundred or more years before the ship was built.
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posted on
10/24/2003 4:13:58 PM PDT
by
Semper911
(For some people, bread and circus are not enough. Hence, FreeRepublic.com)
To: Normal4me
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posted on
10/24/2003 4:14:09 PM PDT
by
blam
To: Semper911
Carbon dating would tell them the age of the wood, but the trees could have been living for a hundred or more years before the ship was built. ACtually carbon dating tells you when the wood (or other lving thing) died, i.e when it quit ingesting fresh Carbon 14 from the atmosphere.
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posted on
10/24/2003 4:24:36 PM PDT
by
ElkGroveDan
(Fighting for Freedom and Having Fun)
To: ElkGroveDan
Oh.
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posted on
10/24/2003 4:34:41 PM PDT
by
Semper911
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