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Tuscan 'Excalibur' Mystery To Be Unearthed
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| 3-1-2004
| Rossella Lorenzi
Posted on 03/02/2004 7:24:15 PM PST by blam
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posted on
03/02/2004 7:24:17 PM PST
by
blam
To: farmfriend
GGG ping.
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posted on
03/02/2004 7:24:50 PM PST
by
blam
To: blam
Cool! Thanks for this post.
To: blam
Great post!
To: blam
Cant they use that ground penetrating radar on that rock, to see if there is actually an entire sword in that rock.
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posted on
03/02/2004 7:41:09 PM PST
by
Husker24
To: blam
Amazing, blam! Thanks for the post!
To: blam
Awesome article, thanks for posting!
To: Husker24
BUMP!
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posted on
03/02/2004 7:44:16 PM PST
by
jmstein7
(Real Men Don't Need Chunks of Government Metal on Their Chests to be Heroes)
To: blam
Very interesting
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posted on
03/02/2004 8:03:46 PM PST
by
mylife
To: blam
Blam... Thanks. Very interesting.
I was once told that Excalibur is derived from
Excalibur ->Ex Calx Liberatus -> From the Stone Freed
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posted on
03/02/2004 8:23:59 PM PST
by
Swordmaker
(This tagline shut down for renovations and repairs. Re-open June of 2001.)
To: blam
Maybe this will help to free the sword--
"Annul nathrac, uthvar spethud, dochial dienve!"
To: blam
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government! Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcicial aquatic ceremony! You can't expect to wield supreme executive power just because some watery tart threw a sword at you!
(Still a great post though. Will be interesting to see how it turns out).
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posted on
03/02/2004 8:50:51 PM PST
by
Johnny_Cipher
(Making hasenfeffer out of bunnyrabbits since 1980)
To: Axiom Nine; Xenalyte
Really cool sword ping
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posted on
03/02/2004 8:53:45 PM PST
by
pax_et_bonum
(Always finish what you st)
To: blam
Interesting post...I've never heard of the Tuscan Excalibur.
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posted on
03/02/2004 9:02:21 PM PST
by
in the Arena
(1st Lt. James W. Herrick, Jr., - MIA - Laos - 27 October 69 "Fire Fly 33")
To: pax_et_bonum; Bacon Man
Sweet - thanks for the ping! Hey Bacon, here's a sword you don't have!
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posted on
03/03/2004 6:12:37 AM PST
by
Xenalyte
(I may not agree with your bumper sticker, but I shall defend to the death your right to stick it)
To: Johnny_Cipher
Listen, if I went around claiming to be an Emperor or something, just because some moistened bint lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away....
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posted on
03/03/2004 6:16:32 AM PST
by
Wombat101
(Sanitized for YOUR protection....)
To: Wombat101
Hmm..Let's see, "King" Arthur, according to what little is known of him, appears to have lived in the 5th century AD, and been Welsh, and here we have a sword that has been dated to the 12th century, embedding in a rock in Italy.
By the 12th century, the tales of the Knights of the Round Table were already popular throughout Europe, and it wouldn't be too much of a stretch to think that anyone claiming any sort of authority might "borrow" some of these legends in order to achieve legitimacy.
P.S. The Welsh name of Arthur's sword was "Caledfwlch" (Caled-FOLK) which means "Forked Lightning".
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posted on
03/03/2004 6:21:38 AM PST
by
Wombat101
(Sanitized for YOUR protection....)
To: blam
Well, has anyone tried to pull the dang thing out?
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posted on
03/03/2004 6:25:24 AM PST
by
bigcheese
("Standing on the beach with a gun in my hand, staring at the sea, staring at the sand...")
To: MilesVeritatis; Vic3O3; cavtrooper21
Now THAT was a truly bad but fun movie!
Semper Fi
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posted on
03/03/2004 7:04:14 AM PST
by
dd5339
(Happiness is a full VM-II and a DEAD AND BURIED AWB!)
To: MilesVeritatis
Or maybe "Klatu, verata, necktie!"
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posted on
03/03/2004 7:10:40 AM PST
by
Future Snake Eater
("Oh boy, I can't wait to eat that monkey!"--Abe Simpson)
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