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3,000-Year-Old Ivory Carving Depicts Whaling Scene
Daily India - ANI ^ | 4-1-2008

Posted on 04/02/2008 9:46:19 AM PDT by blam

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1 posted on 04/02/2008 9:46:20 AM PDT by blam
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To: SunkenCiv

GGG Ping.


2 posted on 04/02/2008 9:46:46 AM PDT by blam (Secure the border and enforce the law)
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So I'm at the wailing wall, standing there like a moron, with my harpoon...
3 posted on 04/02/2008 9:49:13 AM PDT by billorites (Freepo ergo sum)
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Oh God, please no Helen Thomas photo’s!


4 posted on 04/02/2008 9:59:21 AM PDT by Eurale
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To: billorites

Don’t feel bad... I thought it was new oil find.


5 posted on 04/02/2008 10:01:44 AM PDT by GulfBreeze (McCain is our nominee. Yeah... I guess.)
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To: blam
In contrast, the newfound ivory carving was pegged as being 3,000 years old by nearly a dozen radiocarbon dates on the soil in which it was embedded

So the dirt was 3000 years old? How did they determine the age of the ivory?

6 posted on 04/02/2008 10:15:22 AM PDT by laker_dad
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“3,000-year-old ivory carving depicts whaling scene.”
————Related Headlines————
Prosecutors meet to determine if charging 3000 year old artist with anti-whaling statutes is justified.

PC Hollywood Activist goes berserk on Oprah demanding priceless artifact be destroyed.

Clintons “sell” artifact to Chinese investors for campaign funds.

School officials expel suspected ancestors of 3000 year old artist on zero tolerance anti-whaling policy.


7 posted on 04/02/2008 10:25:09 AM PDT by Cyclops08
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To: blam

It’s almost criminal that this article didn’t include a picture.


8 posted on 04/02/2008 10:34:40 AM PDT by DManA
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Whaling scene found in 3,000-year-old picture[Russian Arctic]
Nature News | 31 Mar 2008 | Alexandra Witze
Posted on 03/31/2008 6:16:51 PM PDT by BGHater
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1994797/posts

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Trade in mammoth ivory, helped by global thaw, flourishes in Russia
IHT | 25 Mar 2008 | Andrew E. Kramer
Posted on 03/26/2008 5:00:22 PM PDT by BGHater
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1992161/posts


9 posted on 04/02/2008 10:38:08 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_____________________Profile updated Saturday, March 29, 2008)
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10 posted on 04/02/2008 10:38:54 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_____________________Profile updated Saturday, March 29, 2008)
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To: blam

Whale Blubber Slurpee *ping*


11 posted on 04/02/2008 1:14:36 PM PDT by Bean Counter (Stout Hearts.....)
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12 posted on 04/02/2008 1:14:55 PM PDT by blam (Secure the border and enforce the law)
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To: blam

Ah, thank you.


13 posted on 04/02/2008 4:02:27 PM PDT by DManA
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