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Mongol Mysteries: Are 'Deer Stones' A clue?
Seattle Times/Washington Post ^ | 8-14-2002 | Guy Gugliotta

Posted on 08/14/2002 10:08:17 AM PDT by blam

Edited on 09/03/2002 4:50:47 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

Sometime around 1000 B.C., a Mongolian tribesman climbed on the back of a horse and surveyed the windblown steppe that stretched as far as the eye could see. The weather was turning colder, and there wasn't enough grass for his goats. It was time to move.

From the moment that decision was made, a tradition was born. Horses

(Excerpt) Read more at seattletimes.nwsource.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: clue; deer; godsgravesglyphs; huns; mongol; mongols; mysteries; sarmatians; scythia; scythian; scythians; stones
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1 posted on 08/14/2002 10:08:17 AM PDT by blam
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To: blam
Can't forget these folks. They had horses.

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2 posted on 08/14/2002 10:10:25 AM PDT by blam
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Riddle Of The Desert Mummies
3 posted on 08/14/2002 10:13:54 AM PDT by blam
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I posted this article six hours ago. I have to assume no-one likes it, huh? (bump)
4 posted on 08/14/2002 4:12:51 PM PDT by blam
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