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Prehistoric bronze hoard found off Greek beach (largest of its kind ever found in Greece)
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| 12/11/08
| AP
Posted on 12/11/2008 9:45:42 AM PST by NormsRevenge
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posted on
12/11/2008 9:49:21 AM PST
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed)
To: NormsRevenge
The ministry says they were probably buried at a time of unrest or war. The hoard would have represented a fortune at the time.
I wonder if Obama has any Greek ancestors...hmmmm
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posted on
12/11/2008 9:50:29 AM PST
by
stefanbatory
(Do you want a President or a King?)
To: NormsRevenge
We finally found those weapons of mass destruction!
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posted on
12/11/2008 9:51:59 AM PST
by
FrankR
(“Turtle up”, economically, for the duration of the 0bamanation.)
To: NormsRevenge
Bronze bodies on the beach? What’s unusual about that?
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posted on
12/11/2008 9:54:21 AM PST
by
weegee
(Sec. of State Clinton. What kind of change is it to keep the Bush-Clinton-Bush-Clinton Oligarchy?)
To: NormsRevenge
This sounds like a crack heads dream...
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posted on
12/11/2008 9:54:37 AM PST
by
shotgun
To: NormsRevenge
Don’t you just hate it when you bury your weapons cache and then forget where you put it?
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posted on
12/11/2008 9:54:38 AM PST
by
FatherofFive
(Islam is an EVIL like no other, and must be ERADICATED)
To: NormsRevenge
I offer these statements to the scientists:
"This just goes to show that the populace was arming themselves for a massive conflict. They were not happy with Alexander the Great and these weapons were possibly to be used in an assault on the government. These Axe heads could have changed history and the entire direction cultures throughout the world. It is a significant find as the fate of history could have turned on this weapon cache. Significant funding is required for further analysis."
I hope that helps in some way ...
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posted on
12/11/2008 9:56:16 AM PST
by
TexGuy
(If it has the slimmest of chances of being considered sarcasm ... IT IS!)
To: TexGuy
Yeah ... I see your point ... the check’s in the mail.
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posted on
12/11/2008 9:58:18 AM PST
by
knarf
(I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true.)
To: TexGuy
But how did they know Alexander would show up 2000 years later?
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
12/11/2008 10:00:49 AM PST
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed)
To: NormsRevenge
No PVC pipe in the Bronze Age?
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posted on
12/11/2008 10:12:17 AM PST
by
Snickersnee
(Where are we going? And what's with this handbasket?)
To: <1/1,000,000th%
But how did they know Alexander would show up 2000 years later? Details, details ...
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posted on
12/11/2008 10:21:57 AM PST
by
TexGuy
(If it has the slimmest of chances of being considered sarcasm ... IT IS!)
To: NormsRevenge
"The ministry says they were probably buried at a time of unrest or war. The hoard would have represented a fortune at the time."Probably found while someone was burying their own valuables due to the unrest going on there now.
The more things change, the more they stay the same...
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posted on
12/11/2008 10:36:11 AM PST
by
Abathar
(Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
To: SunkenCiv
To: NormsRevenge
Said to be 500 miles from Athens in northern Greece...a village named Mesi is mentioned. I'm not sure where that is--there is a village of that name on the island of Naxos but that's not really northern Greece and not far enough away from Athens.
Anyway, 4500 years ago is before anyone speaking anything resembling Greek was in Greece. It would be the so-called Early Helladic Period--the Greek-speakers are thought to have invaded Greece about the end of that period (somewhere in the vicinity of 2000 B.C.). Depending on where Mesi is, it could be an area which didn't have a Greek-speaking population until later (first millennium B.C.).
To: NormsRevenge
The ministry says they were probably buried at a time of unrest or war...Actually most cultures don't bury their weapons in times of unrest or war. It's possible that what they have is the remains of someone's peace ceremony - burying the hatchet.
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posted on
12/11/2008 1:17:21 PM PST
by
InABunkerUnderSF
(Illegal Immigration is not about the immigration. Gun control is not about the guns.)
To: Verginius Rufus
I think “mesi” is the root for “middle” or “center”. If that’s the case there might be several of them scattered around Greece. I seem to remember reading something in Herodotus where he’s bad mouthing Thracians and mentions Mesi.
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posted on
12/11/2008 1:28:34 PM PST
by
InABunkerUnderSF
(Illegal Immigration is not about the immigration. Gun control is not about the guns.)
To: InABunkerUnderSF
“Burying the Hatchet” was my first though as I read the article. I was taken surprised at the idea that someone would bury their weapons during war and then lose them.
To: NormsRevenge; Fractal Trader; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; ...
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posted on
12/11/2008 2:12:30 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
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