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Alexander the Great-Era Treasure Found in Israeli Cave
discovery.com ^
| Mar 9, 2015 07:00 PM ET
| by Rossella Lorenzi
Posted on 03/10/2015 6:20:38 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: SunkenCiv
PinGGG!...........................
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posted on
03/10/2015 6:21:01 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
To: Red Badger
Amazing that there is anywhere in that part of the world that hasn’t already been picked over thoroughly.
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posted on
03/10/2015 6:26:22 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/09/middleeast/israel-ancient-treasure-found-in-cave/index.html
[snip] Even older objects found
The cavers reported their discovery to the antiquities authority, which sent officials to examine the site over the weekend.
That expedition found objects from even more ancient periods.
“At this point they believe they have found artifacts in the cave that first date to the Chalcolithic period c. 6,000 years ago; from the Early Bronze Age c. 5,000 years ago, the Biblical period 3,000 years ago and the Hellenistic period approximately 2,300 years ago,” the authority said in a statement.
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posted on
03/10/2015 6:35:33 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: Red Badger; NYer; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; decimon; 1010RD; 21twelve; 24Karet; ...
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posted on
03/10/2015 6:36:02 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: Red Badger; NYer; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; decimon; 1010RD; 21twelve; 24Karet; ...
Thanks Red Badger. Whoops.
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posted on
03/10/2015 6:36:21 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW!)
To: BenLurkin
Amazing that there is anywhere in that part of the world that hasn’t already been picked over thoroughly.Not for lack of trying, that's for sure.
To: BenLurkin
I was thinking the same thing. So, for 2300 years NOBODY went into that cave, or at least to the back side..................
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posted on
03/10/2015 6:53:00 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
To: Poison Pill; BenLurkin
Seems like every major find is a an accident. The Dead Sea Scrolls were found by a shepherd boy looking for his goats............
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posted on
03/10/2015 6:54:24 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
To: Red Badger
This is fascinating. Thanks for the post!
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posted on
03/10/2015 6:56:17 AM PDT
by
NEMDF
To: SunkenCiv
I am curious as to the reason for the ‘small stone weight’ if that is what it is. May have been a pendant with personal value, nothing more...............
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posted on
03/10/2015 6:58:30 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
To: Red Badger
with interest rates at 0 and no mattress, the assets were hidden in a cave
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posted on
03/10/2015 6:59:08 AM PDT
by
bert
((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc.;+12, 73, ..... Obama is public enemy #1)
To: bert
May also have been a ‘stolen’ treasure for later retrieval after the ‘heat’ died down, but for some reason they never got around to doing it............
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posted on
03/10/2015 7:00:25 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
To: Red Badger
Seems like every major find is a an accident. The Dead Sea Scrolls were found by a shepherd boy looking for his goats............Gobekli Tepe was found the same way. Probably the two biggest finds of the 20th Century. Imagine what's out there that we haven't found.
To: Poison Pill
Somewhere, in Israel, there is a clay pot buried with Jeremiah’s deed, perfectly preserved.
When it is found, all hell will break loose.................
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posted on
03/10/2015 7:10:56 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
To: Red Badger; SunkenCiv
I’ve heard that the official policy of the Israeli government is that all these old treasures belong to the State and the finders are not compensated.
That surely leads to some finds being kept hidden and sold on the black market, destroying possible important archeological information.
England has a much better system that rewards amateur finders for the value of their discovery while putting the relics into full archeological review and display.
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posted on
03/10/2015 7:11:13 AM PDT
by
wildbill
(If you check behind the shower curtain for a murderer, and find one... what's your plan?)
To: Poison Pill
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posted on
03/10/2015 7:15:15 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
To: Red Badger
Who owns the treasure and if the government confiscates it is there a reward?
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posted on
03/10/2015 7:16:29 AM PDT
by
1010RD
(First, Do No Harm)
To: 1010RD
According to one poster here, the treasures belong to the State and no reward is given..................
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posted on
03/10/2015 7:17:57 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
To: wildbill
Thanks for the answer and America’s is even better.
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posted on
03/10/2015 7:17:59 AM PDT
by
1010RD
(First, Do No Harm)
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