(I’d had the above story in a file, and apparently never used it; found it when I was storing this one this morning)
University Of Pennsylvania Archaeologist Asserts That
Enigmatic Ivory Statuette May Be Part Of
The Throne Of The Famed King Midas
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2002/01/020103074806.htm
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Shouldn’t it be gold?
Found on a rubbish heap? After being received as a gift to the gods from a fabulously wealthy king?
Maybe the priests thought it was similar to getting a canned fruitcake from someone for Christmas that has a date of 1945 on the bottom.