Posted on 10/24/2009 8:09:40 AM PDT by decimon
Being billed as the most comprehensive exhibition about the Vandal civilisation ever, a new show about the notorious Germanic tribe opens on Friday at Baden's state museum in Karlsruhe.
The word vandal these days is associated with acts of senseless violence and destruction. However, this new exhibition explores the history behind the actual Vandals, a Germanic civilisation that stretched across Eastern Europe to North Africa in the 5th century. "The Vandal Kingdom" hopes to offer visitors a new perspective on this unfamiliar culture and infamous word.
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Despite the Vandals' terrible reputation, Wenzel said the violence they administered across much of Europe was "no worse than other migrating tribes.
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(Excerpt) Read more at thelocal.de ...
Plunder ping.
The issue is that the ATMs of the day were of a different technology.
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As Bobby Zimmerman said, “the pump don’t work ‘cause the Vandals took the handle.”
What, no mention of “Vandalay Industries”?
Great program...highly reccomended.
I believe Andalucia in southern Spain is named for the Vandals, who ruled there before crossing into Africa.
This used to be (IIRC) a hospital in San Fransicko:
More legacy:
More Vandal legacy: Luddites, ELF, ALF....
Now, if they had said legacy of the Vandal Kingdom...
Wenzel said the violence they administered across much of Europe was "no worse than other migrating tribes.
The real legacy of the Vandals: "Why are you picking on me? Everybody else does it!"
Wow, I'd love to see this exhibit. It looks like they've managed to bring together a lot of artifacts from the Vandal Christian kingdom in North Africa.
Hey, on Sunday it was a baptismal font — on Friday it was hot tub time!!! ;’)
San Franswishco?
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