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Archaeologists Uncover 25,000-year-old Pendant in Spain
Latino Fox News ^ | August 10, 2011 | EFE

Posted on 08/14/2011 1:02:02 PM PDT by SunkenCiv

A pendant some 25,000 years old has been found in the Irikaitz dig in northern Spain's Basque region by archaeologists from the Sociedad Aranzadi.

The piece, an oblong gray smooth stone some 10 centimeters (4 inches) in length, is perforated at one end and apparently was hung from a thong or cord around a person's neck, according to the director of the excavation, Alvaro Arrizabalaga, who added that the other end of the stone was used as a tool to retouch the edges of tools made from flint, like arrows or scrapers...

The Irikaitz deposit, where archaeologists began working in 1998, is known for being the site of discoveries of pieces up to 250,000 years old, a period when the precursors of Homo sapiens were still in existence.

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TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: godsgravesglyphs; spain
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To: houeto

Yes, but not the kind of thong you may be thinking of.


21 posted on 08/14/2011 2:54:47 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Yes, as a matter of fact, it is that time again -- https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: SunkenCiv
Yes, but not the kind of thong you may be thinking of.

C'mon, you never found one hanging around your neck?

22 posted on 08/14/2011 3:02:13 PM PDT by decimon
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To: Crawdad

She was a fine girl, but that was over forty years ago.


23 posted on 08/14/2011 3:02:20 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Yes, as a matter of fact, it is that time again -- https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: sawmill trash; Bigg Red

No, and it doesn’t say “23,000BC” either, which would at least be the correct number.


24 posted on 08/14/2011 3:06:45 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Yes, as a matter of fact, it is that time again -- https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: decimon

[ahem]


25 posted on 08/14/2011 3:07:24 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Yes, as a matter of fact, it is that time again -- https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: SunkenCiv
Gosh! Those Etruscans got around.


26 posted on 08/14/2011 3:08:07 PM PDT by Daffynition ("Don't just live your life, but witness it also.")
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To: Lady Lucky; Pollster1

:’)


27 posted on 08/14/2011 3:11:32 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Yes, as a matter of fact, it is that time again -- https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: Daffynition

I get the feeling that guy thinks he looks great.
Opps, gotta go barf now...

Somebody post a pic of Jason Statham(The Transporter, The Mechanic) with his shirt off to make up for this furry bear pic.

: )


28 posted on 08/14/2011 3:35:29 PM PDT by TheConservativeParty (PALIN 45 -The cure for "meet the new boss, same as the old boss." Resisting Tyranny Since 1-20-2009)
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To: Immerito

Looks like the sinker I lost when I was a kid.


29 posted on 08/14/2011 3:44:42 PM PDT by Americanexpat (Everytime I see that guy's face ot)
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To: TheConservativeParty
Whoz Jason Statham? sounds like a fooooooo.


30 posted on 08/14/2011 3:45:17 PM PDT by Daffynition ("Don't just live your life, but witness it also.")
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To: Daffynition

40 something English hunk.
Does action thriller movies.
Gorgeous.
Would leave husband for him, etc....

Most well known movies, The Transporter series of films. Most recent, The Mechanic. Has new movie for this fall called Killer Elite.


31 posted on 08/14/2011 3:52:32 PM PDT by TheConservativeParty (PALIN 45 -The cure for "meet the new boss, same as the old boss." Resisting Tyranny Since 1-20-2009)
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To: TheConservativeParty
If you'd leave you husband for someone who keeps folded shirts in his trunk.....I dunno.....

Navy Seal Triathletes rule.


32 posted on 08/14/2011 4:00:45 PM PDT by Daffynition ("Don't just live your life, but witness it also.")
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To: SunkenCiv; Crawdad

I was the soundman for a band while I was in high school. We were to open for Looking Glass at the Chemung County Fair (NY, 1975). Since there were no real amenities, being a fairly rural upstate area back then, they decided they wanted to appear first then get on their bus to NYC. We had to tear down our entire setup. Naturally we were pi**ed. There were these huge canvas strips that reached across the horsetrack from the grandstand to the stage. About the time that they came on stage a whole bunch of low-lying black clouds swept up out of nowhere and dumped right on the stage. I remember the keyboard player upending his Fender Rhodes and watching the water gush out. I was 17 and laughing my a** off. Karma.


33 posted on 08/14/2011 4:05:15 PM PDT by printhead (Standard & Poor - Poor is the new standard.)
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To: SunkenCiv

It’s fishing lure.


34 posted on 08/14/2011 4:25:15 PM PDT by PzLdr ("The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am" - Darth Vader)
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To: printhead

:’) Sounds like they could feel the oceans fall and rise, after a fashion.


35 posted on 08/14/2011 6:13:47 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Yes, as a matter of fact, it is that time again -- https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: PzLdr

Makes sense.


36 posted on 08/14/2011 6:14:05 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Yes, as a matter of fact, it is that time again -- https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: Daffynition

Eww!


37 posted on 08/14/2011 6:14:05 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Yes, as a matter of fact, it is that time again -- https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: davius; Rebelbase

I believe the Helen Thomas reference was to 25,000 years old!


38 posted on 08/14/2011 6:33:22 PM PDT by Bookwoman ("...and I am unanimous in this...")
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