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Medieval Hoard Discovered Beneath Russian Museum
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Posted on 01/02/2015 2:57:43 PM PST by SunkenCiv
During excavations conducted in conjunction with the restoration of the Tver State Museum in western Russia, archaeologists discovered a medieval silver hoard lying just six feet below the office of the museum's general director. Buried in a small hole covered with ceramics sometime during the Mongol invasions of the mid-thirteenth century, the hoard contained silver headdresses, chains, beads, and pendants, among other items. According to RU Facts, archaeologists believe the jewelry may have belonged to a Tver noblewoman who died in the assault on the city or was otherwise unable to retrieve her precious cache. The hoard narrowly missed being discovered in the fifteenth century, when the area on which the museum now sits was leveled and workers may have come within less than five inches of the jewlery.
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TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: godsgravesglyphs; mongols; russia; silver; tverstatemuseum
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01/02/2015 2:57:43 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
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01/02/2015 2:58:20 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; decimon; 1010RD; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; ...
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01/02/2015 2:58:31 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: SunkenCiv
To: SunkenCiv
I love hoards. We don’t have too many here in Kansas.
To: centurion316; Larry Lucido
Uh-oh, now I’ve got that old joke running through my mind...
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01/02/2015 3:10:45 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: Larry Lucido
Maybe it is a Golden Horde?
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01/02/2015 3:17:15 PM PST
by
VanDeKoik
To: SunkenCiv
Medieval Hoard Discovered Beneath Russian Museum Coincidentally, right now a medieval horde is running the Kremlin.
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01/02/2015 3:18:58 PM PST
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MeganC
(It took Democrats four hours to deport Elian Gonzalez)
To: SunkenCiv
Love these threads, thanks!
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posted on
01/02/2015 3:19:00 PM PST
by
gorush
(History repeats itself because human nature is static)
To: centurion316
You’ve got some Jesse James hidden loot hordes buried away in Kansas.
To: Sasparilla
To: Larry Lucido
The noblewoman hid her hoard of silver from the horde!
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01/02/2015 3:23:10 PM PST
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Rome2000
(SMASH THE CPUSA)
To: Sasparilla
It’s not on my place, I’ve dug the whole place up looking for meteorites.
To: SunkenCiv
in western RussiaWhoa, no need to be quite so specific about the location.
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01/02/2015 3:36:08 PM PST
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eclecticEel
("The petty man forsakes what lies within his power and longs for what lies with Heaven." - Xunzi)
To: SunkenCiv
My, for such a teenager, you've collected $200! Are you hoarding them all by yourself?
No. My sister hoard some, too.
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01/02/2015 3:38:41 PM PST
by
Does so
(SCOTUS Newbies Imperil USA...)
To: MeganC; SunkenCiv
Coincidentally, right now a medieval horde is running the Kremlin.And the White Hut...
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01/02/2015 3:40:09 PM PST
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NoCmpromiz
(John 14:6 is a non-pluralistic comment.)
To: NoCmpromiz
The White Hut is home to a Mao Mao uprising. Seriously.
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01/02/2015 3:43:49 PM PST
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MeganC
(It took Democrats four hours to deport Elian Gonzalez)
To: SunkenCiv
a medieval silver hoard lying just six feet below the office of the museum's general director.
Digging a grave for the general director? ;)
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01/02/2015 3:52:05 PM PST
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AdmSmith
(GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
To: MeganC
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01/02/2015 4:04:41 PM PST
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NoCmpromiz
(John 14:6 is a non-pluralistic comment.)
To: MeganC
Also, Monica Lewinsky whored for slick willy in the white hut.
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01/02/2015 4:05:10 PM PST
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MrEdd
(Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
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