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Top 10 Discoveries of 2016
Archaeology Magazine ^ | 12/12/2016 | The Editors

Posted on 01/04/2017 11:12:28 PM PST by YCTHouston

The largest and most significant collection of Roman waxed writing tablets is providing an intriguing glimpse into life in early Roman London. More than 400 wooden tablets were unearthed by archaeologists from Museum of London Archaeology (MOLA) during excavations at the site of the Bloomberg company’s new European headquarters. Roman London (called Londinium) was founded around A.D. 50, and the recovered texts, written by ordinary residents, record various names, as well as events and transactions that took place during the settlement’s first few decades.

(Excerpt) Read more at archaeology.org ...


TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: archaeology; godsgravesglyphs

1 posted on 01/04/2017 11:12:28 PM PST by YCTHouston
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To: YCTHouston

London’s Earliest Writing
London, England

Angkor Urban Sprawl
Siem Reap Province, Cambodia

Regime Change in Athens
Athens, Greece

World’s Oldest Dress
Tarkhan, Egypt

Early Man Cave
Bruniquel, France

Peruvian Woman of Means
Áspero, Peru

10,000-Year-Old Turf War
Lake Turkana, Kenya

Spiritual Meeting Ground
Mona Island, Puerto Rico

Antikythera Man
Antikythera, Greece

Salem’s Lost Gallows
Salem, Massachusetts


2 posted on 01/04/2017 11:19:21 PM PST by ETL (On the road to America's recovery!)
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I don’t see how I can make money off of any of these.


3 posted on 01/04/2017 11:58:20 PM PST by DannyTN
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To: ETL

11. Podesta’s emails


4 posted on 01/05/2017 12:55:31 AM PST by nickedknack
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To: YCTHouston

They are still looking for Obama’s balls


5 posted on 01/05/2017 1:58:19 AM PST by ImNotLying (The Constitution is an instrument for the people to restrain the government...Patrick Henry)
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To: ETL

Obama’s brain.... Still missing.


6 posted on 01/05/2017 2:19:54 AM PST by Bullish
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To: ImNotLying

Wow, we were close to the same thing.... LOL


7 posted on 01/05/2017 2:20:34 AM PST by Bullish
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Obama’s brain.... Still missing.

It exists; his proctologist sighted it once.


8 posted on 01/05/2017 4:11:33 AM PST by Islander7 (There is no septic system so vile, so filthy, the left won't drink from to further their agenda)
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To: YCTHouston

Mr Kerry, YOU LIE.


9 posted on 01/05/2017 1:50:22 PM PST by backwoods-engineer (Trump won; I celebrated; I'm good. Let's get on with the civil war now.)
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To: YCTHouston

Heh, Sorry wrong thread! Thanks for posting the top 10 discoveries, though.


10 posted on 01/05/2017 1:51:06 PM PST by backwoods-engineer (Trump won; I celebrated; I'm good. Let's get on with the civil war now.)
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To: YCTHouston

Heh, Sorry wrong thread! Thanks for posting the top 10 discoveries, though.


11 posted on 01/05/2017 1:51:12 PM PST by backwoods-engineer (Trump won; I celebrated; I'm good. Let's get on with the civil war now.)
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To: backwoods-engineer

Ha ha, Happy New Year.


12 posted on 01/05/2017 10:21:50 PM PST by YCTHouston
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13 posted on 02/04/2020 12:06:42 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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