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Girl, 8, pulls a 1,500-year-old sword from a lake in Sweden
BBC ^ | 4 Oct 2018

Posted on 10/04/2018 7:10:29 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT

Saga Vanecek found the relic in the Vidöstern lake while at her family's holiday home in Jönköping County.

The sword was initially reported to be 1,000 years old, but experts at the local museum now believe it may date to around 1,500 years ago.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; History
KEYWORDS: ggg; godsgravesglyphs; jonkopingcounty; middleages; minnesota; minnesotavikings; nfl; renaissance; romanempire; sagavanecek; sweden; vidosternlake
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Without reading down thread, I just know there will be a Monty Python reference offered up.


61 posted on 10/04/2018 11:10:19 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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To: waterhill
"Cool beans. I would bet that there are more artifacts nearby."

I was thinking the same thing. Personal items, and weapons were thrown into fens, bogs, ponds, lakes, etc. as offerings. Could be more stuff in the lake.

62 posted on 10/04/2018 11:21:31 PM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: Bartholomew Roberts

The Swedish police detective in the series Bron/Broen (The Bridge) is Saga Norén. They pronounce her name Say-ga.


63 posted on 10/04/2018 11:26:59 PM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: DUMBGRUNT; SunkenCiv

How did she become queen ‘en?

I didn’ vote for ‘er!


64 posted on 10/05/2018 1:02:30 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
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To: a fool in paradise
:^) Pretty great find, regardless, but a big-assed sword, and she's only 8! Took some pulling, and it probably ain't warm this time of the year.

65 posted on 10/05/2018 2:27:47 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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Eight-Year-Old Swedish-American Girl Pulls Pre-Viking Sword From Lake
InkFreeNews.com October 4, 2018 1:04 PM Around US  Updated: Oct 4, 2018 @ 1:04 PM
http://www.inkfreenews.com/2018/10/04/eight-year-old-swedish-american-girl-pulls-pre-viking-sword-from-lake/


66 posted on 10/05/2018 2:29:21 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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To: ZULU

heh heh heh heh


67 posted on 10/05/2018 3:48:35 AM PDT by Chode ( WeÂ’re America, Bitch!)
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To: Secret Agent Man

I was reading about a nutrino detector site in Japan. They use ultra pure water. Ocassionally, guys in a raft have to float out into a tank to do maintenance on things. One worker dropped a tool in the water a few years back.

A scheduled cleaning of the tank required it to be drained. They found that the tool that had dropped previously, had completely dissolved. Apparently, even dipping your hand in the water for any length of time is considered unwise.

Water: the universal solvent.


68 posted on 10/05/2018 4:09:21 AM PDT by AFreeBird
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To: Flatus I. Maximus

Bookera Inshallah


69 posted on 10/05/2018 4:25:50 AM PDT by bert ((KE. N.P. N.C. +12) Muller..... conspiracy to over throw the government)
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To: Vendome

“Hvíli í friði”


70 posted on 10/05/2018 4:34:19 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: Salamander

He sure was.

Love that movie.


71 posted on 10/05/2018 5:57:02 AM PDT by SirLurkedalot (10/10/51-7/7/16 RIP Dad, I'll be missing you until I cross over to Eternity)
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To: SirLurkedalot

Excalibur was the first movie I bought on VHS when I got a recorder/player and the first DVD when I got a DVD player.

I could watch it every week and not get weary of it.

I even bought the soundtrack and have it on my iPods.

Boorman unified the mood of every scene by placing colored gels on the lighting, which becomes really obvious when you know to look for it.

He did the same with The Emerald Forest.

And Nicol Williamson was the best Merlin, ever.

/Anál nathrach, orth’ bháis’s bethad, do chél dénmha

:)


72 posted on 10/05/2018 6:09:50 AM PDT by Salamander (My Soul's On Fire... [I miss you, Shibumi])
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To: a fool in paradise

Her family is Party members of the first order, and Chelsea approved.


73 posted on 10/05/2018 6:12:39 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (So what!)
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To: TigerClaws

Better than communism......................


74 posted on 10/05/2018 6:14:39 AM PDT by Red Badger (Q............PREPARE FOR 'SKY IS FALLING' WEEK...........................)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

It was obviously lost in a tragic boating accident.......................


75 posted on 10/05/2018 6:16:40 AM PDT by Red Badger (Q............PREPARE FOR 'SKY IS FALLING' WEEK...........................)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

So... she’s the Queen now?

or what..?


76 posted on 10/05/2018 6:29:13 AM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing Obamacare is worse than Obamacare itself.)
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To: yesthatjallen

You can’t expect to wield supreme executive power just ‘cause some watery tart threw a sword at you!

I mean, if I went around saying I was an emperor just because some moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me, they’d put me away!


77 posted on 10/05/2018 6:32:30 AM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing Obamacare is worse than Obamacare itself.)
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To: AFreeBird

Then what do they keep it in?


78 posted on 10/05/2018 6:34:16 AM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing Obamacare is worse than Obamacare itself.)
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To: doorgunner69

Apparently, I’m one of a few, that had forgotten, the ‘watery Tart ‘.


79 posted on 10/05/2018 6:36:55 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (So what!)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Make her the Queen and fit her out with armor!


80 posted on 10/05/2018 6:38:39 AM PDT by Little Ray (Freedom Before Security!)
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