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To: SunkenCiv; bitt; blu; banana; ProtectOurFreedom; Oshkalaboomboom; Diana in Wisconsin
"The discovery has raised the tantalising possibility of it coming from a Roman ship, wrecked close to the Kent coast."

CORRECT!

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"Another possibility is that it could be from a Roman land site, which is now under water because of coastal erosion...

WRONG!!

Have none of those Brit "Historians" ever heard of "Beach Glass"?

That blue glass vessel is in pristine condition. Had it experienced anything close to a millenium of shoreline erosion and wave action, it would have looked more like this:

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Nearly always right -- but always opinionated... '-)

TXnMA
  

14 posted on 07/21/2019 1:37:01 PM PDT by TXnMA (Remember the Alamo! | Remember Goliad! | REPEAT San Jacinto!!)
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To: TXnMA

Jellybeans!


16 posted on 07/21/2019 1:40:04 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: TXnMA

Excellent point! :)


19 posted on 07/21/2019 4:11:00 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (We come from the earth, we return to the earth, and in between we garden.~Alfred Austin)
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