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Medieval Kurgans With Mustaches Unearthed in Kazakhstan
Archaeology Magazine ^ | September 5, 2024 | editors / unattributed

Posted on 09/06/2024 9:32:02 AM PDT by SunkenCiv

Ten medieval burial mounds, or kurgans, have been discovered in central Kazakhstan, according to a Live Science report. Archaeologist Zhanbolat Utubaev of the Margulan Institute of Archaeology said that three of the mounds are topped with stone ridges known as mustaches. Excavation of one of the kurgans without a mustache uncovered the remains of a man and a triangular arrowhead. The kurgans are thought to have been constructed by a nomadic group prior to the Mongol conquest of the region in the thirteenth century, Utubaev concluded.

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TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: godsgravesglyphs; kazakhstan; kurgans; middleages
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To: Paal Gulli

Came here to say that but Lambert is French.
Some messed up casting all around.

…except for Clancy, who also lost his head to the Horseman in the tv series Sleepy Hollow.

Sometimes I suspect he was on that show as an inside joke.


21 posted on 09/10/2024 2:58:31 AM PDT by Salamander (Please visit my profile page to help me go home again . https://www.givesendgo.com/G2FU)
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To: z3n

Trump’s mother is of Clan MacLeod.

/just sayin


22 posted on 09/10/2024 3:00:47 AM PDT by Salamander (Please visit my profile page to help me go home again . https://www.givesendgo.com/G2FU)
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To: z3n

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCji2xgpULk


23 posted on 09/10/2024 3:31:06 AM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult (“History doesn’t repeat itself but it often rhymes” - Possibly Mark Twain.)
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