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A River's Gifts (Romans - Celts)
National Geographic Society ^
| 12-16-2006
| CarolKaufmann
Posted on 12/16/2006 5:49:07 PM PST by blam
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posted on
12/16/2006 5:49:10 PM PST
by
blam
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
12/16/2006 5:49:42 PM PST
by
blam
To: blam
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posted on
12/16/2006 5:52:27 PM PST
by
blam
To: blam
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posted on
12/16/2006 5:52:34 PM PST
by
Bahbah
(Regev, Goldwasser and Shalit, we are praying for you)
To: blam
Did the river move its banks?
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posted on
12/16/2006 5:55:12 PM PST
by
Thebaddog
(Labrador Retrievers are the dog's dog)
To: blam
That's a beautiful looking sword. And a beautiful riverbank in the background, I must say.
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posted on
12/16/2006 6:02:24 PM PST
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: Thebaddog
"Did the river move its banks?" Just the credit union.
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posted on
12/16/2006 6:07:23 PM PST
by
blam
To: blam
"What, some watery tart threw a sword at you, and that makes you king of England?"
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posted on
12/16/2006 6:10:53 PM PST
by
patton
(Sanctimony frequently reaps its own reward.)
To: blam
***Mladen Mück is one of Gaspari's tormentors.***
Sounds like the artfacts are still stuck in the "Muck".
Hey, I made a funny!
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posted on
12/16/2006 6:55:48 PM PST
by
Ruy Dias de Bivar
(ISLAM "If you don’t know what you have to fear, you will not survive."---Hirsi Ali)
To: devolve
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posted on
12/16/2006 7:05:32 PM PST
by
potlatch
(Does a clean house indicate that there is a broken computer in it?)
To: potlatch
That's a nice short sword he is holding
I wonder what the age of it is and the blade metal
A long time under the water to look in that good condition
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posted on
12/16/2006 7:16:21 PM PST
by
devolve
( ....shop_invest_and_hire_wisely)
To: devolve
Wonder why they wouldn't just rust away? Don't know what all metals they used. How interesting to be able to search for things like that.
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posted on
12/16/2006 7:22:57 PM PST
by
potlatch
(Does a clean house indicate that there is a broken computer in it?)
To: blam; FairOpinion; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 24Karet; 3AngelaD; ...
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posted on
12/16/2006 7:24:18 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Don't bother, I haven't updated my profile since 11/16/06. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
Hey, I made a funny!
Don't give up your day job! :-)
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posted on
12/16/2006 7:37:42 PM PST
by
Valin
(History takes time. It is not an instant thing.)
To: Clemenza; rmlew; Yehuda; martin_fierro; RaceBannon; nutmeg; firebrand; PARodrig; neverdem
Tales from my ancestral land ping.
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posted on
12/16/2006 7:40:51 PM PST
by
Cacique
(quos Deus vult perdere, prius dementat ( Islamia Delenda Est ))
To: potlatch
Metals and woods can start having problems as soon as you take it out of the water it has been submerged in.
Hard to imagine iron or steel not rusting away over the many centuries.
Better they dive than I -
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posted on
12/16/2006 7:55:38 PM PST
by
devolve
( ....shop_invest_and_hire_wisely)
To: devolve
Lol, no 'scooby doo' for you huh? Nor deep sea diving!
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posted on
12/16/2006 8:01:03 PM PST
by
potlatch
(Does a clean house indicate that there is a broken computer in it?)
To: devolve
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posted on
12/16/2006 8:02:45 PM PST
by
Drammach
(Freedom... Not just a job, it's an adventure..)
To: potlatch
According to the National Geographic article I linked above, the river's bed is a very fine grain sediment that preserves the artifacts..
I would guess it is much like the peat bog mummies, etc., in that the items are protected from oxygen, therefore rust, oxidation does not occur...
Apparently this works well with not only metals but wood, fibers, etc..
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posted on
12/16/2006 8:09:24 PM PST
by
Drammach
(Freedom... Not just a job, it's an adventure..)
To: devolve; Drammach
Thank you Drammach. I read the top of the thread but didn't go to the link as you well know. Lack of oxygen and the other factors would explain it. Thank you.
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posted on
12/16/2006 8:13:07 PM PST
by
potlatch
(Does a clean house indicate that there is a broken computer in it?)
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