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An undated handout picture showing a 6,500-year-old gold jewel that has been picked up in a northern Greek field by a hiker who handed it over to authorities, an archaeologist said in the northern Greek port city of Thessaloniki on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2006. (AP Photo/Culture Ministry)


1 posted on 02/16/2006 1:37:33 PM PST by NormsRevenge
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2 posted on 02/16/2006 1:38:06 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Monthly Donor spoken Here. Go to ... https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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Well now we know that the ancient Greeks didn't have twist off bottlecaps.


3 posted on 02/16/2006 1:38:37 PM PST by Tijeras_Slim (We don't want to risk our core mission of rocking out and bringing funk to the funkless)
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To: NormsRevenge

If I found that, I may have just tossed it in a drawer...or in the trash.


4 posted on 02/16/2006 1:40:11 PM PST by Feiny ("Muslims are the only people who make feminists seem laid-back." Ann Coulter)
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To: NormsRevenge

Great story. Thanks


5 posted on 02/16/2006 1:42:52 PM PST by eleni121 ('Thou hast conquered, O Galilean!' (Julian the Apostate))
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7 posted on 02/16/2006 1:44:03 PM PST by eleni121 ('Thou hast conquered, O Galilean!' (Julian the Apostate))
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THAT's where I left it....

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9 posted on 02/16/2006 1:45:15 PM PST by digger48
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Looks like the prehistoric predecessor of the six-pack ring.


10 posted on 02/16/2006 1:46:16 PM PST by dirtboy (I'm fat, I sleep most of the winter and I saw my shadow yesterday. Does that make me a groundhog?)
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To: NormsRevenge
what is it made of? Gold or wood?
I cannot tell.
13 posted on 02/16/2006 4:39:21 PM PST by Steve Van Doorn (*in my best Eric cartman voice* “I love you guys”)
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14 posted on 02/16/2006 10:28:56 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Islam is medieval fascism, and the Koran is a medieval Mein Kampf.)
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To: NormsRevenge

I wouldn't have parted with it, myself.


15 posted on 02/16/2006 10:35:12 PM PST by Ciexyz (Let us always remember, the Lord is in control.)
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To: NormsRevenge

Interesting find!


16 posted on 02/16/2006 10:49:51 PM PST by Ptarmigan (Proud bunny hater and killer)
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It's quite beautiful.


18 posted on 02/17/2006 1:29:08 AM PST by MillerCreek
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Okay everyone, time to get out the metal detectors.


20 posted on 02/17/2006 5:39:42 AM PST by Dustbunny (Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans)
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The guy who turned it over to authorities was an idiot. Hasn't he ever heard of eBay?


21 posted on 02/17/2006 6:13:55 AM PST by NormB (Yes, but watch your cookies!!)
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.............probably had religious significance......

To me it has astromical significance.

The piece was clearly designed to depict the galaxy. At the center is a black hole and the mass of matter surrounds the disappearing center.


27 posted on 02/18/2006 5:00:48 AM PST by bert (K.E. N.P. Slay Pinch)
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