Posted on 05/12/2009 8:57:45 PM PDT by JoeProBono
He was a giant of a man, a chieftain who ruled with a royal sceptre and a warrior's axe. When they laid him to rest they dressed him in his finest regalia and placed his weapons at his side. Then they turned his face towards the setting sun and sealed him in a burial mound that would keep him safe for the next 4,000 years. In his grave were some of the most exquisitely fashioned artefacts of the Bronze Age, intricately crafted to honour the status of a figure who bore them in life in death. For this may have been the last resting place of the King of Stonehenge - and the treasures that are effectively Britain's first Crown Jewels. Now the entire hoard, recovered from the richest and most important Bronze Age grave on Salisbury Plain, is set to go on permanent display. But 21st-century Britain has thrown up a problem that never troubled ancient man. The artefacts are so rare that they have been kept in a bank vault for the past three decades because they are too precious to put on show without extensive security. So today the Wiltshire Heritage Museum at Devizes is announcing a £500,000 appeal to fund a secure gallery.
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Thanks potlatch
That’s a blend composite and then a luminize composite
You are the expert on politics and cars, lol.
I certainly see MarzStarz glittering through.
Perfect. That’s a scene no one, who ever saw the movie, could forget. Stunning when you first see it.
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Aha!
You GOOGLED “Smoke”!
Yup
Once I picked up a small bronze souvenir Statue of Liberty when visiting my sister in NYC
I "planted" it in one of her flower pots near a window
[I “planted” it in one of her flower pots near a window ]
That is so “YOU”, it’s hilarious!! Too bad you didn’t have a little ‘ape-man’ to go with it. Bet she laughed.
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Yup
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He does a lot of charity work and donates some of his previous NASCAR racecars to be auctioned for kids charities at Barrett-Jackson and shows up himself - adds a gold race-ring - etc.
He has a cgarity foundation as many NASCAR drivers do
He partners with Haas now - formerly the (Paul) Newman-Haas Racing Team
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I think it was a day or two before she noticied - when watering her plants
I think it was about 5” tall
(Unburied)
[charity foundation as many NASCAR drivers do]
I do recall reading about the NASCAR driver, that your niece likes, doing big charity things. Naturally you would love those racecars!
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I’ve got some little blueish ghosts moving around Stonehenge
Lol, funny thing to do. Been too long now, if you did it now many wouldn’t recall the meaning.
Well, I studied the first picture after your comment. Then I kept studying your enlarged graphic, looking at the light blue area trying to make out a figure and seeing a couple of strange ‘indents’ in the Stonehenge rocks like a foot and a hand?????
My 22 inch monitor still didn’t ‘show me’ anything.
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Still a good gag to pull on a classic or Sci-Fi movie buff
Slip it in an inside flower pot when visting them
Esp. if they do not have a green thumb
Nice post, potlatch.
I’ve been to Tulum.
Those ruins are amazing!
Have you been to Chichen Itza?
It’s now one of the seven wonders of the world.
We enjoyed our visit there so much the first time that we returned before we had to leave Mexico.
There’s a lovely little city on the way to CI to have lunch called Villadolid.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valladolid,_Yucat%C3%A1n
They even had an internet cafe. ;o)
Not too many ‘Statue of Liberty’ statues around here in deep south Texas, lol. We have taken over this thread!!!
Gotta go cook. Good to ‘see’ you!
I wouldn’t drive there now, either!
I think you can take a tour bus from Cancun.
Enjoy your supper!
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