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Pirate Skeletons From 1717 Shipwreck Discovered Off Cape Cod
New York Post ^
Posted on 02/12/2021 2:39:52 AM PST by nickcarraway
At least six pirate skeletons were recently discovered in a shipwreck off the coast of Cape Cod.
The remains were unearthed from the wreck site of the Whydah, which sank near the town of Wellfleet in 1717, according to The Boston Globe.
Investigators at the Whydah Pirate Museum said the skeletons were identified in several large concretions, or hard masses of minerals, from the wreck site. They are now being examined by a team of archeologists led by underwater explorer Barry Clifford, who discovered the Whydah in 1984, the museum said.
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TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: ageofsail; ancientautopsies; ancientnavigation; arrrr; arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr; capecod; ggg; godsgravesglyphs; massachusetts; pirates; wellfleet; whydah
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To: nickcarraway
What is a pirates favorite mode of transport?
A carrrrrrr.
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posted on
02/12/2021 2:44:54 AM PST
by
Frapster
(Don't tread on me.)
To: nickcarraway
There’s an excellent book about the discovery of the Whydah.
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posted on
02/12/2021 2:55:36 AM PST
by
Tax-chick
("Scarcity is real, and reality is not optional." ~ KDW)
To: nickcarraway
We wrapped ‘em all in a mains’l tight
With twice ten turns of a hawser’s bight
And we heaved ‘em over and out of sight,
With a Yo-Heave-Ho! and a fare-you-well
And a sudden plunge in the sullen swell
Ten fathoms deep on the road to hell,
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!
To: nickcarraway
Did they die with their masks on?
The beatings will continue unril morale improves!
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posted on
02/12/2021 4:12:57 AM PST
by
Theophilus
(Breathe free!)
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
02/12/2021 4:22:03 AM PST
by
Jewbacca
(The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem)
To: nickcarraway
Some men see things as they are, and ask Whydah. I dream of things that never were, and ask Whydah not.
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posted on
02/12/2021 4:27:16 AM PST
by
PghBaldy
(12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
02/12/2021 4:35:48 AM PST
by
moovova
(Yo GOP....we won't forget.)
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
02/12/2021 4:42:08 AM PST
by
mewzilla
(Break out the mustard seeds. )
To: nickcarraway
If you think there is a chance that you might be a pirate......y’are.
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posted on
02/12/2021 5:21:38 AM PST
by
nitzy
To: nickcarraway
"The remains were unearthed from the wreck site of the Whydah." Hmmmm... Must have been democrats.. :)
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posted on
02/12/2021 5:23:41 AM PST
by
unread
(A REPUBLIC..! If you can keep it....)
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
02/12/2021 5:26:46 AM PST
by
nesnah
(Liberals - the petulant children of politics)
To: nickcarraway
“At least six pirate skeletons were recently discovered in a shipwreck off the coast of Cape Cod.”
6 more absentee Dem ballots to count.
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posted on
02/12/2021 5:33:10 AM PST
by
HereInTheHeartland
(Leave me alone, I have no incriminating evidence on the Clintons)
To: Frapster
Why did so few pirates come from New England?
They can’t say “Arrrr...”
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posted on
02/12/2021 6:33:24 AM PST
by
_longranger81
(God help us, Every One. )
To: nesnah
I loved the pirates in that movie.
To: nickcarraway
Pirate skeletons.... or skeleton pirates?
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posted on
02/12/2021 7:15:50 AM PST
by
Hessian
(Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana.)
To: _longranger81
What has 8 eyes and 8 legs?
8 pirates.
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posted on
02/12/2021 7:32:08 AM PST
by
Frapster
(Don't tread on me.)
To: _longranger81
But the Brits could whistle nicely thru their two teeth!
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posted on
02/12/2021 8:27:23 AM PST
by
SgtHooper
(If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
To: nickcarraway
An ancestor of mine died in a shipwreck in 1748.
But he wasn't a pirate. At least as far as I know.
To: _longranger81
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