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Closeup images of the Yanghai leather scale armor fragment: A: inside; B: outside. (P. Wertmann / Quaternary International )
1 posted on
12/10/2021 10:48:30 AM PST by
BenLurkin
To: SunkenCiv
2 posted on
12/10/2021 10:48:44 AM PST by
BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin; SunkenCiv
Cheap Chinese copy, of course........................
3 posted on
12/10/2021 10:51:17 AM PST by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: BenLurkin
two examples in the world huh? wow, maybe “rare” can still mean rare sometimes.
5 posted on
12/10/2021 10:53:08 AM PST by
dadfly
To: BenLurkin
“Chinese leather armor”
I don’t think they are using this term correctly.... the whole basis of the article is that the armor was made in Mesopotamia and not China...they should instead be calling it either middle-easter, Mesopotamian, or neo-assyrian armor.
The only reason to call it Chinese is because of where it was geographically unearthed.
6 posted on
12/10/2021 10:53:33 AM PST by
reed13k
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To: BenLurkin
The best protection for a Chinese warrior was a steaming serving of General Tso’s chicken.
7 posted on
12/10/2021 10:56:35 AM PST by
blueunicorn6
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To: BenLurkin
The guy on the left is wearing a dress and the guy on the right has some kind of wrench.
So this ancient Chinese army was made up of transvestite plumbers.
8 posted on
12/10/2021 10:59:00 AM PST by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
To: BenLurkin
They need to see if they can do some genetic analysis of the bones.
10 posted on
12/10/2021 11:07:04 AM PST by
Little Ray
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To: BenLurkin
They both bought the armor from some rich Corinthian guy.
12 posted on
12/10/2021 11:13:04 AM PST by
ClearCase_guy
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13 posted on
12/10/2021 11:13:55 AM PST by
DJ MacWoW
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To: BenLurkin
if you look closely at the lower right hand corner it says “Made in China”.
20 posted on
12/10/2021 12:03:55 PM PST by
bunkerhill7
(That`s 464 people per square foot! Is this corrrect..it was NYC.)
To: BenLurkin
What is the capital of Neo-Assyria?
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21 posted on
12/10/2021 1:17:16 PM PST by
rfp1234
(Comitia asinorum et rhinocerum delenda sunt.)
To: BenLurkin
an ancient horse-riding soldier in Northwest China .... These tests showed the armor had been created sometime between 786 and 543 BC.
Horses date back into the Shang era, but weren't used with riders in Chinese warfare until the BC 4th century, so these soldiers came from somewhere else.
22 posted on
12/10/2021 3:18:36 PM PST by
nicollo
To: BenLurkin
Needs a little oil...should bring it right back...
26 posted on
12/11/2021 9:11:51 AM PST by
Adder
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