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Dutch Garden May Hold The (Three) Musketeers' Skeletons
CNN ^
| 5-5-2004
Posted on 05/06/2004 4:06:59 PM PDT by blam
Dutch garden may hold Musketeers' skeletons
Wednesday, May 5, 2004 Posted: 2:18 PM EDT (1818 GMT)
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (Reuters) -- Are the three musketeers and four swashbuckling chums buried under an unassuming Dutch garden in the town where legendary swordsman D'Artagnan was killed?
Police plan to turn over an investigation into the discovery of the seven skeletons to archaeologists in the southern Dutch town of Maastricht, which has a history of battles going back to Roman times.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ancientautopsies; dartagnan; dutch; garden; godsgravesglyphs; maastricht; musketeers; netherlands; skeletons; thethreemusketeers; threemusketeers
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posted on
05/06/2004 4:07:00 PM PDT
by
blam
To: farmfriend
Ugh, article from CNN.
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posted on
05/06/2004 4:07:45 PM PDT
by
blam
To: blam
Gee.... maybe some day someone will make a movie about these guys.
/sarcasm
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posted on
05/06/2004 4:09:35 PM PDT
by
theDentist
(My Tagline? It was here in my pocket a minute ago... now where did I leave it???)
To: blam
Dude, I thought that Dr D'Artagnan Kildare was still among the living enjoying himslef, uhm,, gayly somewhere in Hawaii?!
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posted on
05/06/2004 4:12:12 PM PDT
by
Revolting cat!
("In the end, nothing explains anything!")
To: knighthawk
Do you know anything about this?
(I always remember that you live in Holland because I have very good friends in Scheveningen)
To: blam
To: blam
Dutch Garden May Hold The (Three) Musketeers' SkeletonsMichael Jackson already has made a cash offer.
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posted on
05/06/2004 4:39:52 PM PDT
by
pogo101
To: blam
How come the Native Netherlanders tribal people haven't come in to stop the defiling of these sacred graves?? //sarcasm off
(sorry - been one of those days)
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posted on
05/06/2004 4:42:41 PM PDT
by
Chinito
(Combat Apple '69)
To: blam
IIRC, Dart was killed one the battlefield just as he had been made Marshall (American spelling) of all of France. As he was handed the baton a bullet got him. That was at the end of "The Man in the Iron Mask" which, IIRC, was the last of the six books Dumas wrote about Dart and friends. Of course I read these novels several years ago and may be mistaken.
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posted on
05/06/2004 4:58:40 PM PDT
by
pbear8
(Athos, Porthos and Aramis save France (the last great French military adventure))
To: blam
To: pbear8
pbear8 said:
"IIRC, Dart was killed one the battlefield just as he had been made Marshall (American spelling) of all of France. As he was handed the baton a bullet got him. That was at the end of "The Man in the Iron Mask" which, IIRC, was the last of the six books Dumas wrote about Dart and friends. Of course I read these novels several years ago and may be mistaken." Well, I am halfway through the third, "The Vicomte de Bragelonne". Since I know how it comes out now, perhaps I should just read something else. :)
To: blam
The three muskateers are real? I didn't know that!
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posted on
05/06/2004 8:43:46 PM PDT
by
jocon307
(The dems don't get it, the American people do.)
To: William Tell
He lies. D'Artagnan actually runs off with Catherine de Medici and is killed in an unfortunate accident with a falling horse.
Well, OK, one of the two stories is true. Guess you'll just have to read 'em all to find out which... ;-)
To: blam
If they fought with swords, why did they call them "musketeers?" hmmm?
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posted on
05/06/2004 8:50:37 PM PDT
by
Tribune7
(Vote Toomey April 27)
To: battlegearboat
Do you suppose the creamy nougut is still delicious after all these years?
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posted on
05/06/2004 8:53:33 PM PDT
by
Petronski
(John Kerry's shabby lies make me very cranky.)
To: William Tell
Sorry. Read 'em anyway, they were all good and each book stands alone. I won't tell you what happens to Aramis.
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posted on
05/06/2004 9:12:14 PM PDT
by
pbear8
(All your Musketeers are belong to us)
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posted on
05/06/2004 11:49:09 PM PDT
by
farmfriend
( In Essentials, Unity...In Non-Essentials, Liberty...In All Things, Charity.)
To: farmfriend
bttt
To: Tribune7
If they fought with swords, why did they call them "musketeers?" hmmm? Fired one shot with the musket, then fought fifteen minutes with sword while trying to reload single shot musket with other hand?
To: Revolting cat!; Tijeras_Slim
Dude, I thought that Dr D'Artagnan Kildare was still among the living enjoying himslef, uhm,, gayly somewhere in Hawaii?!No, he's one of the Three Musty...
Oh, never mind.
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posted on
05/07/2004 5:26:38 AM PDT
by
Constitution Day
(...victory in spite of all terror, victory, however long and hard the road may be...)
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