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Ancient Golden Mask Unearthed (Thracian)
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| 8-20-2004
Posted on 08/20/2004 3:54:16 PM PDT by blam
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To: blam
That's the death mask. It would have been made of gold foil.
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posted on
08/20/2004 5:46:13 PM PDT
by
RightWhale
(Withdraw from the 1967 UN Outer Space Treaty and establish property rights)
To: blam
Looks like my Solid Gold Rolex®: a-w-e-s-o-m-e!
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posted on
08/20/2004 5:49:52 PM PDT
by
7.62 x 51mm
(• Veni • Vidi • Vino • Visa • "I came, I saw, I drank wine, I shopped")
To: 7.62 x 51mm
Looks like my Solid Gold Rolex... Looks like me at my last prop blast thingy.
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posted on
08/20/2004 7:46:35 PM PDT
by
FreedomFarmer
(No, this is Shineola.)
To: blam; FairOpinion; Ernest_at_the_Beach; SunkenCiv; 24Karet; A.J.Armitage; abner; adam_az; ...
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posted on
08/20/2004 11:37:43 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Unlike some people, I have a profile. Okay, maybe it's a little large...)
To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran
That was my initial thought as well.
To: SunkenCiv
To: VadeRetro
Isn't the story supposed to be that when Schliemann pulled away the mask, for a moment the face it had covered, perfectly intact, stared back up at him, then crumbled away to dust? Okay, okay...it sounds all overblown and Victorian, but still...
The Bulgarian mask is a lot more sophisticated, isn't it? Look at the modeling of the ears, for example.
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posted on
08/21/2004 2:54:50 AM PDT
by
prion
(Yes, as a matter of fact, I AM the spelling police)
To: prion
The Bulgarian mask is a lot more sophisticated, isn't it? Look at the modeling of the ears, for example. The picture seems to be gone already. As I recall from last night it was finely detailed work. I always liked the look of a big lump of gleaming gold, anyway.
To: VadeRetro
Here is the vanishing picture
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posted on
08/21/2004 11:38:56 AM PDT
by
AdmSmith
To: AdmSmith
Thanks. I put it on my desktop and cranked the brightness to bring out the shadowed areas. Man and mask are uncannily alike.
To: blam
Hope to see a picture of this mask sometime soon. Very interesting.
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posted on
08/21/2004 3:27:39 PM PDT
by
hershey
To: AdmSmith
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posted on
08/21/2004 3:31:32 PM PDT
by
hershey
To: SunkenCiv; blam
More found:
Ancient bronze head discovered
BULGARIAN archaeologists have unearthed a 2300-year old bronze head depicting an ancient Thracian ruler in a find they called unique for the era, a newspaper reported today. "This massive bronze head dates back to the 4th century BC ... and is the first discovery of its kind, as no similar metal objects of Thracian art have been found," the project's lead archaeologist, Georgi Kitov, told the Bulgarian daily 24 Chasa.
Dr. Kitov, who is at the excavation site, could not be immediately reached for comment.
The head weighs 10kg and bears the image of a balding bearded man, most likely a Thracian ruler, Dr. Kitov was quoted as saying. ...
"The bronze head apparently was severed from a whole statue and then buried in a ritual aimed at appeasing Thracian gods," Dr. Kitov told 24 Chasa.
In August, Dr. Kitov's team unearthed a 2400-year old golden mask in the tomb of an ancient Thracian king located in the same area.
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posted on
09/25/2004 8:39:30 PM PDT
by
dread78645
(Rather Lied, Kerry Died...)
To: dread78645
Ancient bronze head discoveredDid it look like this except more yellowish?
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posted on
09/25/2004 8:47:54 PM PDT
by
AndrewC
(I also think that Carthage should be destroyed. - Cato)
To: AdmSmith
Thanks. I thought I was going to have to buy a PC to view it...
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posted on
09/25/2004 9:00:58 PM PDT
by
tubebender
(If I had known I would live this long I would have taken better care of myself...)
To: AndrewC
I didn't read anything about a throne ...
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posted on
09/25/2004 9:18:14 PM PDT
by
dread78645
(Rather Lied, Kerry Died...)
To: dread78645
I didn't read anything about a throneWell that does come after a Thrace in a thmall Thraight.
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posted on
09/25/2004 9:58:23 PM PDT
by
AndrewC
(I also think that Carthage should be destroyed. - Cato)
To: dread78645
Thanks! Please FREEPMAIL me if you want on or off the "Gods, Graves, Glyphs" PING list (alt)
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posted on
09/26/2004 11:10:26 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
("All I have seen teaches me trust the Creator for all I have not seen." -- Emerson)
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