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Coin From an ‘Alien Civilization’
Arab News ^ | October 29, 2004 | Staff

Posted on 10/29/2004 4:09:29 AM PDT by billorites


 

Al-JOUF, 29 October 2004 — A Saudi newspaper yesterday reported the discovery of what it called a rare coin with unique features that belonged to an ancient civilization. The paper said the coin had an inscription in an unknown language that was not English. It described the coin as having a palm tree with eight branches, a woman sunbathing, a ship and a castle with a dome.

According to the newspaper, the coin belonged to an ancient civilization that flourished in Al-Jouf.

The strange thing is that the “strange” coin, which the paper claimed had an inscription in an unknown language, had Puerto Rico inscribed clearly on it. The coin is believed to have been left behind by one of the tourists visiting the area and does not belong to any ancient civilization as claimed by the newspaper.



TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: archaeology; ggg; godsgravesglyphs; history
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To: Rebelbase

Very funny!!


21 posted on 10/29/2004 5:02:43 AM PDT by Piranha
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To: nmh
Since when is Puerto Rico an alien nation?

Ever since they wanted the Navy out of Viegas.

22 posted on 10/29/2004 5:04:45 AM PDT by Cvengr (;^))
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To: billorites

I had to check out the link, and this article is CAP'd exactly.

Only our superstitious Arab friends would believe this.


23 posted on 10/29/2004 5:05:09 AM PDT by texas booster (Make a resolution to better yourself and your community in '04 - vote Republican!)
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To: brigette

from a casino??....


24 posted on 10/29/2004 5:06:00 AM PDT by Cvengr (;^))
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To: billorites

"Those crazy Saudis. They crack me up."


25 posted on 10/29/2004 5:08:38 AM PDT by TheRightGuy (ERROR CODE 018974523: Random Tagline Compiler Failure)
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To: billorites
Dear Saudi friends (not),

Let me teach you a new slang word to add to you vernacular........

DUH!

Thank you, now you can go back to making sand castles.
26 posted on 10/29/2004 5:09:09 AM PDT by thingumbob (Kerry/Edwards are sKerry/Leftwards)
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To: billorites

LOL very funny!


27 posted on 10/29/2004 5:10:28 AM PDT by bd476 (The media twists the truth to feed Kerry's addiction to power.)
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To: Joy Angela

A break from election news Ping.


28 posted on 10/29/2004 5:11:18 AM PDT by bd476 (The media twists the truth to feed Kerry's addiction to power.)
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To: billorites

They've done a couple of other strange things. After the Grand Mosque in Mecca was taken over in 1979 by terrorists, their investigation revealed that the terrorists used private radios and police scanners. This shaped their communication laws banning all public ownership of devices like that.

Enter the computer age. You could ship in computers and buy them in Saudi to some degree or another, but the one thing you could buy or bring in was a scanner or printer/scanner combination. Their reason was it was a scanner, making no distinction between a police radio scanner and a computer scanner.

The best one was the Saudis solution to their stray dog problem. Some Einstein in their government decided that the cause of the strays was Westerners buying dog food. We still never figured out how they came to that conclusion. Saudi law was changed to ban the importation of dog food. Somebody with some common sense finally talked them into changing the law as it made them look ridiculous. It still put dog owners in a bind for the few weeks it was in effect.


29 posted on 10/29/2004 5:11:34 AM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult ("I hate going to places like Austin and Dubuque to raise large sums of money. But I have to," Kerry)
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To: Rebelbase
Para Servir A Hombre

LOL

30 posted on 10/29/2004 5:11:41 AM PDT by Sloth ("Rather is TV's real-life Ted Baxter, without Baxter's quiet dignity." -- Ann Coulter)
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To: farmfriend

A break from the election Ping.


31 posted on 10/29/2004 5:12:32 AM PDT by bd476 (The media twists the truth to feed Kerry's addiction to power.)
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To: onyx; lainie; Lijahsbubbe

A short break from the election news Ping.


32 posted on 10/29/2004 5:14:01 AM PDT by bd476 (The media twists the truth to feed Kerry's addiction to power.)
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To: Hillarys Gate Cult

Correction to last, please read "the one thing you could buy or bring in was a scanner" as "the one thing you couldn't buy or bring in was a scanner" Sorry.


33 posted on 10/29/2004 5:14:13 AM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult ("I hate going to places like Austin and Dubuque to raise large sums of money. But I have to," Kerry)
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To: billorites

I know a couple folks who work at a mint. There are literally hundreds of thousands of different types of charms and commemorative coins minted every year.

It's not very old. The accepted spelling, at least till the 40's or 50's, was "PORTO RICO".


34 posted on 10/29/2004 5:14:27 AM PDT by djf
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To: billorites
If ignorance is bliss, the Saudis must live a life of uninterrupted ecstasy.
35 posted on 10/29/2004 5:19:53 AM PDT by tiamat ("Just a Bronze-Age Gal, Trapped in a Techno-World!")
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To: dozer7
Trapped in time. Surrounded by evil. Low on gas

"I could of stayed in the past, could of even been king, but in my own way, I am king.... Hail to the king, baby."

Ash is my hero.

Did you ever watch the adventures of Brisco County Jr. on fox back in the early 90's. Great stuff.
36 posted on 10/29/2004 5:21:24 AM PDT by sober libertarian (I only watch CNN because of Rudi Bakhitar ------- mmmmmmmm Rudilicious!)
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To: billorites

Klatu, barrata, nicktoe.


37 posted on 10/29/2004 5:23:18 AM PDT by Crawdad (I cried because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no class.)
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To: JusPasenThru
Puerto Rico and Pleiades both start with "P".

Hmmm...

The cover-up begins to unravel.

38 posted on 10/29/2004 5:24:01 AM PDT by Jim Noble (FR Iraq policy debate begins 11/3/04. Pass the word.)
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To: sober libertarian

Bruce Campbell is the best!

So does this mean that Juan Epstien (Welcome Back, Kotter) was a Puerto Rican Jewish Arab?


39 posted on 10/29/2004 5:25:28 AM PDT by WestVirginiaRebel (What does John Kerry hunt with? Spitballs???)
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To: Rebelbase

es uno libro de cocina!


40 posted on 10/29/2004 5:28:16 AM PDT by Jim Noble (FR Iraq policy debate begins 11/3/04. Pass the word.)
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