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1 posted on 08/17/2006 5:09:29 PM PDT by blam
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To: SunkenCiv

GGG Ping.


2 posted on 08/17/2006 5:09:55 PM PDT by blam
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To: blam

So like Novgordia was a centaur of ancient civilisation???

parsy, who couldn't resist.


4 posted on 08/17/2006 5:13:53 PM PDT by parsifal ("Knock and ye shall receive!" (The Bible, somewhere.))
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When the people of Eastern Europe first encountered the Horse Arching Hordes from the Asian steppes, they referred to them as centaur-like beasts. The early Huns and later Mongols could literally spend the entire day in their saddles. It was as if their small horses and riders were one.
5 posted on 08/17/2006 5:17:16 PM PDT by justa-hairyape
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To: blam

If the thing is broken at the middle and one half is missing, How do they have details about both halves?


6 posted on 08/17/2006 5:30:36 PM PDT by mylife (the roar of the masses could be farts)
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To: blam

The centaur is a Russian inwention!

10 posted on 08/17/2006 5:40:58 PM PDT by steve-b ("Creation Science" is to the religous right what "Global Warming" is to the socialist left.)
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To: blam

11th century, Novgorod, that's Varangian / Byzantine in origin.


11 posted on 08/17/2006 6:09:47 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (updated my FR profile on Thursday, August 10, 2006. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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So does this find support evolution, ID, or creationism?


12 posted on 08/17/2006 6:55:11 PM PDT by Buck W. (If you push something hard enough, it will fall over.)
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Thanks Blam.

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13 posted on 08/17/2006 9:32:50 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (updated my FR profile on Thursday, August 10, 2006. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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