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Ancient Hittite Dam Inaugurated After 32 Centuries
Turkish Daily News ^ | 9-20-2006

Posted on 09/20/2006 11:11:24 AM PDT by blam

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1 posted on 09/20/2006 11:11:25 AM PDT by blam
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To: SunkenCiv

GGG Ping.


2 posted on 09/20/2006 11:12:00 AM PDT by blam
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To: blam

That is pretty cool!

BTTT


3 posted on 09/20/2006 11:13:09 AM PDT by Constitution Day (Please do not emanate into the penumbra.)
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To: blam

Some of my best friends are Hittites! Really.


4 posted on 09/20/2006 11:13:10 AM PDT by RexBeach (Will Rogers Never Met Bill Clinton.)
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To: blam

It obviously wasn't built by the same people as built the Boston Tunnel.............


5 posted on 09/20/2006 11:15:10 AM PDT by Red Badger (Is Castro dead yet?........)
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To: blam; FairOpinion; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 24Karet; 3AngelaD; ...
And the ancient sewage treatment system nearby was inaugurated by the, uh, well, never mind.

Thanks Blam.

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6 posted on 09/20/2006 11:19:34 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (updated my FR profile on Saturday, September 16, 2006. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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on the down low...


7 posted on 09/20/2006 11:20:32 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (updated my FR profile on Saturday, September 16, 2006. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: blam

2200 years old? Damn!


8 posted on 09/20/2006 11:27:51 AM PDT by east1234 (It's the borders stupid. It's also WWIV.)
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whoops, 3200 years old, double damn!


9 posted on 09/20/2006 11:28:26 AM PDT by east1234 (It's the borders stupid. It's also WWIV.)
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To: east1234

Thats a damn old dam.


10 posted on 09/20/2006 11:29:35 AM PDT by Delbert
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To: blam

You just know that thing's got to be out of warranty by now...


11 posted on 09/20/2006 11:33:46 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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It obviously wasn't built by the same people as built the Boston Tunnel.............

Or the ones in charge of Louisiana levee upkeep for the last 30 years.

12 posted on 09/20/2006 11:41:09 AM PDT by LexBaird (Another member of the Bush/Halliburton/Zionist/CIA/NWO/Illuminati conspiracy for global domination!)
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To: RexBeach

Uriah hit the crapper. --- the Pixies


13 posted on 09/20/2006 11:42:27 AM PDT by Ueriah
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Capable of holding approximately 15,000 cubic meters of water...
The virtual calculator sez that's about 38 x 38 x 10, and the cube root is 24.6621207433.
14 posted on 09/20/2006 11:43:19 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (updated my FR profile on Saturday, September 16, 2006. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: SunkenCiv

thanks.


15 posted on 09/20/2006 11:48:36 AM PDT by Quix (LET GOD ARISE AND HIS ENEMIES BE SCATTERED. LET ISRAEL CALL ON GOD AS THEIRS! & ISLAM FLUSH ITSELF)
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Maybe we should hire Hittites instead of Army Corps of Injineers?........


16 posted on 09/20/2006 11:49:04 AM PDT by Red Badger (Is Castro dead yet?........)
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To: Quix

My pleasure.


17 posted on 09/20/2006 11:50:01 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (updated my FR profile on Saturday, September 16, 2006. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: Red Badger

It ain't the Corps, I'm thinking of. It's the "Levee Board" political appointees.


18 posted on 09/20/2006 12:07:19 PM PDT by LexBaird (Another member of the Bush/Halliburton/Zionist/CIA/NWO/Illuminati conspiracy for global domination!)
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To: blam

I've seen some highway projects in Texas that have taken longer.


19 posted on 09/20/2006 12:19:52 PM PDT by TexasRepublic (Afghan protest - "Death to Dog Washers!")
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To: blam

What were the Hittite's famous for doing in biblical times? Didn't they have some kind of sacrifices or something?


20 posted on 09/20/2006 12:34:00 PM PDT by sr4402
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