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Mystery as century-old Swiss watch discovered in ancient tomb sealed for 400 years
Daily Mail UK ^
| 05/06/2010
| Daily Mail UK
Posted on 05/06/2010 9:41:03 PM PDT by The Magical Mischief Tour
Archaeologists are stumped after finding a 100-year-old Swiss watch in an ancient tomb that was sealed more than 400 years ago. They believed they were the first to visit the Ming dynasty grave in Shangsi, southern China, since its occupant's funeral. But inside they uncovered a miniature watch in the shape of a ring marked 'Swiss' that is thought to be just a century old.
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: archaeology; china; ggg; godsgravesglyphs; mingdynasty
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To: The Magical Mischief Tour
It evolved by itself inside the tomb.
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posted on
05/10/2010 8:14:57 AM PDT
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: infowarrior
Hmm... missed *that* little happening...I think it happened at the end of Callaghan's Secret. I'm not positive though.
I may have toasted once or twice since then. :-)
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posted on
05/10/2010 8:20:55 AM PDT
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RikaStrom
(Pray for Obama - Psalm 109:8 "Let his days be few; and let another take his place of leadership.")
To: Cyropaedia
"That's a place in Vegas, isn't it?"
Nope, that's where Obama and his czars meet to decide our fate.
Leni
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posted on
05/10/2010 8:25:07 AM PDT
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MinuteGal
(Bill O'Reilly: 9/8/09: "Communism is not a threat to us anymore" - 10/20/09 "Obama is not a Marxist")
To: The Magical Mischief Tour; SunkenCiv; blam
To: BenLurkin
145
posted on
05/10/2010 3:36:03 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)
To: BenLurkin
"Packrat — literally."Yup. As good a guess as any.
However, isn't it uncommon for a pack rat to only 'pack' one item, eh?
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05/10/2010 6:45:39 PM PDT
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blam
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