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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.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: archaeology; china; ggg; godsgravesglyphs; mingdynasty
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To: The Magical Mischief Tour

An OOPART! Obviously a Victorian time traveler left it behind.


41 posted on 05/06/2010 10:20:15 PM PDT by thecabal (Destroy Progressivism)
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To: null and void

Is that painting based on an old sci-fi book? The bartender’s name was Justin, or Nick?


42 posted on 05/06/2010 10:20:41 PM PDT by LongElegantLegs ( I have nothing better to do than sit around all night watching a lunatic not turn into a werewolf.)
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To: thecodont

>There had been reports of people going through the archway and ending up in some other time and place.
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Can we use the archway at the busiest illegals crossing and they end up in Canada?


43 posted on 05/06/2010 10:21:23 PM PDT by max americana
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To: 70times7
The chemistry in TOS was incredible.

Maybe we can have Karl Urban say it now. ;^O

44 posted on 05/06/2010 10:23:06 PM PDT by Cyropaedia ("Virtue cannot separate itself from reality without becoming a principal of evil...".)
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To: thecodont

http://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/mysteries-in-the-mountains/Content?oid=1072291

This is one link.


45 posted on 05/06/2010 10:23:19 PM PDT by givemELL (Does Taiwan eet the Criteria to Qualify as an "Overseas Territory of the United States"? by Richar)
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To: thecodont

This one?

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2335548/posts


46 posted on 05/06/2010 10:25:26 PM PDT by mom3boys
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To: LongElegantLegs; Cyropaedia
As far as I know it's based on Callahan's Crosstime Saloon.

Said Saloon is found where you need it, when you need it, if you are VERY lucky, or exceptionally interesting.

47 posted on 05/06/2010 10:25:32 PM PDT by null and void (We are now in day 469 of our national holiday from reality. - 0bama really isn't one of US.)
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To: null and void

That’s the one! (thank you, and wikipedia!)
I read one when I was just a kid, and all I could remember about it was the final pun, wich was when somebody called the bartender “Justin, the Nick o’ time”...but now I see it was probably “the MICK o’ time”...Everything makes sense now...THANK YOU!


48 posted on 05/06/2010 10:33:56 PM PDT by LongElegantLegs ( I have nothing better to do than sit around all night watching a lunatic not turn into a werewolf.)
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To: historyrepeatz

ROFL


49 posted on 05/06/2010 10:35:04 PM PDT by annieokie
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To: The Magical Mischief Tour

It takes a licking and keeps on ticking.


50 posted on 05/06/2010 10:47:43 PM PDT by Rocky (REPEAL IT!)
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To: SunkenCiv

ping


51 posted on 05/06/2010 11:03:21 PM PDT by SmartInsight (Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote. ~ G. J. Nathan)
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To: max americana

That reminds me.. If illegal immigration isn’t wrong then why do they SNEAK IN?


52 posted on 05/06/2010 11:10:06 PM PDT by historyrepeatz
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To: thecodont

As long as we are discussing mysterious things and events you might as well check out the “Oregon Vortex” where a person or broom can lean unsupported in an angle and will not fall over. Or a person’s height can change by changing their position by a couple of feet. I do realize that Free Republic has many readers and perhaps there is some one who may come up with a reasonable explanation for these phenomena’s??


53 posted on 05/06/2010 11:13:31 PM PDT by saintgermaine
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To: givemELL; mom3boys

Yes, that’s it. Thanks.


54 posted on 05/06/2010 11:14:33 PM PDT by thecodont
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To: thecodont

As long as we are discussing mysterious things and events you might as well check out the “Oregon Vortex” where a person or broom can lean unsupported in an angle and will not fall over. Or a person’s height can change by changing their position by a couple of feet. I do realize that Free Republic has many readers and perhaps there is some one who may come up with a reasonable explanation for these phenomena’s??


55 posted on 05/06/2010 11:15:26 PM PDT by saintgermaine
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To: The Magical Mischief Tour

This is straight from Michael Crichton’s “Timeline.”


56 posted on 05/06/2010 11:15:33 PM PDT by TChad
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To: mom3boys; givemELL

Yes, that’s it. Thanks.


57 posted on 05/06/2010 11:15:41 PM PDT by thecodont
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To: SunkenCiv

might interest you ping


58 posted on 05/06/2010 11:17:47 PM PDT by Outlaw Woman (Control the American people? Herding cats would be easier.)
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To: saintgermaine
As long as we are discussing mysterious things and events you might as well check out the “Oregon Vortex” where a person or broom can lean unsupported in an angle and will not fall over. Or a person’s height can change by changing their position by a couple of feet. I do realize that Free Republic has many readers and perhaps there is some one who may come up with a reasonable explanation for these phenomena’s??

Hey, that sounds just like the Santa Cruz Mystery Spot in California, which I've visited. They claim there's a mysterious energy force there that distorts gravity. You can drop a round object and watch it appear to roll uphill. People appear to be able to stand sideways on building walls.

http://www.mysteryspot.com/

59 posted on 05/06/2010 11:21:21 PM PDT by thecodont
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To: mom3boys

60 posted on 05/06/2010 11:25:37 PM PDT by Lancey Howard
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