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2,700-Year-Old Fabric Found in Greece
PhysOrg.com ^
| 05/09/2007
| Nicholas Paphitis
Posted on 05/10/2007 10:53:22 PM PDT by FreedomCalls
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Cool.
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
05/10/2007 10:53:55 PM PDT
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FreedomCalls
(It's the "Statue of Liberty," not the "Statue of Security.")
To: FreedomCalls
To: FreedomCalls
Cool I want to wash the car this weekend anyway.
To: EveningStar
To: FreedomCalls
"Cremation was very unusual in Argos, and this too makes it a special find," Papadimitriou said. "In my opinion, an affluent citizen may have wanted to imitate a funerary custom described by Homer to stand out among his peers buried nearby - who were not cremated." It was that costly in ancient times to burn a body?
To: FreedomCalls
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posted on
05/10/2007 11:09:05 PM PDT
by
kik5150
To: EveningStar; HiTech RedNeck
A rolled up scroll with it said “Light starch. Pick up Wednesday after 5pm.”
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05/10/2007 11:10:50 PM PDT
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Larry Lucido
(Duncan Hunter 2008 (or Fred Thompson if he ever makes up his mind))
To: EveningStar
Heh. Is there any particular reason this fabric didn’t disintegrate over time like all the other fabrics did?
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05/10/2007 11:24:19 PM PDT
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Baladas
To: EveningStar
What's a Grecian urn?
{Supply punchline.}
To: FreedomCalls
Hey, they found my old underwear!
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posted on
05/10/2007 11:30:55 PM PDT
by
R_Kangel
("Please insert witty tag-line here")
To: Baladas
Heh. Is there any particular reason this fabric didn’t disintegrate over time like all the other fabrics did? From the article: "Papadimitriou said the material was preserved for nearly 3,000 years by the corroding copper urn. 'Copper oxides killed the microbes which normally destroy fabric,' she told The Associated Press."
Sort of an accidental anti-bacterial agent.
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05/11/2007 12:09:11 AM PDT
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FreedomCalls
(It's the "Statue of Liberty," not the "Statue of Security.")
To: FreedomCalls
Awesome, thanks for the info. Live and learn, eh? Archaeologists ought to check out each and every copper urn now.
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05/11/2007 12:11:02 AM PDT
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Baladas
To: Charles Henrickson
So this great discovery is owed to a Grecian urn.
To: Baladas
Synthetics can have a very long shelf life if treated properly!
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posted on
05/11/2007 3:39:45 AM PDT
by
Tainan
(Talk is cheap. Silence is golden. All I got is brass...lotsa brass.)
To: Charles Henrickson
What's a Grecian urn?
About twenty drachma a day.Admin Mod, ban us before we kill again!
To: Covenantor
owed to a Grecian urn.Sigh. So much evil in the world. LOL
To: FreedomCalls
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posted on
05/11/2007 3:55:40 AM PDT
by
Daffynition
(The sum of the intelligence on the planet is a constant; the population is growing.)
To: rainbow sprinkles
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posted on
05/11/2007 4:00:26 AM PDT
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R. Scott
(Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink)
To: Charles Henrickson
What's a Grecian urn? Depends. Is he on the duckway?
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05/11/2007 4:27:09 AM PDT
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Erasmus
(This tagline on paid leave, pending the results of certain medical tests.)
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