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Terracotta Army Has Egg On Its Face
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| 4-21-1008
| Jennifer Viegas
Posted on 04/21/2008 10:04:15 PM PDT by blam
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To: blam
Oh how funny! Thanks so much!
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posted on
04/22/2008 8:21:17 AM PDT
by
toldyou
(Even if the voices aren't real they have some pretty good ideas.)
To: blam
All of my family agree that we have seen (in
National Geographic?) one of these terracotta soldiers for which
"Survivor" winner, Yul Kwon, could have been the model...
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posted on
04/22/2008 1:59:55 PM PDT
by
TXnMA
("Allah": Satan's current alias...!!)
To: TXnMA
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posted on
04/22/2008 2:06:12 PM PDT
by
blam
(Secure the border and enforce the law)
To: blam
Any idea what the composition of that "Chinese Purple" pigment was? My guess is that it was something other than the "Royal Purple" dye derived from the murex sea mollusc...
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posted on
04/22/2008 2:07:51 PM PDT
by
TXnMA
("Allah": Satan's current alias...!!)
To: TXnMA
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posted on
04/22/2008 2:16:27 PM PDT
by
blam
(Secure the border and enforce the law)
To: blam
7,000 terracotta warriors. And hundreds of horses and chariots and such. It’s really quite staggering to consider.
They must have really liked that guy.
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posted on
04/22/2008 2:27:33 PM PDT
by
Ramius
(Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
To: Ramius
"They must have really liked that guy."FEAR!
They say he went crazy before he died, probably of mercury poisioning. He would take anything that anyone said would extend his life.
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posted on
04/22/2008 3:08:10 PM PDT
by
blam
(Secure the border and enforce the law)
To: TXnMA
I don’t believe so, I am not sure if the mollusk you describe is only native to the Mediterranean or if it is also found in waters near China. The Chinese purple was a manufactured synthetic quite similar to the way modern paint pigments are made.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_Purple
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Purple was expensive in Europe because it was so scarce. The Chinese purple seems to have been produced quite readily, or at least enough to paint several thousand life size statues.
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posted on
04/22/2008 5:28:54 PM PDT
by
cmdjing
To: cmdjing
Thanks! I had no idea it was also called, "Han Purple"...
Since it was a pigment and not a dye, I would have been surprised to learn it had a murex precursor.
FR is a neat place: there are lots of folks here who can teach this physical chemist a thing or two... Knuckle-dragging conservatives, indeed! '-)
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posted on
04/22/2008 6:29:42 PM PDT
by
TXnMA
("Allah": Satan's current alias...!!)
To: toldyou
Now that he fulfilled his lifelong dream, whats he going to do for the rest of his life? Go to pot? Is that going to be his Clay-im to fame?
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posted on
04/22/2008 6:32:13 PM PDT
by
Redcitizen
(What we need is a Grand Army of the Republic.)
To: blam; cmdjing
See cmdjing's #28 for the answer..
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posted on
04/22/2008 6:32:25 PM PDT
by
TXnMA
("Allah": Satan's current alias...!!)
To: Redcitizen
“Now that he fulfilled his lifelong dream, whats he going to do for the rest of his life? Go to pot? Is that going to be his Clay-im to fame?”
LOL!
If it has anything to do with clay, perhaps we’ll read about it in breaking news.
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posted on
04/22/2008 6:56:12 PM PDT
by
toldyou
(Even if the voices aren't real they have some pretty good ideas.)
To: toldyou
I couldn’t resist the opportunuty for a pun. I wish him the best and I think that was a clever prank.
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posted on
04/23/2008 7:06:10 PM PDT
by
Redcitizen
(What we need is a Grand Army of the Republic.)
To: Redcitizen
“I couldn’t resist the opportunity for a pun.”
Me too!
The “breaking” news was in response to your “clay” and “pot,”.....breaking?
Now how could have I been more clever? ( I need suggestions...really!)
Like you, I love puns! They are so much fun!
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posted on
04/23/2008 8:02:06 PM PDT
by
toldyou
(Even if the voices aren't real they have some pretty good ideas.)
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