1 posted on
03/30/2003 4:37:06 PM PST by
blam
To: blam
The way they've behaved lately, they could fall on a couple of them.
Kidding..slightly.
2 posted on
03/30/2003 4:38:26 PM PST by
wardaddy
(G-d speed our fighters!)
To: blam
3 posted on
03/30/2003 4:40:31 PM PST by
blam
To: blam
Ironically, the swords were accompanied by a note requiring $30 Billion in loan guarantees before the swords would be used.
To: blam
It's a good thing Hans Blix isn't an archaeologist, no swords would have been found.
5 posted on
03/30/2003 4:42:02 PM PST by
xJones
To: blam
I had an opportunity to vist a museum while in Antalya Turkey. The had a wonderful collection of coins that covered the various cultures that have lived in that area over the centuries. A remarkable find of ancient coins were unearthed by a farmer plowing his field.
6 posted on
03/30/2003 4:47:02 PM PST by
csvset
To: blam
"The swords were found in a large, palace-like complex, along with eleven lance tips, made of the same alloys, driven into a wall. "
Most likely visited by David and Saul
8 posted on
03/30/2003 5:03:34 PM PST by
freedom9
To: blam
Bump
9 posted on
03/30/2003 5:06:06 PM PST by
Fiddlstix
To: blam
Nine swords/ Nine rings, ancient times, oh my God!!! We are all gonna die if Frodo doesn't come through.
10 posted on
03/30/2003 5:08:22 PM PST by
Porterville
(Screw the grammar, full posting ahead.)
To: blam
archaeological bump
To: blam
I guess the guys who made the swords were a little older than the Hittites. There had to be somebody else in eastern Anatolia for the Hittites to fight, before they could become a military culture.
13 posted on
03/30/2003 5:23:23 PM PST by
jimtorr
To: blam
Throughout the Mideast there flourished many advanced civilizations before Mohammed's death cult evolved.
15 posted on
03/30/2003 5:33:08 PM PST by
struwwelpeter
(Pozovi menya na zakate dnya pozovi menya tikho po imeni pozovi)
To: blam
The world's oldest nuclear weapons have been found in the united States.
17 posted on
03/30/2003 6:01:35 PM PST by
FreedomCalls
(It's the "Statue of Liberty" not the "Statue of Security.")
To: blam; jimtorr
Excellent posts! Cool stuff. It's obvious that they'd been making swords for some time, given the discussion in the article about there being silver inlay on them. I''ll be interested if they find other, more primitive ones at lower levels.
21 posted on
03/30/2003 11:03:54 PM PST by
zeugma
(If you use microsoft products, you are feeding the beast.)
To: blam; FairOpinion; Ernest_at_the_Beach; SunkenCiv; 24Karet; 2Jedismom; 4ConservativeJustices; ...
another blast from the past. Please FREEPMAIL me if you want on, off, or alter the "Gods, Graves, Glyphs" PING list --
Archaeology/Anthropology/Ancient Cultures/Artifacts/Antiquities, etc.
The GGG Digest -- Gods, Graves, Glyphs (alpha order)
22 posted on
09/10/2004 10:58:44 PM PDT by
SunkenCiv
(Unlike some people, I have a profile. Okay, maybe it's a little large...)
To: blam
25 posted on
09/11/2004 12:16:16 PM PDT by
Fiddlstix
(This Tagline for sale. (Presented by TagLines R US))
To: blam
26 posted on
09/11/2004 12:17:52 PM PDT by
hershey
To: blam
When forging the swords, arsenic was used as a deliberate alloying element in order to change the properties of copper and produce a stronger metal.I wonder about the "deliberate"part?
Does he mean they actually cooked off & collected arsenic to add in measured amounts back into the fairly pure molten copper?
Or, does he mean they deliberately smelted their copper from a more/less constant mixture of copper (or other metallic) arsenates/arsenides and other copper ores? Trial & error blending of ores, noting empirical differences, then sticking to 1 part reddish rock to 5 parts shiny rock, etc?
Either way, the alloying and the inlaying speak to a long history of painfully learned craftsmanship prior to the making of these blades & points.
27 posted on
09/11/2004 8:43:02 PM PDT by
ApplegateRanch
(The world needs more horses, and fewer Jackasses!)
To: blam
Due to the sad neglect of most of Turkey's museums and the rampant trade in stolen antiquities these swords do not have much of a future in Turkey unless they are protected abroad.
30 posted on
09/12/2004 8:20:34 PM PDT by
eleni121
(Not all college profs are left wing unionist whackos --but most are.)
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