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RE: The Archaeology Thread
June 2, 2022 at 6:11 am
Then Thou Shall Count To Three...
Quote:In the new study, researchers analyzed chemical remains found within four sphero-conical containers that were uncovered at a site called Armenian Gardens in Jerusalem and date to between the 11th and 12th centuries. The team found that one container was likely used to hold oil, another two stored scented materials, such as perfume or medicine, while the final container was laced with traces of explosive materials — hinting that it was used as a handheld explosive device.
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RE: The Archaeology Thread
June 2, 2022 at 10:57 pm
(June 2, 2022 at 6:11 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Then Thou Shall Count To Three...
Quote:In the new study, researchers analyzed chemical remains found within four sphero-conical containers that were uncovered at a site called Armenian Gardens in Jerusalem and date to between the 11th and 12th centuries. The team found that one container was likely used to hold oil, another two stored scented materials, such as perfume or medicine, while the final container was laced with traces of explosive materials — hinting that it was used as a handheld explosive device.
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RE: The Archaeology Thread
June 3, 2022 at 1:48 am
(June 2, 2022 at 10:57 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote: (June 2, 2022 at 6:11 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Then Thou Shall Count To Three...
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The Holy Handgrenade of Jerusalem.
Remember to count to three.
What, no sticky bombs? If the soldiers had socks, they could make them. I saw it in a movie once. It saved Private Ryan. It's in the field manual. Didn't they have field manuals back then?
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RE: The Archaeology Thread
June 3, 2022 at 2:01 am
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(June 2, 2022 at 10:57 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote: (June 2, 2022 at 6:11 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Then Thou Shall Count To Three...
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The Holy Handgrenade of Jerusalem.
Remember to count to three.
“ And Saint Attila raised the hand grenade up on high, saying, 'O Lord, bless this thy hand grenade, that with it thou mayst blow thine enemies to tiny bits, in thy mercy.' And the Lord did grin. And the people did feast upon the lambs, and sloths, and carp, and anchovies, and orangutans, and breakfast cereals, and fruit bats, and large chulapas. And the Lord spake, saying, 'First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin. Then shalt thou count to three, no more, no less. Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who, being naughty in My sight, shall snuff it”
oh, the holy hand grenade is of Antioch. It would not have the right ring of pompous humility if it were said to be of Jerusalem.
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RE: The Archaeology Thread
June 4, 2022 at 12:15 am
(June 1, 2022 at 6:59 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: (May 7, 2022 at 12:41 am)Fake Messiah Wrote: If you've found something like this, would you give it to a museum or would you keep it?
![[Image: Gold.jpg]](https://i.postimg.cc/SK4ypC6n/Gold.jpg)
https://www.archaeology.org/issues/325-1...ique-coins
Under Italian law, the finder of any artifact more than 50 years old that has ‘artistic value’ must turn it over to the proper authorities. The finder and the own of the land are entitled to a reward figured as a percentage of what the market price would be. Failure to hand it is makes you subject to hefty finds and prison sentences.
So, yeah, I’d hand it in.
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And what if someone melts it into gold bars or bracelets or golden lumps and sells it like that? Would the authorities be able to catch him?
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June 4, 2022 at 12:25 am
(June 4, 2022 at 12:15 am)Fake Messiah Wrote: (June 1, 2022 at 6:59 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Under Italian law, the finder of any artifact more than 50 years old that has ‘artistic value’ must turn it over to the proper authorities. The finder and the own of the land are entitled to a reward figured as a percentage of what the market price would be. Failure to hand it is makes you subject to hefty finds and prison sentences.
So, yeah, I’d hand it in.
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And what if someone melts it into gold bars or bracelets or golden lumps and sells it like that? Would the authorities be able to catch him?
Doubtful, unless there is testimony or other direct evidence for the act, like coconspirators ratting.
Even if the authority does an isotopic signature on the gold, how can you prove the lump actually came from the destroyed artifact and not from gold extracted from the same mine?
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RE: The Archaeology Thread
June 4, 2022 at 5:28 am
(June 4, 2022 at 12:15 am)Fake Messiah Wrote: (June 1, 2022 at 6:59 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Under Italian law, the finder of any artifact more than 50 years old that has ‘artistic value’ must turn it over to the proper authorities. The finder and the own of the land are entitled to a reward figured as a percentage of what the market price would be. Failure to hand it is makes you subject to hefty finds and prison sentences.
So, yeah, I’d hand it in.
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And what if someone melts it into gold bars or bracelets or golden lumps and sells it like that? Would the authorities be able to catch him?
Why do that. The price of a gold ingot is going to be a lot less than the value of recovered Roman coins.
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RE: The Archaeology Thread
June 4, 2022 at 7:09 am
Because it's easier and legal to sell them like gold. I mean, I am talking about a scenario if a regular Joe finds it in his garden.
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RE: The Archaeology Thread
June 15, 2022 at 4:32 pm
Auction websites are an engine for destroying history. Someone has shredded one of Abraham Lincoln's letters and is selling it by the word.
https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/130...rd-jsa-loa
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
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RE: The Archaeology Thread
June 15, 2022 at 8:37 pm
(June 15, 2022 at 4:32 pm)Fake Messiah Wrote: Auction websites are an engine for destroying history. Someone has shredded one of Abraham Lincoln's letters and is selling it by the word.
https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/130...rd-jsa-loa
Just damned sickening!
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