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Gods in color

by Witness » Fri Feb 16, 2018 3:52 am

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Rediscovering the Blazingly Bright Colors of Ancient Sculptures

In 1811, a group of English and German scholars happened upon the Aphaia Temple, on...

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So really the ancients had lousy taste after all.

What a relief. :mrgreen: :figamagee:

Sadly, we'll have to add the cathedrals too:

The Amiens...

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Wed Feb 21, 2018 3:47 am
Shakespeare busted

by Anaxagoras » Thu Feb 15, 2018 12:12 pm

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Maybe this belongs in History rather than Archeology but it's almost as if they dug up a new find here. An old, long ignored manuscript was found in...

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I think the more important question pertains to his harassment of women and young boys in his theater troupe. #METOO

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Fri Feb 16, 2018 12:40 pm
Mayan structures

by Witness » Sat Feb 03, 2018 2:59 am

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Fortresses, farmlands of the Maya emerge from massive LiDAR survey

A recent aerial survey revealed thousands of ancient Maya structures previously...

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Oh shit.

Space aliens.

And jet fuel.

(I'm reporting myself for thread drift.)

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Sat Feb 03, 2018 10:52 pm
Celtic Coin Hoard

by Witness » Tue Jan 02, 2018 5:04 am

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From a year ago:
Researchers Finish Separating World’s Largest Celtic Coin Hoard

Last Friday, conservators at Jersey Heritage finally completed...

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Hmmm Treasure Trove .

Belongs to the crown then I think.
Apparently it stays in Jersey, perhaps on loan from Her Majesty , or Jersey has a special...

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Wed Jan 03, 2018 4:56 am
Plain of Jars

by Witness » Wed Dec 27, 2017 5:14 am

New findings on Lao Plain of Jars help unravel ancient mysteries

A joint research team from Australia and Laos has uncovered a new set of human...

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Wed Dec 27, 2017 5:14 am
Bronze Age iron

by Witness » Sat Dec 23, 2017 3:42 am

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Bronze Age artifacts used meteoric iron

You may already be surprised to hear there are iron objects dating back to the Bronze Age, but their...

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↑ Good point.

Partial answer:
Tutankhamun, pharaoh from 1332 to 1323 BC, possessed a 34cm long dagger made of iron and decorated with gold. The...

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Sun Dec 24, 2017 4:54 am
"Bones with Bling"

by Witness » Sat Nov 25, 2017 3:30 am

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Bones with Bling: The Amazing Skeletons of the Roman Catacombs

Way back towards the end of the Middle Ages, 1578 to be exact, came the fascinating...

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Arts and Crafts of the Dark Ages?

Nothin' says good Christian lovin' like a full beard on a skeleton made from gold, rubies, sapphires, and pearls....

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Sat Nov 25, 2017 3:57 pm
Learn cuneiform

by Witness » Fri Nov 17, 2017 6:16 am

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8)

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The last line says without gluten .

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Mon Nov 20, 2017 5:11 am
Minoan Sealstone

by Witness » Wed Nov 08, 2017 3:56 am

Archaeologists Find Unique Minoan Sealstone in Greece

In 2015, University of Cincinnati (UC) archaeologists Professor Jack Davis and Dr. Shari...

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Wed Nov 08, 2017 3:56 am
interesting thought

by ed » Thu Nov 02, 2017 1:36 am

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Mary Webb Precious Bane

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Mon Nov 06, 2017 1:22 pm
Leptis Magna (Libya)

by Witness » Wed Oct 11, 2017 12:43 am

The site.

Emperor Lucius Septimius Severus Augustus (11 April 145 – 4 February 211), born there, died in York while preparing to invade Scotland....

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Wed Oct 11, 2017 12:43 am
Greek DNA

by Witness » Mon Oct 02, 2017 2:36 am

The Greeks really do have near-mythical origins, ancient DNA reveals

Ever since the days of Homer, Greeks have long idealized their Mycenaean...

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Mon Oct 02, 2017 2:36 am
Lost languages

by Witness » Wed Sep 27, 2017 1:01 am

Lost Languages Discovered in One of the World’s Oldest Continuously Run Libraries

Saint Catherine’s Monastery, a sacred Christian site nestled in...

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Wed Sep 27, 2017 1:01 am
Black Sea Shipwrecks

by ed » Fri Oct 21, 2016 12:23 pm

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Marco Polo himself may have recognised this medieval trading ship. It’s one of the 40 or so shipwrecks newly discovered on the bed of the Black Sea...

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If you're interested, recent article from the Smithsonian on the subject, with links: .

Since 2015, the Maritime Archaeological Project expedition...

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Wed Sep 27, 2017 12:52 am
Extremely ancient civilizations

by Pyrrho » Mon Sep 25, 2017 10:59 am

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Here are two examples from Mexico. One is El Pillar, the lost and buried city of the Maya in the Yucatan. This site is totally buried but with the...

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I was. I had a cute little girl I called Claw. She was ... not quite warm. We had your mom.

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Tue Sep 26, 2017 12:26 am
Temple of Artemis

by Witness » Sat Sep 23, 2017 12:23 am

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Temple of Artemis Found on Greek Isle of Euboea

AMARYNTHOS, GREECE—Swissinfo reports that a team of Swiss researchers led by Karl Reber of the...

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Now they get 10% growth in all cities, and 15% production bonus building ranged units.
They should spam some artillery.

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Sat Sep 23, 2017 1:26 am
H. L. Hunley (submarine)

by Witness » Mon Sep 18, 2017 2:14 am

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H. L. Hunley , often referred to as Hunley , was a submarine of the Confederate States of America that played a small part in the American Civil War....

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Awesome! I must tell お姉さん who loved the book when she was a Wee Lass.

Though, to be fair, unlike Moby Dick , at least in Gone with Sherman Who Fucks...

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Thu Sep 21, 2017 4:58 am
Earliest zero

by Witness » Wed Sep 20, 2017 2:11 am

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University of Oxford
Published on Sep 14, 2017

The Bakhshali manuscript is an ancient Indian mathematical manuscript written on more than 70 leaves...

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It all depends on how you define it; however, if I understand properly--and I have been told that millions are bigger than 100,000 --the concept as a...

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Thu Sep 21, 2017 2:29 am
Roman GDP

by Witness » Thu Sep 14, 2017 1:39 am

More History than Archaeology, but interesting anyway:

In a nutshell demonstrates why the Eastern Roman Empire lasted so much longer than the...

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Thu Sep 14, 2017 1:39 am
Domitilla Catacombs

by Witness » Sat Sep 09, 2017 1:26 am

Domitilla catacombs unveiled after years of renovation

The catacombs of Domitilla, close to the Appian Way, have been restored with laser and...

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Sat Sep 09, 2017 1:26 am
I coulda told 'em that

by Paulie Cicero » Fri Sep 01, 2017 11:27 am

What 6000 years? Italians been making wine ever since God made Italians. Or Sicilians, even.

Researchers Discover Italy’s Oldest Wine in...

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Fri Sep 01, 2017 11:27 am
Farewell and Adieu Ye fair Spanish ladies...

by Nyarlathotep » Sun Aug 20, 2017 6:09 am

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It is bad that I read this story...

Shipwreck of USS Indianapolis, Which Helped Create the Atomic Bomb, Found After 72 Years

And my first thought...

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‘We knew the ship was doomed’: USS Indianapolis survivor recalls four days in shark-filled sea

Good read. And pretty much how it was described in...

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Sun Aug 20, 2017 11:40 pm
USS Indianapolis

by Pyrrho » Sat Aug 19, 2017 11:10 pm

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Found.

Naval researchers announced Saturday that they have found the wreckage of the lost World War II cruiser USS Indianapolis on the floor of...

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Drinking Narragansett from a can? Yeesh!

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Sun Aug 20, 2017 12:25 am
Wooden toe

by Witness » Sat Aug 19, 2017 2:06 am

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Swiss Egyptologists study 3000-year-old prosthesis

It is likely to be one of the oldest prosthetic devices in human history: Together with other...

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↑ That was my take on the word. Is anatomy passé ?

P. – S.

:mrgreen:

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Sat Aug 19, 2017 2:24 am
Venice Time Machine

by Witness » Fri Aug 18, 2017 2:50 am

More history than archaeology…

Project page with technical details & more videos:

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Fri Aug 18, 2017 9:02 am
350-year-old corpse of French noblewoman found

by Witness » Mon Aug 14, 2017 1:13 am

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Fully dressed and preserved 350-year-old corpse of French noblewoman found

The corpse of Louise de Quengo, a widow from an aristocratic family from...

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When you're as old as ed , lots of stuff becomes...fascinating. :ImOuttaHere:

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Mon Aug 14, 2017 12:57 pm
The remains of the Romanovs

by ed » Tue Jul 11, 2017 1:39 am

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An altogether sad story. Interesting read.

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Two thoughts about that:

The death of one man is a tragedy, the death of millions is a statistic.
- Stalin, Attrib.

or

No man is an island,...

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Fri Aug 04, 2017 10:42 pm
Ancient ordnance

by Pyrrho » Sat Jul 15, 2017 12:13 pm

Builders in the old part of the Canadian city of Quebec have unearthed a live cannonball fired by the British during a siege in 1759.

They posed for...

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Sun Jul 23, 2017 3:04 pm
Thoughts on the past - ping Witness

by ed » Sun Jul 16, 2017 12:44 pm

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I was perusing a book I own entitled The English Mediaeval House by Margaret Wood and saw two of my favorite quotes that relate to a study of the...

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+1 to that

I bought the first one today. The revisited one seems like a new book. I read some pages on Google and it seemed pretty good.

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Sun Jul 16, 2017 11:45 pm
BRAINNNSSSS

by Pyrrho » Sat Jul 15, 2017 10:33 am

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Archaeologists excavating a mass grave in Spain have found the largest collection of naturally preserved human brains in the world, a scientist...

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Abby ... someone.

But this is a goooooood boy! And we love him!!!

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Sun Jul 16, 2017 5:55 pm
Visards

by Witness » Tue Jul 11, 2017 2:07 am

For refined, upper-class ladies in 16th-century Europe, getting a tan, especially on your face, was not a good look.

The implication of such...

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Tue Jul 11, 2017 2:07 am
Knights vs. Snails

by Witness » Thu Jun 29, 2017 4:51 am

Not archaeology stricto sensu , but a fun video about illuminated manuscripts:

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Thu Jun 29, 2017 4:51 am
Hidden trove of suspected Nazi artifacts found in Argentina

by Anaxagoras » Tue Jun 20, 2017 11:24 am

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Thu Jun 29, 2017 3:52 am
Shigir Idol

by Witness » Wed Jun 21, 2017 3:01 am

Beaver's teeth 'used to carve the oldest wooden statue in the world'

New scientific findings suggest that images and hieroglyphics on the wooden...

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Wed Jun 21, 2017 3:01 am
Photospheres

by Witness » Mon Jun 05, 2017 1:45 am

What is the purpose of this website?

The primary purpose of this site is to provide a series of links to archaeological photo spheres.

It is also...

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Mon Jun 05, 2017 1:45 am
Skeletons under Florida wine shop

by Pyrrho » Sat May 27, 2017 11:23 am

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Because where else?

According to FirstCoast, last October hurricane Matthew damaged a wine shop on St. Augustine’s plaza. After the hurricane,...

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There is an old French drinking song with the chorus:

Et si je meurs,
je veux qu'on m'enterre
dans une cave
où il y a du bon vin.

And if I die
I...

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Mon May 29, 2017 3:47 am
Heads AND bodies

by Witness » Sun May 21, 2017 12:58 am

Easter Island’s monumental stone heads are well-known, but there’s more to the story: all along, the sculptures have secretly had torsos, buried...

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Sun May 21, 2017 1:52 am
Mummies, again

by Witness » Sat May 13, 2017 5:25 pm

17 mummies discovered in central Egypt

Egyptian archaeologists have discovered 17 mummies in desert catacombs in Minya province, an unprecedented...

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Sat May 13, 2017 5:25 pm
Mes Aynak

by Witness » Tue May 09, 2017 2:49 am

Mes Aynak (Pashto: مس عينک‎, meaning little source of copper ) is a site 40 km (25 mi) southeast of Kabul, Afghanistan, located in a barren region of...

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Tue May 09, 2017 2:49 am
Chauvet Cave

by Witness » Tue May 02, 2017 7:04 pm

(not from the link)

Some very good quality pictures by a guy tasked with making panoramas there (the original, not the for tourists copy)....

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Tue May 02, 2017 7:04 pm
Bog bodies

by Witness » Mon May 01, 2017 5:24 am

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Europe’s Famed Bog Bodies Are Starting to Reveal Their Secrets
High-tech tools divulge new information about the mysterious and violent fates met by...

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This has interested me since I first read PV Glob's Bog People when I was a mere tad. Thanks.

ETA that's the Tollund man unless my eyes are...

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Mon May 01, 2017 10:35 am
Ancient artifacts

by Pyrrho » Sun Apr 23, 2017 11:36 pm

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Mon Apr 24, 2017 4:10 am
New finds in Egypt

by Anaxagoras » Wed Apr 19, 2017 5:48 am

Egypt unearths 8 mummies in 3,500-year-old tombs

Cairo (CNN)Egyptian officials unearthed eight mummies, 10 colorful sarcophagi and numerous...

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Wed Apr 19, 2017 5:48 am
Colorized photos

by Pyrrho » Fri Apr 14, 2017 12:42 am

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Quite impressive.

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Pretty אל damn'd impressive:

--J.D.

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Fri Apr 14, 2017 5:46 am
Mythical Chinese Gold

by Witness » Wed Mar 29, 2017 5:47 am

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Legendary sunken treasure discovered in SW China

CHENGDU, March 20 (Xinhua) -- A centuries-old legend that a vast booty of treasure belonging to...

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Salt taken, pretty stuff though.

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Wed Mar 29, 2017 11:55 pm
Azilian engravings (14,000 BP)

by Witness » Mon Mar 20, 2017 8:06 pm

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Abstract

The development of the Azilian in Western Europe 14,000 years ago is considered a “revolution” in Upper Paleolithic Archaeology. One of...

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My grandpa used to take me on walks by the Etowah river after a rain. We would find arrow heads. I like to imagine the lives of the people that...

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Sun Mar 26, 2017 5:11 am
Lycurgus cup

by Witness » Fri Mar 24, 2017 11:46 pm

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Lycurgus Cup: A Piece of Ancient Roman Nanotechnology

In the 1950s, the British Museum came into possession an ancient glass chalice called the...

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Really well preserved.

Oh, and balls.

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Sun Mar 26, 2017 4:49 am
Caligula's boat

by Witness » Sun Mar 19, 2017 3:56 am

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From Lake Nemi ( Nemorensis Lacus ), drained by Mussolini, boat later destroyed by artillery fire during WWII.

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The damn thing was a firetrap and a right old dump! Jolly good that we bombed the shit out of it! Probably saved thousands of lives!
Some say it was...

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Mon Mar 20, 2017 6:53 pm
Slum archaeology

by Witness » Sat Mar 18, 2017 6:08 am

Giant 3,000-year-old statue of Pharaoh Ramses II found buried in a Cairo slum is hailed as 'one of the most important discoveries ever'...

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Sat Mar 18, 2017 6:08 am
1860 Cavalry Saber Blade

by ed » Mon Feb 20, 2017 10:16 pm

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Found this blade at a show this pase weekend. I used to collect swords, American mostly, sold off all but a few. The...

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Two screwdrivers!!? My Gawd, you might have randomly dismantled something!!! Terrorisms I tell ya!

Actually I was working in a small engine repair...

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Wed Mar 15, 2017 11:18 pm

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