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The hinge of history swings in all directions
As the happenings of the past are written down.
Out of all that has occurred since man's beginnings,
Less has been recorded than waits to be found.

Tom Zart


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Building work has been going on to stabilise the ancient monument of Silbury Hill in Wiltshire for six months but before sealing up the tunnel, media were allowed inside it.

[img]http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44195000/jpg/_44195168_workman_416pa...
Thank you Bart. That movie is the most concise history I have seen for this region.

(BTW swf is a flash movie.)
The Vatican State has its own army:

Military of the Vatican

While the Swiss Guard is the most famous military unit in the service of the Vatican City, historically a number of other un...

WHO WERE THE PILGRIMS ?


COLUMBUS


When Columbus sailed into the unknown
It was not to prove that the earth was round.
He wished to find a sea route to Asia
Where gold, jewels and spices were to be found.

Columbus was born in 1451
And was the ...
5000 Years of History in 90 Seconds

A graphic timeline of known history focusing on the Middle East. I was impressed with how much was shown in such a simple format.

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Here is the specimen that I show in an earlier post on Oct 22nd in my sons hands after a soak in Hydroflouric acid to clean and expose the gold.
Grubby
Here is a new pice I took out of the HF today. It weighs just over 1/2 an ounce at 17 gms. I found this the other day when I fell and broke my GMT in two in a ravine. Went on searching with the MXT and the new 12 in spider coil. It was at about 7 inches...
I was aware there was some kind of military was overseen by the Vatican, but didn't think that had anything to do with Rome/Government; that perhaps was responsible only Vatican City.

Interesting history.  Thank you. 

I find the blurry boundaries betwe...
Please login as further pictures of this work will be added over the next coming days. Out of time this evening!!
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My wife Rebecca (centre) and Veronica Reilly excavating a section of the central mound surface.

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The real Simpson family (Bart nowhere to be seen) working together on more stake-holes.

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Bill Laing excavating...
by ole.Grubstake on October 20, 2007, 11:03:46 PM
Son and I were recently out metal detecting on the ranch. He found a 1907 2.50 dollar gold piece and i scored a 10.00 dollar gold piece. Thought it was cool that a father and son would both strike gold on the same day using our Whites DFX detectors.
Grubby
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by Bart on October 19, 2007, 05:14:15 AM
Saxon Graves Find

Archaeologists examine remains at the Twyford School site

WHEN workmen discovered human remains as they cleared a site for new classrooms at a Twyford school, staff briefly thought they had a crime scene on their hands.

The panic soon turned into a historical feast for pupils and teachers alike, however, when it turned out the bones found at Twyford School were...
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by Bart on October 14, 2007, 10:55:26 PM
Divers Chart Historic Alaskan Shipwreck

Jeannette Lee, Associated Press

Oct. 9, 2007 � A private dive team exploring the waters of south-central Alaska has discovered the oldest American shipwreck ever found in the state, officials said Monday.

   The Torrent sank 139 years ago in Cook Inlet after tidal currents, among the world's most powerful, rammed it into a reef south of the Kenai Peninsula. Documents from the period show that all 155 people on...
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by Bart on October 11, 2007, 04:08:28 AM
Archaeologists In Portugal Net Haul of 4,500+ Roman Coins

AP 10 Oct 2007

LISBON, Portugal (AP) - Archeologists in Portugal have found more than 4,500 Roman coins bundled together inside the wall of a blacksmith's house dating from the fourth century. Antonio Sa Coixao, who is leading excavations in Coriscada in northeastern...
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by Bart on October 11, 2007, 03:32:29 AM
Ancient Roman Graveyard Found in Suburban Copenhagen

October 10, 2007 - Associated Press

COPENHAGEN, Denmark: Archaeologists have discovered a Roman cemetery from about 300 A.D. in suburban Copehagen with about 30 graves, a newspaper reported Wednesday.

   "It is something special and rare in Dnmark to...
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by Bart on October 09, 2007, 03:26:03 AM
Wall Painting From 11th Century B.C. Found in Syria

Monday, October 08, 2007

DAMASCUS, Syria �  Archaeologists discovered a wall painting believed to be from the 11th century B.C. in northern Syria, the country's official news agency, SANA, reported Monday.

Youssef Kenjo, the head of excavations in the Aleppo Archaeological Directorate, told SANA that the white, black and red painting was of "geometric shapes, squares and rectangles painted in...
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by Baja Bush Pilot on September 25, 2007, 09:35:24 PM
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. �  An archaeologist is taking a second look at a small cannon found by fishermen off the Virginia coast more than two decades ago in hopes of determining how it got to the bottom of the ocean _ and who left it there.

Rod Mather, a professor of maritime history and underwater archaeology at the University of Rhode Island, has studied the 25-square-mile area surrounding the site where the cannon was found the past two summers.

Some historians...
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by Bart on September 24, 2007, 08:01:02 AM
Metal Detecting 'Laws' in the United States

   While there are no State or Federal laws governing metal detecting specifically, there are laws that govern metal detecting, and any other recreation or hobby, on State and Federal land. The particulars of the laws affecting metal detecting are provided below. The key point here is lands owned or controlled by the government. Private lands are not subject to these laws. Permission to detect on private lands is a...
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