Iron Age 'Mickey Mouse' Found


	Iron Age 'Mickey Mouse' Found

invictus

6-18-2007 12:31 PM

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archaeology, prehistory, iron age, europe, disney, artifacts

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6-18-2007 12:41 PM

wiccantexan

See what crappy art gets interpreted as centuries later? Heads-up, Yoko Ono!

6-19-2007 9:43 AM

Deepti

it actually represents a lion

6-19-2007 11:04 AM

wiccantexan

Deepti, my point exactly.

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