Bosinian Archaelogists Discover Fabled Ships


	Bosinian Archaelogists Discover Fabled Ships

ramsesemerson

2-24-2008 11:45 AM

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ramsesemerson says:

I've had this private for a while--time to make it public

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2-24-2008 12:10 PM

alanocu

great clips you have!

2-24-2008 12:25 PM

ratilfar

Kewl! Great clip!

2-24-2008 1:08 PM

ramsesemerson

Thanks

2-24-2008 11:00 PM

tabsey

It is a great story.

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The Illyrian ships, believed to be more than 2 200 years old, had been known to historians only through Greek and Roman myths and legends, but their existence had never been physically proven, said Vasilj.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=31&art_id=nw20070320140758925C772088"><DIV>
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Remains of an ancient Roman villa and an entire Roman spear were found at the same location, as well as seven graves, believed to date from the Bronze or Iron Age.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=31&art_id=nw20070320140758925C772088"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD class="storyviewheadline"> Bosnian archaeologists discover fabled ships </TD></tr></table></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/7BDA0FC7-1C80-49F8-A3B3-EA17CB6AFE53/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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