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History => Ancient and Medieval History => Topic started by: Imperial Dave on Jun 09, 2025, 05:40 AM

Title: Mexican 'cave trash' turns out to be 500 year old treasures
Post by: Imperial Dave on Jun 09, 2025, 05:40 AM
https://www.elcabildo.org/en/trash-found-deep-inside-a-mexican-cave-turns-out-to-be-500-year-old-artifacts-from-little-known-culture-49298/

Well, well...
Title: Re: Mexican 'cave trash' turns out to be 500 year old treasures
Post by: Nick Harbud on Jun 09, 2025, 08:02 AM
I kept hoping for something similar when digging through the contents of my late father's study.   :-[
Title: Re: Mexican 'cave trash' turns out to be 500 year old treasures
Post by: Imperial Dave on Jun 09, 2025, 09:58 AM
I hoped for similar when doing my back garden a few years ago but nothing but pesky big golden heavy metal objects... :-[
Title: Re: Mexican 'cave trash' turns out to be 500 year old treasures
Post by: Jim Webster on Jun 09, 2025, 11:41 AM
Quote from: Imperial Dave on Jun 09, 2025, 09:58 AMI hoped for similar when doing my back garden a few years ago but nothing but pesky big golden heavy metal objects... :-[

They're a damned nuisance. Also there's a risk of heavy metal contamination, so I can probably do you a reasonable price on taking them away and disposing of them safely
Title: Re: Mexican 'cave trash' turns out to be 500 year old treasures
Post by: Imperial Dave on Jun 09, 2025, 11:57 AM
 ;D