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Galloway Viking treasure pot revealed!

Started by Imperial Dave, Mar 24, 2016, 06:17 AM

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Imperial Dave

Mar 24, 2016, 06:17 AM
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-35871538

interesting finds including Byzantine silk
Former Slingshot editor

Patrick Waterson

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Mar 24, 2016, 08:22 AM
Thanks, Dave.

The writer seems to be slightly out of his depth:

"Byzantium silk from around modern-day Istanbul"

Time-travelling Vikings??
"Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened." - Winston Churchill

Erpingham

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Mar 24, 2016, 10:05 AM
Quote from: Patrick Waterson on Mar 24, 2016, 08:22 AM
Thanks, Dave.

The writer seems to be slightly out of his depth:

"Byzantium silk from around modern-day Istanbul"

Time-travelling Vikings??

Humourless Vikings, too.  Viking humour may have been dark and more than a little ironic, but hardly non-existent.

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