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KellKell

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Jun 6 '03

I picked this up from the newswire on the sidebar... =P

"Gold jewelry and other precious items recovered from royal tombs excavated at the ancient Assyrian capital of Nimrud are believed to have been found where they were stashed for safety—in a vault below the Central Bank in Baghdad—before the onset of the Gulf War in 1990."

Read more: Ancient Assyrian Treasures Believed Found in Baghdad[/URL]

Kell

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Jun 8 '03

Hi.....
Yes, and they said the vault was also flooded but the everything was in good condition. WOW! From 900 BC.
Great =)
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