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Rare discovery ancient gemstone with portrait of Alexander the Great

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Rare discovery ancient gemstone with portrait of Alexander the Great

Post by SonjaMarie » Thu September 17th, 2009, 1:48 am

It was found by a student from University of Washington (GO DAWGS!):
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/l ... ethru.html

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Post by Nefret » Thu September 17th, 2009, 4:18 am

Interesting article. Wish it had a picture.

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Post by SonjaMarie » Thu September 17th, 2009, 4:22 am

Oh oops, I didn't even notice, here you go:
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Post by Nefret » Thu September 17th, 2009, 4:35 am

Oh, that is pretty nice. (Thanks for posting.) I want one. Now I have to go digging in Israeli too.

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Post by parthianbow » Thu September 17th, 2009, 8:32 am

Thanks for posting that, SM - what an amazing find! Great to put in a book too... :D
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Post by LoveHistory » Thu September 17th, 2009, 4:09 pm

Awesome! Gotta love that comment somebody left too.

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Post by Margaret » Thu September 17th, 2009, 5:15 pm

Very cool. I wonder who owned the ring and what the circumstances were.
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Post by Divia » Thu September 17th, 2009, 7:44 pm

thats cool n thanks for postin the image.
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Post by michellemoran » Thu September 17th, 2009, 8:48 pm

Beautiful!
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Post by Leyland » Fri September 18th, 2009, 4:26 pm

Simply amazing artistry! Thanks for sharing, SM.
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