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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
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 Posted - 03/28/2010 : 12:14:50
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German scientists find oldest-known Gummis in Roman-era Bonn
Bonn, Germany, 28 March, 2010 (SNN) -- Archaeologist Hans Ohlo of the German Archaeological Institute today held a press conference to announce his field group's latest findings.
"At our dig in downtown Bonn," said Ohlo, "we have uncovered many artifacts from the Eburones tribe. This tribe was settled in Bonn by Julius Caesar after he'd defeated them in the Gallic Wars and forced them to become Roman clients. The Eburones had been a warlike Germanic people, a tribe of bloodthirsty, axe-wielding warriors known for their suicidal attacks upon Roman legions and their skills in the confectionery arts. We know now that the ultimate cultural accomplishments of the Eburones were the development of a hardened, armor-piercing arrowhead and the invention of the Gummibärchen.
"My team's discovery has overthrown the conventional Haribo Hypothesis of Gummi History, proving that the fully-formed Gummibärchen existed nearly two thousand years earlier than had been presumed."
The Bonn gummi cache is thought to be a grave offering for a chief candymaker and his family.
Doctor Ohlo held up a small, gemlike red object. "This is an ancient Gummibärchen from our excavation. Though it is now tasteless and as hard and brittle as glass, it was once chewy and flavorful. We believe it was used both as a tribute payment to Rome, and as coinage throughout both German lands and the Roman Empire. A few single presumed gummis have previously been found in poor condition, single and paired from North Africa to Baltic and from Britain to eastern Asia Minor. Only now have we been able to determine what they are and from whence they came."
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
Here's a link to Moonscape News, and one to its Archive. |
Edited by - HalfMooner on 03/28/2010 13:05:47
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Randy
SFN Regular
USA
1990 Posts |
Posted - 03/28/2010 : 13:55:11 [Permalink]
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"We are all connected; to each other biologically, to the earth chemically, to the rest of the universe atomically."
"So you're made of detritus [from exploded stars]. Get over it. Or better yet, celebrate it. After all, what nobler thought can one cherish than that the universe lives within us all?"
-Neil DeGrasse Tyson |
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Hawks
SFN Regular
Canada
1383 Posts |
Posted - 03/28/2010 : 14:01:56 [Permalink]
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| Hans resurfaces yet again. |
METHINKS IT IS LIKE A WEASEL
It's a small, off-duty czechoslovakian traffic warden! |
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Iron Age Gummi Bear Cache Uncovered
