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The New Zealand shipwreck given up from its sandy grave after 153 years has rolled away on the back of a truck.
The timber hull of the 17m-long sailing vessel, the Daring, whose shroud of sand was wiped away by wind and tide, has this week been transported from its 1865 resting place.
A coastal trader under the control of Captain Phipps, the Daring went aground at Kaipara Harbour's South Head, northwest of Muriwai in a February storm. Efforts to re-launch the vessel in the surf during the following weeks were unsuccessful and the it was claimed by the beach...
Here is the link for more about that.
Here is the link for more about that.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12177142
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A 50.000-year-old colored pencil or crayon?
The pre-historic artists were not Homo sapiens but Denisovans - a long-extinct branch of ancient man - or possibly Neanderthals, another vanished sub-species, believe scientists.
The crayon was used to make reddish brown marks.
It was found in a layer of the world famous Denisova Cave this summer...
Here is the link.
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What might be passed over as two oddly shaped rocks are the work of Stone Age artisans who sculpted the rocks into beady-eyed snake heads, archaeologists have found.
It's a mystery why these ancient people, who lived in what is now Ukraine, created the stoney serpents, but the researchers have a good guess.
"These sculptures could have ritual purpose," said study lead researcher Nadiia Kotova, an archaeologist in the Department of the Eneolithic and Bronze Age at the Institute of Archaeology National Academy of Sciences (NAS) of Ukraine. "They were probably used during ceremonies...
And here is that link.
When it is difficult to find out what an item is or what it was actually used for, it often gets thrown into the category of gaming or religious. That is easy enough, but I think those categories are over used.
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If you've found many rings, you've probably found some snake rings. They are about as common as the lion head rings.
At the top of the post is one snake ring that I found and posted back a number of years ago. (My photography wasn't as good back then.)
The snake is a common and basic symbol that is about as old as man. You all know the creation story in which the snake plays a large roll. Any attempt to place a snake image in either a time or culture can be difficult. Like many other basic symbols, it is simply too common. I'm tempted to say universal.
The same goes for the cross. The cross has a special meaning in Christianity, but it is not unique to Christianity. If you read Carl Jung you'll learn that the mandala ( which has a cross form ) is a very basic symbol that crosses cultures and historical periods. To put a cross into a particular time period of culture you have to depend upon additional features or elaborations than the basic cross form itself.
At the top of the post is one snake ring that I found and posted back a number of years ago. (My photography wasn't as good back then.)
The snake is a common and basic symbol that is about as old as man. You all know the creation story in which the snake plays a large roll. Any attempt to place a snake image in either a time or culture can be difficult. Like many other basic symbols, it is simply too common. I'm tempted to say universal.
The same goes for the cross. The cross has a special meaning in Christianity, but it is not unique to Christianity. If you read Carl Jung you'll learn that the mandala ( which has a cross form ) is a very basic symbol that crosses cultures and historical periods. To put a cross into a particular time period of culture you have to depend upon additional features or elaborations than the basic cross form itself.
Anyone who attempts to interpret artifacts will be benefited by the writings of Carl Jung and Joseph Campbell.
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That reminds me of the stone snake of Eldorado Canyon, which I once wrote about in this blog some years ago. I've told that story many times, including on a radio program. I think it is a good lesson.
See https://treasurebeachesreport.blogspot.com/2013/12/121513-report-obstacles-believing-and.html
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The tides on the Treasure Coast are not big now, and there won't be much surf for at least a few days.
Happy hunting,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net
