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Ancient coins could rewrite history

oroplata		Posted : Monday, 20 May 2013 12:26:44 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered, Moderators Joined: 16/06/2011(UTC) Posts: 1,040 Location: Christchurch Thanks: 23 times Was thanked: 211 time(s) in 152 post(s)		http://www.stuff.co.nz/w...ns-could-rewrite-history
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rgmcbrid		Posted : Monday, 20 May 2013 12:29:28 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 3/06/2010(UTC) Posts: 583 Location: Southland Thanks: 23 times Was thanked: 180 time(s) in 140 post(s)		Saw that this morning, reminded me a prior debate here about old coins and the first visitors to NZ.
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Lammerlaw		Posted : Monday, 20 May 2013 1:02:56 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 24/05/2011(UTC) Posts: 1,721 Thanks: 72 times Was thanked: 579 time(s) in 396 post(s)		Great stuff - it just goes to show that sometimes history may not be what we think it is and that there are many unanswered questions and mysteries to be solved. Definitely Celts who lit the fires which destroyed the forests of Central Otago - the Maoris were not that silly!

andy		Posted : Monday, 20 May 2013 5:03:59 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 13/12/2012(UTC) Posts: 471 Location: ngongotaha rotorua Thanks: 70 times Was thanked: 88 time(s) in 72 post(s)		probly pinched from africa during the last world war!convenient that these coins have only been found outside of africa twice and both times during ww11!
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andy		Posted : Monday, 20 May 2013 5:06:45 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 13/12/2012(UTC) Posts: 471 Location: ngongotaha rotorua Thanks: 70 times Was thanked: 88 time(s) in 72 post(s)		Originally Posted by: Lammerlaw Great stuff - it just goes to show that sometimes history may not be what we think it is and that there are many unanswered questions and mysteries to be solved. Definitely Celts who lit the fires which destroyed the forests of Central Otago - the Maoris were not that silly! quite a bit of evedence to support that celts were here first!lots of it been covered up tho!
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