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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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That is awesome. Any idea how many teeth they had?
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Pillar of the Community
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Or, we have these two (2000 year old) Roman Spear-points (8.5 inches and 7 inches) from the Balkans, (together with the same 1980 Susan B. Anthony dollar).  |
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Italy
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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You have some really cool stuff TC.
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P.P. to answer your question - No, I don't know how many teeth they had. I do know that like all sharks they shed their teeth regularly and have the potential to produce thousands of teeth in their lifetime depending on how long they live.
More than 65 Million years ago there was a 'shake-up' in the shark world and two species developed and went their separate ways. The Megalodon eventually died out (about 5 Million years ago) and the other 'mob' (the Isurus line) went on to produce the Great White shark, and the Mako shark and the other derivatives that we see today.
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02/22/2015 5:50 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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I have a huge collection of artefacts, didn't realise you folks here liked them. Will post you some pics later.
You will never soar like an eagle if you hang around with turkeys.....
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Box of Indus valley pots. 3300-1300 BC.  You will never soar like an eagle if you hang around with turkeys.....
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Topcat, I've got a Megalodon tooth as well..almost that big :-)
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United States
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I am really enjoying seeing all these ancient artifacts. Wish I had some to show.
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Pillar of the Community
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Vermontensium - Congratulations. The really big ones are hard to get. I have 4 or 5 teeth but that one is the biggest I have. I should have put an 'ordinary' sharks tooth in the photo for comparison.
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Pillar of the Community
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M.D. My Indus Civilization bowl (with chip) AND a stone spear or arrow point together with the 1980 Susan B. Anthony dollar.  |
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United States
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Those are nice!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Man these items are awesome. I am waiting for Echizento to post his Horimono!
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Belgium
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these sarcophagus is very interesting.Do you have a date for it ? Is it possible to have better photos of the decoration ? In fact , it is a part of a coffin , everybody calls it a sarcophagus , but scientific is a sarc. the stone box in wich the coffin is placed . albert
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beside my coincollection , I have also a collection of Egyptian scarabs,wich give me the same pleasure .Like coins , it learns a lot about history,gives a lot of work to date and translate , but once done , there is pleasure to look at a nice thing , a thing of beauty is a joy for ever . Here one of my collection. it is not the most beautiful , but one of the most interesting ,dating from the second intermediate period : 1776-1514 BC , XIIIth dynasty to the Hyksos period .The base is engraved with a scarab flanked by two ureai,cobras.This give us te name of the king : Ra-kheper :two cobras = Ra the sungod , the beetle = kheper .This king is only know by scarabs .For the history : the Egyptian word for beetle is kheper ,in German it is Käfer and in Dutch : kever .Allways the same word .The datation is based on the style , the name indicates only the earliest date possible .albert    |
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