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rodeodance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-18-05 06:33 PM
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Tsunami Reveals Ancient Ruins in India
nice pic on the site.

Tsunami Reveals Ancient Ruins in India

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/tsunami_lost_city&e=5
Fri Mar 18,11:58 AM ET


By TIM SULLIVAN, Associated Press Writer

MAHABALIPURAM, India - For a few minutes, after the water had receded far from the shore and before it came raging back as a tsunami, the fishermen stood along the beach and stared at the reality of generations of legends.


Or so they say. Spread across nearly a mile, the site was encrusted with barnacles and covered in mud. But the fishermen insist they saw the remains of ancient temples and hundreds of refrigerator-sized blocks, all briefly exposed before the sea swallowed them up again.

"You could see the destroyed walls covered in coral, and the broken-down temple in the middle," said Durai, a sinewy fisherman who, like many south Indians, uses only one name. "My grandfathers said there was a port here once and a temple, but suddenly we could see it was real, we could see that something was out there."

Whatever they saw is back under water and out of sight. But a few hundred yards away, something else came to the surface. The tsunami scrubbed away six feet of sand from a section of beach, uncovering a small cluster of long-buried boulders carved with animals, gods and servant girls...........
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stevedeshazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-18-05 06:40 PM
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1. There is so much yet to learn
about those who came before us.
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MGKrebs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-18-05 06:42 PM
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2. Servant girls???
Is this some ancient equivalent of internet porn?
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frustrated_lefty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-18-05 06:48 PM
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3. Yes,
and all images of male servants are indicative of gigolos throughout history.
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MGKrebs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-18-05 06:54 PM
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4. I knew it!
These artifacts of evil must be destroyed immediately, if not sooner.
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