Tango01  | 03 Oct 2012 12:28 p.m. PST |
"An ancient statue that was recovered by a Nazi expedition in the 1930s was originally carved from a highly valuable meteorite.
Researchers say the 1,000-year-old object with a swastika on its stomach is made from a rare form of iron with a high content of nickel.
They believe it is part of the Chinga meteorite, which crashed about 15,000 years ago.
The findings appear in the Journal, Meteoritics and Planetary Science…" "…It was discovered in Tibet in 1938 by German scientist Ernst Schafer. His expedition was supported by the Nazis, in particular by Heinrich Himmler, the head of the SS. Himmler was said to believe the Aryan race originated in Tibet and was keen to recover objects from the area…" Full article here.
link Maybe of possible interest for a Pulp wargame? Amicalement
Armand |
| Oddball | 03 Oct 2012 12:45 p.m. PST |
The article says it is priceless, but you couldn't sell it on Ebay because of the swastuka in the middle. Ebay wouldn't care that it was made almost 1,000 years before Dolf and his boys came around. It is a great idea of pulp scenario. You could have German, Soviet, Warlord Chinese and different adventurers all competeing to get the statue off for different reasons. |
| 15th Hussar | 03 Oct 2012 1:15 p.m. PST |
…along with some professorial type from the University of Indiana, who still looks good in a fedora, but would now have to hobble along with the aide of a walker and a buxom, six foot tall Amazon nurse from the Ukraine! 
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| Rrobbyrobot | 03 Oct 2012 1:38 p.m. PST |
A buxom, six foot tall Amazon nurse from the Ukraine! Now I know why I should have been wealthy. |
| Sundance | 03 Oct 2012 3:04 p.m. PST |
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| Glengarry5 | 03 Oct 2012 3:08 p.m. PST |
Well, I for one had never heard of it. |
| Cincinnatus | 03 Oct 2012 5:36 p.m. PST |
Pretty much everything we discuss around here is old news. |
| WarrenB | 03 Oct 2012 6:14 p.m. PST |
Fer the luvva Mike, Tango. Do you ever read TMP before you dump truckloads of the internet's leavings on it? |
| Ratbone | 03 Oct 2012 7:16 p.m. PST |
Is it really "dump"ing to have a message post and thread topic that duplicates? Old news is only old to people who have read/heard it before. Much like common sense, not EVERYBODY knows what YOU know. Believing otherwise is a fallacy of arrogance and a palace of frustration. |
| 79thPA | 03 Oct 2012 8:23 p.m. PST |
I didn't know about it. I find it interesting. Thanks Armand. |
| Whitestreak | 03 Oct 2012 8:42 p.m. PST |
Pretty nasty comments from some of you. Like 79thPA, this was the first *I* had heard about. Considering some of the trash that gets posted on these fora, this was pretty interesting. |
| 15th Hussar | 04 Oct 2012 6:45 a.m. PST |
A buxom, six foot tall Amazon nurse from the Ukraine! Now I know why I should have been wealthy. She's a leftover (in more ways than one) from the Khaddafi regimes! |
| Tango01 | 04 Oct 2012 12:26 p.m. PST |
Glad you had enjoy it boys!.
It's an interesting what if for wargaming Pulp. Amicalement
Armand |
 Bobgnar | 04 Oct 2012 3:21 p.m. PST |
Is a backwards swastika count as banned on ebay? |
| Jeigheff | 04 Oct 2012 6:07 p.m. PST |
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| kmahony111 | 04 Oct 2012 8:05 p.m. PST |
Interesting story. Thanks for posting and keep them coming. Ignore the PMT'ers who moan about everything. Cheers
Kieran |
| Tango01 | 04 Oct 2012 9:56 p.m. PST |
Many thanks for your support and kindly words my friend (smile). Amicalement
Armand |
| Doug em4miniatures | 05 Oct 2012 2:05 a.m. PST |
Armand – we love you but I still think you should have your very own TMP board… Doug |
| 15th Hussar | 05 Oct 2012 5:52 a.m. PST |
As I've said before, I think Tango01 to be a net positive asset to TMP and it's members. I haven's seen any dross, but I will take the word of others that he's not always spot on and that some of the junque he finds may be old news, but he finds enough cool gems to more than make up for whatever faults others may find in his efforts. Personally, I may just be the best "Which Tango01 post do I look at today" person here on TMP, but I've never found any of his posts to be less than worthy of consideration. |
| Tango01 | 05 Oct 2012 3:40 p.m. PST |
Many, many thanks for your kindly words my friends! (big smile). time to time maybe there were a "old" news, but this is not a newspaper, it's a wargaming site with history, etc, so many people miss "old" news (as myself many times). Wonder to me how other forum members never suffered the sniper persecution I had when they post something "old" "repeated" or "clone" threads. I had never point to any forum members friend here that he (or she) had posting something I had posted before. It's his right to post wathever he want here.
And ours to read or comment it or not. Thanks again for your support. Amicalement
Armand |
| Double W | 31 Oct 2012 4:41 p.m. PST |
I remember getting excited about this as well. Sadly, though, it appears the statue is fake: link Still, neat "MacGuffin" for a pulp game. |
