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Bring Me My Vorpal Blade! Ancient Greek Grave Hides Golden Skeleton

By Hank Campbell in Science 2.0
September 28, 2010
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Submitted by Hank on Tue, 09/28/2010 - 13:02
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It's no secret that I never intend to die and actively promote anything that will keep me alive but if I do die, and my descendants want their inheritance, they will have to descend into the family tomb where I will be waiting on a throne, sword in hand, and they can fight my Lich for it.  

I'm not the only one.  

Excavator Nicholas Stampolidis has found an ancient skeleton covered with 3,000 pieces of gold foil in a grave on the island of Crete.   I guess their relatives didn't have Mapquest and couldn't find it?

"The woman, who presumably had a high social or religious status, was buried with a second skeleton in a large jar sealed with a stone slab weighing more than half a ton. It was hidden behind a false wall, to confuse grave robbers," writes Fox News.

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