SomNamNah Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_31225...u=news.quirkies Archeologists in China are baffled after finding a tiny Swiss watch in a 400-year-old tomb. The watch ring was discovered as archeologists were making a documentary with two journalists from Shangsi town. "When we tried to remove the soil wrapped around the coffin, a piece of rock suddenly dropped off and hit the ground with a metallic sound,? said Jiang Yanyu, former curator of the Guangxi Autonomous Region Museum. "We picked up the object, and found it was a ring. After removing the covering soil and examining it further, we were shocked to see it was a watch." The time was stopped at 10:06am, and on the back was engraved the word "Swiss", reports the People's Daily. Local experts say they are confused as they believe the tomb had been undisturbed since it was created during the Ming dynasty 400 years ago. They have suspended the dig and are waiting for experts to arrive from Beijing and help them unravel the mystery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkkjames Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 I wonder how many seconds this thread will last. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrtoad Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 I wonder how many seconds this thread will last. I want to know if the watch was still working? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoorSucker Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 Ananova, the worlds leader in news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonrakers Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 How would they know that it stopped at 10.06 AM, and not 10.06 PM? Was it a digital watch then? this thread wont be around for long anyways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomNamNah Posted December 16, 2008 Author Share Posted December 16, 2008 where are you meant to post irrelevant topics? Please mr mod, when you shut this thread tell me where.. thanks in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkkjames Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 where are you meant to post irrelevant topics?Please mr mod, when you shut this thread tell me where.. thanks in advance farang pub section - off topic thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomNamNah Posted December 16, 2008 Author Share Posted December 16, 2008 thanks for the info! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbk Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 moving it there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomNamNah Posted December 16, 2008 Author Share Posted December 16, 2008 hmm.. shed loads of threads.. anyone know of a strange news type thread... cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thithi Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 depends on how strang How come it's SWiss watch? were they trading Swiss watch during Ming Dynasty as they believed that it hadn't been disturbed?? LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverdie Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 They must have had small wrists back 400 years ago.....and good glasses too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wileycoyote Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 It was Dr Who,or a hoax ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thithi Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 dnt think it's a hoax Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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