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#106
02-14-2011, 11:33 AM
Excellent finds guys! Thanks!

Woman saves Husband from Tiger!!!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110214/ap_o...r_attack_2
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#107
02-14-2011, 07:39 PM
Quote:As a modern day example of unformed cavalry (and a camel) charging against unformed foot (here demonstrators in Cairo)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4k0_9Y1Xa...re=related
Sorry, Paul, but I don't see any "cavalry" here - just a couple of very bad riders ( and a camel.....and a cart!) urged at low speed through a crowd who part quicker than the Red sea leaving a channel for the animals to go down ( shades of Scipio at Zama?.....well, maybe not ! ) and a couple of the fools are dragged off their horses and beaten up for their trouble.....still, perhaps a nice example of a spontaneous tactic, but really tells us nothing about "cavalry" versus "infantry".....with the possible exception that people are afraid of horses - even very slow moving ones !!:wink:
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#108
02-15-2011, 02:20 AM
Quote:Sorry, Paul, but I don't see any "cavalry" here - just a couple of very bad riders ( and a camel.....and a cart!) urged at low speed through a crowd who part quicker than the Red sea leaving a channel for the animals to go down ( shades of Scipio at Zama?.....well, maybe not ! ) and a couple of the fools are dragged off their horses and beaten up for their trouble.....
And who beat a VERY hasty retreat as soon as the crowd realises they are not attacked by cavalry, but only by rabble on horseback (and a camel)! Big Grin
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#109
02-25-2011, 08:03 AM
Human remains found in Alaska dating back 11,500 years

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_sci_arctic_child
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#110
03-31-2011, 01:09 AM
New Judeo/Christian Archeological Find dating back 2000 years
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookout...an-history
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