Cool!!!!!

[Falcor]

http://crane.50megs.com/index3h.htm

http://crane.50megs.com/index3b.htm


Who wouldda thunk it!?!

[Tainan Mantis]

About the opening of the casket which would be around 1700 years old.
I understand that this is done indoors with specialists and all sorts of equipment since exposure to air and sun can be disastrous.

So I am suspicioius of this whole report.

[Kristoffer]

That site has some cool pics but the 'articles' are kinda sucky. Nothing to take seriously

[Brad]

The author seems to take the legends surrounding these swords a bit too seriously, imo. ;)

[Judge Pen]

I play Dynasty Warriors too! ;)

[The Willow Sword]

were already out in the open anyway right? as they were hanging on a cliff wall or positioned in a culdesac in the cliff wall.

i believe that they would open them right then and there. just because us western archeologists would open them up in a sterile environment with hazard suits on doesnt mean that the rest of the world does it like that. in fact traditional archeology will dig it up and clean whatever thier uncovering right then and there. they will take the artifacts and store them in the sterile environments later.

i think it is interesting that they found this sword. i would have loved to see a picture of it as it was found.

TWS

[Falcor]

Well, I"m sure the professional archaeologists would be a little bit more sober about the legends and what not, even if the actual author of the website takes and stories and runs with it. But it's a cool story nonetheless even if only 2/3 of it accurate.

[Becca]

Is BS... The Bo people (the tribe who hung thier dead up in cliffs) were wiped out a little over 400 years ago. They hung the wooden coffins between 300-1200 feet in the air, yes. But most known sites were excuvated(sp?) years ago. And what's the chance the village (which is just down streem) would servive a flood like that without it being head-line news???:rolleyes:

[GeneChing]

Why, you can get them at www.martialartsmart.com for only $151.99 - see for yourself! (http://store.yahoo.com/martialartsmart/4572cs.html) ;)

Actually, the legendary swordmaker Ou was creditied as a founder of Dragon Well forge (http://store.yahoo.com/martialartsmart/dragonwellfo.html) so a lot of the forges in that area will do a King Yue sword. I had the chance to acquire one of these replica swords that they discuss in the article, but it was way to rich for me. Actually, who knows? It might have been a forgery. The sellers couldn't convince me and I didn't have that kind of cash to drop on a sword I'd never use. I have a lot of swords already. Too many, according to my wife.

As for Chinese archeology, the conditions are never as pristine as we would wish unfortunately. Most tombs are unearthed using very crude methods - the Terracotta warriors site began with 3 farmers digging a well. Forgery and tomb raiders (never the buxom Lara Croft kind - usually the greedy grave robber kind) have spoiled much of Chinese archeology. It's in a pretty bad state. Archeology is not nearly as romatnic (nor as well funded) as Raiders of the Lost Ark would have us beleive.