[MR] Fw:Ancient Chinese Letter Discovered!

[Elaine Koogler]

I am passing this on as I believe there are those who would find it
interesting....

Kiri
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> A 2,000-year-old undelivered letter has been discovered amid ancient
Chinese ruins.
> The letter has provided evidence of China's oldest post office at the
Xuanquanzhi Ruins in the north-west province of Gansu.
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> The letter, written on silk, was being sent by a friend in the remote
western region to an inland area of China.
> The site where it was found is located near the famous Dunhuang Mogao
Grottos, on the ancient Silk Road.
> The Straits Times <http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg>, reporting the Xinhua
news agency, says the writer described life as hard and asked his friend to
buy him some goods.
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> Archaeologists say it is the most well-preserved letter from the Han
Dynasty (206BC to 220AD) ever found.
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> It probably reads something like - all my clothes are dirty, I need to get
a servant to wash them. The food is terrible, and my room is horrible.
Please send money, and some of those little rice snacks your mother makes.
OR Got here, those travel agents lie through their teeth. The people are
rude, the food is horrible and I think I caught something from teh beds in
this inn. Please send me enough money to get home - I got mugged last night!
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> Nice to see things don't ever seem to change
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> margali
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