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Ravin' of the Week : (January 08- January 30, 1996)The limits some will go to get into Poe's 100 Words for Graveyard!
12. Did the Kurgans, as a people, really exist? Yes. According to the movie they were "an ancient people from the steppes of Russia. For amusement, they'd toss children in pits with hungry dogs to fight for meat." According to research, the Kurgans, a semi-nomadic pastoralist culture from Russin steppes to Danubian Europe c. 3500 BC. Around 2300 BC the Kurgans arrived in the Aegean and Adriatic regions. They buried their dead in deep shafts and were known as horse breeders. In addition, the term 'kurgan' is usually used to refer to ancient stone-age burial mounds found in Russia. Also 'Kurgan' is a city of over 200,000 in southwestern Siberia. "KURGAN" it was long and hard to find another name for you guys but here it is!! Hey I was wondering if you had a poe listserver and if so I would like to be on it. :) Keep up the good work!!!!!!! (I liked it when you had the date of the input)
Mark Holladay
PF replies: So that's where we get that Kurganzola cheese from! I must admit, you have searched high and low for such an obscure word... Darren George will have to come up with a good one to top this! No Poe listserv yet, we couldn't get one that serves drinks thru cyberspace YET!
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