http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7341248.stm
18 million dollars. Was it a fair price for the key to salvation? :hmmm:
Vicarius
The Key to the Ka'ba has just been sold!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7341248.stm
18 million dollars. Was it a fair price for the key to salvation? :hmmm:
Primicerius
Re: The Key to the Ka'ba has just been sold!
Congratulations...?
What does that key do ? It makes the Mahadi come ?
Last edited by Aziel; April 13, 2008 at 04:19 PM.
Sigh...
Vicarius
Re: The Key to the Ka'ba has just been sold!
I'm not sure yet, but the owner should test out his new item.
Comes Limitis
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thats some serious juju in that key, I would love to own one !
Vicarius Provinciae
Re: The Key to the Ka'ba has just been sold!
So now noone cant get inside the cube?
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Mangod of Earth
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I can, but thats because I just now have a brand new key!
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Re: The Key to the Ka'ba has just been sold!
There's 58 other keys, but unless I'm mistaken, no locked door anyway.
Reine
Re: The Key to the Ka'ba has just been sold!
I guess it was used by the caliph, but there is no caliph since 1922, so it's just... metal.
"Romans not only easily conquered those who fought by cutting, but mocked them too. For the cut, even delivered with force, frequently does not kill, when the vital parts are protected by equipment and bone. On the contrary, a point brought to bear is fatal at two inches; for it is necessary that whatever vital parts it penetrates, it is immersed. Next, when a cut is delivered, the right arm and flank are exposed. However, the point is delivered with the cover of the body and wounds the enemy before he sees it."
- Flavius Vegetius Renatus (in Epitoma Rei Militari, ca. 390)
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Well tbh i think Islamic art is absolutely brilliant at times so i find it wierd that other art is gives a much higher price tag.
Comes Limitis
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its not just metal--- it is a symbol of power, a symbol of faith etc, it means alot to businessmen in other words.-- I agree islamic art is wonderful, but I consider this more like the bones of a saint from catholicism its a religious relic.(which is a kind of art of course)
Vicarius Provinciae
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I think the key is as valuable as the key to the Church of Holy Sepulcher except for the church there is only one key that is still being used.
"When one person suffers from a delusion it is called insanity. When many people suffer from a delusion it is called religion." -- Robert Pirsig
"Feminists are silent when the bills arrive." -- Aetius
"Women have made a pact with the devil — in return for the promise of exquisite beauty, their window to this world of lavish male attention is woefully brief." -- Some Guy
Praepositus
Re: The Key to the Ka'ba has just been sold!
I wish my checkbook was that big.
Forgive my ignorance, but what exactly does the key do? I assume its symbolic of something, care to enlighten me?
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/▌ Copy and paste him
/ \ so as to commit horrible blasphemy!
If there were a God, I think it very unlikely that he would have such an uneasy vanity as to be offended by those who doubt his existence. --Bertrand Russell
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It's pretty much what is done with art, relics, and so forth in private collections. Ornamental, a show of how wealthy you are, an attempt to clone the Caliphs who wielded such a key, ect.
Decanus
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Its more-so an investments, since the key is going to increase in value over time.Originally Posted by Ahiga
Praepositus
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Ahhh.....reminds me of the Shah to some extent....
☻/ This is Muhammad.
/▌ Copy and paste him
/ \ so as to commit horrible blasphemy!
If there were a God, I think it very unlikely that he would have such an uneasy vanity as to be offended by those who doubt his existence. --Bertrand Russell
Praefectus
Re: The Key to the Ka'ba has just been sold!
Probably one incredibly rich Saudi, or the Pope who bought it...
But mark me well; Religion is my name;
An angel once: but now a fury grown,
Too often talked of, but too little known.
-Jonathan Swift
"There's only a few things I'd actually kill for: revenge, jewelry, Father O'Malley's weedwacker..."
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Re: The Key to the Ka'ba has just been sold!
Holy relics are awesome. I wish i had enough money to buy the Ark of the Covenant. A couple of weeks ago, a guy who knew where it was, was going to tell me.
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...=155323&page=3
The thread was closed before he disclosed the information properly. (By mods who work for the Brotherhood of the Cruciform Sword.)
I would pay $18 million for a key to the Ka'ba.
Senator
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I think it was probably more of a rich antique collector of any race.
Vicarius Provinciae
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Probably the Pope. Maybe he is curious whats inside that big black box.
"When one person suffers from a delusion it is called insanity. When many people suffer from a delusion it is called religion." -- Robert Pirsig
"Feminists are silent when the bills arrive." -- Aetius
"Women have made a pact with the devil — in return for the promise of exquisite beauty, their window to this world of lavish male attention is woefully brief." -- Some Guy
EYE-PATCH FETISH
Re: The Key to the Ka'ba has just been sold!
surprisingly the keys to the Holy Sephulcher was held by a muslim
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...NGMTBVFQT1.DTL
anyway...that key is kinda cool. With that size man you will never lose it
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