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Archaeologists puzzle over mystery woman in early Christian cemetery
National Geographic ^ | January 28, 2019 | Marjan Ziberna

Posted on 03/02/2019 12:02:23 AM PST by SunkenCiv

The most stunning artifact recovered beneath Gosposvetska Street was a transparent blue glass bowl found next to the woman’s body...

This exquisite drinking bowl could have been used in both regular daily life as well as for burial ceremonies, and an analysis of its chemical composition points to its manufacture somewhere in the eastern Mediterranean region. The grapevine decorations have their role in the Christian Eucharist and Communion, but have their origins in motifs associated with Dionysus, the pagan god of wine and ecstasy.

Archaeologists are also interested in how the woman’s tomb developed over time. It seems that possibly within a decade of her burial, her square chapel was demolished and a larger (30-by-40-foot) structure was built to enclose her tomb. Around the new structure and inside it, Emona’s Christian community began to practice a burial practice known as ad sanctos, in which the deceased are interred near the tombs of saints and other remains considered holy.

(Excerpt) Read more at nationalgeographic.com ...


TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: dionysus; emona; godsgravesglyphs; greek; ljubljana; romanempire; slovenia
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This 1,700-year-old transparent blue glass bowl, a little more than eight inches in diameter, was found buried next to the woman at the center of the cemetery. Its Greek inscription reads: "Drink to live forever, for many years!" [Photograph by Arne Hodalic and Katja Bidovec]

Photograph by Arne Hodalic and Katja Bidovec

1 posted on 03/02/2019 12:02:23 AM PST by SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv

“. The grapevine decorations have their role in the Christian Eucharist and Communion, but have their origins in motifs associated with Dionysus, the pagan god of wine and ecstasy.”

Sounds like they can’t decide, and chose the least Christian explanation.


2 posted on 03/02/2019 12:10:20 AM PST by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: SunkenCiv

Beautifully preserved. What a marvelous find.


3 posted on 03/02/2019 12:13:38 AM PST by Rocky
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To: mrsmith
Since what they said was accurate? Nah.

4 posted on 03/02/2019 12:41:33 AM PST by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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To: mrsmith

With the inscription, “drink to live forever....”, I don’t think they stretched too far.


5 posted on 03/02/2019 12:45:21 AM PST by jimtorr
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To: jimtorr

In defense of myself, and other Freepers, 2/3 of the time one doean’t need to read the article...


6 posted on 03/02/2019 12:54:52 AM PST by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: Rocky
I had a time just fishing out the graphic URL, but felt we had to have it.

7 posted on 03/02/2019 12:55:00 AM PST by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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To: SunkenCiv

It seems that possibly within a decade of her burial, her square chapel was demolished and a larger (30-by-40-foot) structure was built to enclose her tomb...

Maybe she needed a bigger place.

Incredible, beautiful image by the way.


8 posted on 03/02/2019 12:56:46 AM PST by dp0622 (The Left should know if.. Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR!)
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To: mrsmith

FR Thread Titles have words underneath?

I usually just comment based on the first 3 words of the thread title.

sometimes i comment without reading the thread title at all :)


9 posted on 03/02/2019 12:58:24 AM PST by dp0622 (The Left should know if.. Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR!)
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To: dp0622

Yeah, we’re all terrible LOL!


10 posted on 03/02/2019 1:07:50 AM PST by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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It’s OK.

It’s every FReeper’s God given right to comment about anything on any thread.

It’s in the constitution :)


11 posted on 03/02/2019 1:09:26 AM PST by dp0622 (The Left should know if.. Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR!)
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To: mrsmith
Christianity before the Mussulman conquests (during the 620-720 AD period) were far different than the Christianity that emerged during the Middle Ages and came to be the current Christian beliefs and practices. The reason they changed? The Mussulman conquests destroyed Christian artifacts and killed as many Christians as they could. Surviving Christians engaged in the the newly imported Mussulman practice of chattel slavery - this was the biggest and most lucrative business at the time.
12 posted on 03/02/2019 1:11:50 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: SunkenCiv
I had a time just fishing out the graphic URL, but felt we had to have it.

That's the one thing I use Internet Explorer for - their "reveal source" option (on the version I have installed) makes that easier than with my other browsers.

13 posted on 03/02/2019 1:13:12 AM PST by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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“Chattel soavery”...
A practise of long term. As opposed to “race slavery” which has no basis in history yet dominates US discussion of slavery.

The Ottoman Empire imported slaves from the “harvest of the steppes” to deepest Africa. And their economy was dependen on that.


14 posted on 03/02/2019 1:25:32 AM PST by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: Pollster1
Browsers have that, but the websites have been getting tricky and/or a little too cute with their ways of hiding the graphical URLs.

15 posted on 03/02/2019 1:27:56 AM PST by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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To: dp0622
Heh...

16 posted on 03/02/2019 1:29:01 AM PST by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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To: SunkenCiv

Quite the find!


17 posted on 03/02/2019 1:29:22 AM PST by free_life (If you ask Jesus to forgive you and to save you, He will.)
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To: free_life
Remarkable, not least because it's glass -- but it is just plain beautiful. :^)

18 posted on 03/02/2019 1:32:27 AM PST by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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To: SunkenCiv


19 posted on 03/02/2019 1:56:36 AM PST by Covenantor (Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern. " Chesterton)
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To: SunkenCiv
Browsers have that, but the websites have been getting tricky and/or a little too cute with their ways of hiding the graphical URLs

Using an LG Stylo 3 allows me to do a selective screen capture, post to imgur and a minute or two later post aa link here...neat, allows for zooming in and cropping as my post of the bowl shows. ;>)

20 posted on 03/02/2019 2:03:54 AM PST by Covenantor (Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern. " Chesterton)
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