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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: 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: 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: SunkenCiv

Interesting; Cast glass bowl with Greek not Latin inscriptions found in a slavic area once dominated by Rome.


25 posted on 03/02/2019 7:43:36 AM PST by mosesdapoet (mosesdapoet aka L,J,Keslin posting here for the record)
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To: SunkenCiv

I saw just like it at Walmart, it was made in China.....


32 posted on 03/03/2019 7:03:54 AM PST by Hot Tabasco (ui)
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