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Are you Roman tonight? Statue of 'Elvis' chiselled 1800 years before his birth.
Daily Mail (UK) ^ | 22nd July 2008 | Niall Firth

Posted on 07/22/2008 7:11:53 PM PDT by PotatoHeadMick

With his dashing chiselled features, swept back hair and perky bouffant the resemblance is unmistakable.

But incredibly this carving of Elvis Presley was created around 1800 years before the King of Rock and Roll first warbled his first note.

The amazing likeness has come to light as part of a sale of ancient antiques by the auction house Bonhams.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: elvis; fake; fraud; godsgravesglyphs; hoax; phony; statue
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Check out the picture, it certainly has an uncanny likeness to the King.
1 posted on 07/22/2008 7:11:53 PM PDT by PotatoHeadMick
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2 posted on 07/22/2008 7:13:28 PM PDT by LibFreeOrDie
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THAT’S where he is!!

Here I thought it was a gas station in Kansas somewhere.


3 posted on 07/22/2008 7:14:02 PM PDT by frankiep (Every socialist is a disguised dictator - Ludwig von Mises)
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Viva Las Vegas !


4 posted on 07/22/2008 7:14:32 PM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks
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I knew it!! Elvis didn’t die; he used his time machine to go back to Roman times!


5 posted on 07/22/2008 7:14:34 PM PDT by Hugin (Mecca delenda est!)
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Hail to the King, Baby.


6 posted on 07/22/2008 7:14:55 PM PDT by killjoy (Life sucks, wear a helmet.)
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It certainly is uncanny.


7 posted on 07/22/2008 7:17:07 PM PDT by Iron Munro (Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself.)
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To: Hugin

Elvis Andronicus ?

Hail Elvis~!
Ah hail to you too, thenk you vera much.


8 posted on 07/22/2008 7:18:16 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: LibFreeOrDie

Elvis was everywhere!


9 posted on 07/22/2008 7:19:46 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: LibFreeOrDie
Elvis-odium has left the Colosseum.
10 posted on 07/22/2008 7:19:55 PM PDT by TASMANIANRED (TAZ:Untamed, Unpredictable, Uninhibited.)
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Yep, that's him all right!


11 posted on 07/22/2008 7:20:42 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Are you ready to pray for Teddy?)
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I knew it!! Elvis didn’t die; he used his time machine to go back to Roman times!

So thats how that came about.LOL

12 posted on 07/22/2008 7:20:58 PM PDT by Charlespg (Peace= When we trod the ruins of Mecca and Medina under our infidel boots.)
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To: PotatoHeadMick
Anybody got some grape jelly?..........


13 posted on 07/22/2008 7:21:13 PM PDT by hole_n_one
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To: Slings and Arrows; SunkenCiv

This interesting tidbit could be for both of your ping lists.


14 posted on 07/22/2008 7:22:26 PM PDT by Kevmo (A person's a person, no matter how small. ~Horton Hears a Who)
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in my opinion, it looks like the head of an Oompa Loompa...


15 posted on 07/22/2008 7:22:47 PM PDT by latina4dubya
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16 posted on 07/22/2008 7:23:25 PM PDT by Rebelbase (Black dogs and bacon bombs.)
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Hunka, hunka... how did it go again?


17 posted on 07/22/2008 7:23:47 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Are you ready to pray for Teddy?)
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And so it was written in those days that the coming of the King was foretold and he would be dressed all in white and be adorned with the stars from the heavens...


18 posted on 07/22/2008 7:25:19 PM PDT by Tanniker Smith (Teachers open the door. It's up to you to enter.)
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To: LibFreeOrDie

It’s even got a deviated septum.


19 posted on 07/22/2008 7:25:36 PM PDT by soupcon
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To: mylife

Elvis is everything!


20 posted on 07/22/2008 7:26:08 PM PDT by Incorrigible (If I lead, follow me; If I pause, push me; If I retreat, kill me.)
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