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To: Pride in the USA

Wow. It’s amazing how intact and preserved those artifacts are, especially the ceramic ones.


20 posted on 04/20/2013 8:53:21 AM PDT by lonevoice (Today I broke my personal record for most consecutive days lived)
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To: lonevoice

Probably the most amazing are the wooden artifacts and intact leather shoes/boots.

The leather goods are believed to be the only surviving leather artifacts from the Roman era anywhere in the world. We’ve seen them as pictures on frescoes or on statuary, but to actually see the real thing is startling.

As an aside, I ran into a leather-good shop on St. Thomas years ago that measured your feet and made sandals based on images from Roman sources. They were pretty comfortable and I wore them until the wore completely out.


21 posted on 04/20/2013 10:08:08 AM PDT by wildbill (You're just jealous because the Voices talk only to me.)
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