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1 posted on 08/03/2007 11:27:03 AM PDT by blam
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GGG Ping.


2 posted on 08/03/2007 11:27:30 AM PDT by blam (Secure the border and enforce the law)
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To: blam

Very cool.


3 posted on 08/03/2007 11:36:28 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (Victory will never be achieved while defining Conservatism downward, and forsaking it's heritage.)
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To: blam

Wow...classical art of that caliber is really ping-worthy!

I wanted to be an archeologist when I was a kid. Have always thought doing one of those vacation/archeological digs would be fun.


4 posted on 08/03/2007 11:38:20 AM PDT by HanneyBean
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To: blam

Interesting!


5 posted on 08/03/2007 11:39:44 AM PDT by lilylangtree (Veni, Vidi, Vici)
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Very cool. It’s painful to imagine how much of this stuff has been destroyed. I would love to know what the Great Pyramid complex looked like when it was intact and being maintained.


6 posted on 08/03/2007 11:46:18 AM PDT by ozzymandus
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between 13 and 16 feet in height

Many of his engineering projects are still standing. He wouldn't have build a bridge to fall down in 40 years. He is probably the greatest civil engineer ever at least in terms of output.

8 posted on 08/03/2007 11:52:37 AM PDT by RightWhale (It's Brecht's donkey, not mine)
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Thanks Blam.

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9 posted on 08/03/2007 11:53:55 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Profile updated Thursday, August 2, 2007. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: blam

Stunning!


10 posted on 08/03/2007 11:57:35 AM PDT by djf (Bush's legacy: Way more worried about Iraqs borders than our own!!! A once great nation... sad...)
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To: blam

Just the thing for that pizza restaurant in downtown Paramus...


12 posted on 08/03/2007 12:06:48 PM PDT by rahbert
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No wonder he like Greece so well. Hadrian’s homosexual relationship with the Greek youth Antinous is well known through history and remains one of the defining parts of his reign. It is said that, while the two were on a tour of Egypt, Antinous fell off of a barge in the Nile and died. The loss of his young lover made Hadrian go insane and he immediately deified the youth and had cults developed to worship him. Hadrian also named some cities throughout the empire after him.
13 posted on 08/03/2007 12:09:28 PM PDT by Colorado Cowgirl (God bless America!)
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To: blam

He is missing part of his nose... kinda sad.


15 posted on 08/03/2007 12:17:19 PM PDT by Blind Eye Jones
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Thanks, blam. This piece is very well preserved, indeed.
18 posted on 08/03/2007 1:25:20 PM PDT by colorado tanker (I'm unmoderated - just ask Bill O'Reilly)
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To: blam

Wow, very cool! Beautiful job. Now, someone explain to me again why the ancients didn’t include pupils and iris’ in their otherwise perfect sculptures?


20 posted on 08/03/2007 3:59:07 PM PDT by KillTime (Democracies that can't distinguish between good and evil or deny any difference shall surely perish.)
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To: blam

bump


22 posted on 08/03/2007 5:16:11 PM PDT by VOA
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To: blam
Exquisite detail:


23 posted on 08/03/2007 5:40:18 PM PDT by Fred Nerks (Fair dinkum!)
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antinous
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26 posted on 08/03/2007 5:45:27 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Profile updated Thursday, August 2, 2007. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: blam

Very, very beautiful statue with incredible detail.


29 posted on 08/04/2007 8:53:45 AM PDT by BlessedBeGod
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