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Unprecedented Miniature Carving of Alexander the Great Found in Israel
israelnationalnews.com ^ | 08/25/09, 5:31 PM / Last Update: 08/26/09, 8:01 AM | Nissan Ratzlav-Katz

Posted on 09/14/2009 7:22:01 AM PDT by Nikas777

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A real gem of a find!
1 posted on 09/14/2009 7:22:01 AM PDT by Nikas777
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To: SunkenCiv

ping


2 posted on 09/14/2009 7:22:25 AM PDT by Nikas777 (En touto nika, "In this, be victorious")
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To: Nikas777

very interesting. although that could be a picture of sal the local butcher for all we know.


3 posted on 09/14/2009 7:24:59 AM PDT by thefactor (yes, as a matter of fact, i DID only read the excerpt)
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4 posted on 09/14/2009 7:25:14 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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Looks like a dime or a quarter.


5 posted on 09/14/2009 7:29:59 AM PDT by devane617 (Republicans first strategy should be taking over the MSM. Without it we are doomed.)
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To: thefactor

True.


6 posted on 09/14/2009 7:34:49 AM PDT by bgill (The framers of the US Constitution established an entire federal government in 18 pages.)
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To: thefactor

Odd, doesn’t look like Sal.


7 posted on 09/14/2009 7:36:43 AM PDT by Louis Foxwell
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To: SunkenCiv

GGG ping


8 posted on 09/14/2009 7:41:10 AM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: thefactor

Helen Thomsas identified him as the same Alexander she knew, but she was already old then, so she might not be right.


9 posted on 09/14/2009 7:44:21 AM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
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To: JoeProBono
I am having a little trouble finding his true mouth. I see two of them.

One I see is a closed mouth, the other a little lower is open with teeth. What??

10 posted on 09/14/2009 7:48:48 AM PDT by annieokie (i)
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ancient double chin


11 posted on 09/14/2009 7:50:19 AM PDT by woollyone (I believe God created me- you believe you're related to monkeys. Of course I laughed at you!)
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To: Nikas777

Wow, what a schnozz!

It’s Neanderthal-sized.


12 posted on 09/14/2009 8:07:15 AM PDT by squarebarb
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ancient double chin

ONE Helen Thomas joke per thread, please!

13 posted on 09/14/2009 8:09:35 AM PDT by Grut
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To: squarebarb

It is the classic Greek profile nose.


14 posted on 09/14/2009 8:11:58 AM PDT by Nikas777 (En touto nika, "In this, be victorious")
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15 posted on 09/14/2009 8:24:40 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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Ahh-ha-ha-haaa. I wonder if they said that when they found it? Pwha!


16 posted on 09/14/2009 8:27:28 AM PDT by ReneeLynn (Socialism is SO yesterday. Fascism, it*s the new black.)
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To: annieokie

Beard?


17 posted on 09/14/2009 8:29:13 AM PDT by Judith Anne (Drill here! Drill NOW! Defund the EPA!)
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To: Nikas777
Another one. It also looks eerily like the statue of liberty face which is also a copy of another Greek sculpture of Apollo at the Archaeological Museum at Corinth.


copy on left and original on right

18 posted on 09/14/2009 9:18:14 AM PDT by eleni121 (The New Byzantium - resurrect it!)
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Odd, doesn’t look like Sal.

Well, you have to picture Sal before he got his nose done.

19 posted on 09/14/2009 9:24:02 AM PDT by GreenHornet
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To: annieokie

He had a soul patch...


20 posted on 09/14/2009 9:34:57 AM PDT by null and void (We are now in day 236 of our national holiday from reality. - 0bama really isn't one of US.)
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