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To: keat

***Is the skull missing? That would be the first clue I would look for.***

That would probably be in Rome or Venice. When the Crusaders sacked Constantinople they brought back THREE HEADS of John the Baptist.


13 posted on 06/15/2012 7:00:45 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (I LIKE ART! Click my name. See my web page.)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

“When the Crusaders sacked Constantinople they brought back THREE HEADS of John the Baptist.”

JTB had three heads? Wow! He must have looked like the 3-headed giant from Monty Python’s Holy Grail movie. /silly


23 posted on 06/15/2012 10:38:31 AM PDT by TexasRepublic (Socialism is the gospel of envy and the religion of thieves)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

Wow. John The Baptist had three heads. Who knew?

That must be the origin of the old saying “Why are you looking at me like I have three heads?”. Superstition. Kind of like Muslims hating dogs because one reputedly ran off with Mohammed’s head after decapitation.

You’d think they’d decide to stop decapitating people, but nooooo they’ve hated dogs for centuries instead.


36 posted on 06/16/2012 4:41:20 AM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

Well, one of him as a teen, young man and then finally as an old man. Three times the proof it was Jean Baptiste!


38 posted on 06/16/2012 7:43:45 AM PDT by InvisibleChurch (i a m t h e m a r g i n o f e r r e r)
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