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Posted on 11/26/2014 10:07:06 AM PST by BenLurkin
sculpture of a mysterious, never-before-seen Roman deity has been unearthed in an ancient temple in Turkey.
The 1st century B.C. relief, of an enigmatic bearded god rising up out of a flower or plant, was discovered at the site of a Roman temple near the Syrian border. The ancient relief was discovered in a supporting wall of a medieval Christian monastery.
"It's clearly a god, but at the moment it's difficult to say who exactly it is," said Michael Blömer, an archaeologist at the University of Muenster in Germany, who is excavating the site. "There are some elements reminiscent of ancient Near Eastern gods, as well, so it might be some very old god from before the Romans."
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Perhaps the dust bunnies know something about this.
Probably an advertisement for an herbalist.
Almost looks like someone being devoured by Shai Hulud.
This is the god of Green Energy. Still worshiped today by followers of the Democrat cult, sometimes called Liberals, Progressives, or Tree Huggers.
Poor guy, the worm got him.
The media is notorious for taking pictures of politicians with the effect of giving “halos” to them. Like subliminal advertising or association.
Unitarius. God of ?
Father-priest: Enigmatic?
George: No.
Father-priest: Vast? (he pronounces it as "vost")
George: No not vast (he pronounces it as "vost")
Father-priest: Well whatever it is, basically you like the religion.
George: Yes.
Father-priest 2: Is there one aspect of the faith that you find particularly attractive?
George: (he thinks) I think the beards and the flower pots.
Maybe it's Alka Seltzer (you know - what a relief it is!)
Okay, I'll go away now. :-)
Romans just added local gods to their collection whenever the conquered a new place. It helped assimilate the local population into the empire/republic.
Obviously, it depicts the god of witty sayings - Cornfucious.
It appears to be a half human, half snake figure rising up out of foliage. There are scales on the sides of the figure in the foliage, there is s snake tale down below. he is holding on to a tree. Artists are not always very good at botany. 1) one of the corn gods that has to fall to earth and die and be buried before rising to life or, if the time frame is off abit, 1) it may be the Serpent in the Garden before he loses his limbs.
Romans incorporated the worship of all their conquered peoples gods in order to make it easier to assimilate them. So this “Roman god” probably wasn’t.
Exactly! What makes the experts jump to the conclusion that this is a Roman god? It could simply represent some guy hiding in the underbrush, as if to ambush his prey, who knows.
An advertisement for Vitameatavegamin?
That wins.
Or Mu’waadib emerging from Shai Hulud!
The spice must flow!
We call him Maize!
The Spice is life.
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