US returns ancient Roman "gypsy girl" Zeugma mosaic to Turkey

TornosNews.gr ^ | November 24, 2018 | unattributed

[colorado tanker]

Leda and the Swan

That horny old Zeus sure got around.

[SunkenCiv]

I wonder in which wing of the house it was found.

[tet68]

Owww, you got me.

[rightwingcrazy]

“The mosaic goes back to AD200-300”

But the Gypsies only go back about 1000 years. Odd choice of name.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

They realize that the mohammedans will at least chip the faces away as they regard the depiction of the human face as blasphemy?

That is why when you walk the stations of the cross in Jerusalem the faces have been picked out.

[wildbill]

But if the new Calphate is going to be established by a new force in conservative orthodox Islam, Mr. Ergogan, in Turkey what about the policy of no representations of human forms in art>

Are we going to see the new destruction impulse in Turkey that ruined the Bhuddas of Bamiyan or the wholesale destruction of Ephesus. These folks have shown some traits that do not bode well for items like this.

[SunkenCiv]

Like the region's other dictators, Erdogan still purports to want tourist traffic, for the cash it brings in. Islamic gov'ts always wind up destroying ancient sites by attempting to turn them into Disneyworld.

[SunkenCiv]

:^)