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Israeli Woman Stumbles Upon Roman Busts Near Ancient Ruins
i24NEWS ^ | December 30, 2018 | AFP

Posted on 01/04/2019 1:51:58 PM PST by SunkenCiv

An Israeli woman walking near ancient ruins noticed a head sticking out of the ground, leading to the uncovering of two Roman-era busts, archaeologists said Sunday.

The life-size sculptures, carved in limestone, were found in the northern city of Beit Shean earlier this month, with the Israel Antiquities Authority dating them to the late Roman period, some 1,700 years ago.

The well-preserved busts are of men, one of them bearded, sculpted in the Oriental style that was becoming fashionable at the end of the Roman period, according to Eitan Klein, deputy head of the IAA's theft prevention unit.

The area was a major city during the Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine periods...

A number of artifacts and ruins from the Roman and Byzantine eras have been unearthed near Beit Shean and surrounding areas. The Roman busts, found several kilometers outside of the national park, likely were exposed by recent heavy rainfall.

In 2015, an art dealer in northern Israel was arrested after it was discovered he illegally obtained 3,000 ancient coins about 8 kilometers from Beit Shean.

The suspect, who has not been named, is a licensed antiquities dealer said that he found the coins in the fields around the kibbutz. He was charged with attempting to sell the coins abroad without an export permit, the IAA said in a statement.

(Excerpt) Read more at i24news.tv ...


TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: beitshean; godsgravesglyphs; israel; romanempire
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To: SunkenCiv

Great headline


21 posted on 01/04/2019 2:33:52 PM PST by Mercat
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To: SunkenCiv

“ISRAELI WOMAN UNCOVERS BUST.”


22 posted on 01/04/2019 2:54:07 PM PST by beethovenfan (Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin)
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To: Bratch

My mind is in the gutter because that bust is not the bust I thought.


23 posted on 01/04/2019 3:11:11 PM PST by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: Bratch
Here's two, er, four, for the price of one...


24 posted on 01/04/2019 3:23:20 PM PST by PLMerite ("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest)
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To: PLMerite

I must be no gentleman, for yea, verily, I think I prefer the brunette.


25 posted on 01/04/2019 3:42:52 PM PST by Kommodor (Terrorist, Journalist or Democrat? I can't tell the difference.)
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To: SunkenCiv

26 posted on 01/04/2019 4:10:07 PM PST by fruser1
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To: SunkenCiv

“And this is where our eyebrows would separate, forming two...”


27 posted on 01/04/2019 4:17:28 PM PST by Empire_of_Liberty
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To: Bratch

Be still my heart. She and Rachel were the two who woke me up.


28 posted on 01/04/2019 4:26:36 PM PST by GingisK
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To: SunkenCiv

I’ll add to the juvenile remarks, perhaps with a twist. Times have changed in the past two thousand years. Back then, Romans stumbled on Jewish breasts.


29 posted on 01/04/2019 4:44:11 PM PST by ChessExpert (NAFTA - Not A Free Trade Agreement)
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To: SunkenCiv

***An Israeli woman walking near ancient ruins noticed a head sticking out of the ground,***

Did he have a good horse under him?


30 posted on 01/04/2019 5:03:30 PM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: Bratch

That one looks life size too !


31 posted on 01/04/2019 5:57:23 PM PST by justa-hairyape (The user name is sarcastic. Although at times it may not appear that way.)
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To: SunkenCiv

32 posted on 01/04/2019 6:13:51 PM PST by Rinnwald
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To: SunkenCiv

I fell face first into an Israeli woman’s bust a while back.

Ahhh liberty call...


33 posted on 01/04/2019 7:43:06 PM PST by wxgesr (I wanna be the first person to surf on another planet....)
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To: wxgesr

The Romans probably did that too...


34 posted on 01/05/2019 1:00:03 AM PST by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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To: Bratch; central_va

What central_va said. :^)


35 posted on 01/05/2019 1:03:35 AM PST by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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To: Rinnwald
I get the impression that Roman-era artists who lived in some of the provinces weren't the most talented in the Empire.

36 posted on 01/05/2019 1:06:10 AM PST by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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To: 11th_VA; beethovenfan; BenLurkin; Bratch; Buckeye McFrog; central_va; ChessExpert; DariusBane; ...
There was some grafitti, which in translation reads, "for a good time, call VIII VI VII V III -- IX".
Of course, the voice mail is full.
And when someone answers, it's a nursing home.

37 posted on 01/05/2019 1:13:04 AM PST by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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To: SunkenCiv

Jenny?


38 posted on 01/05/2019 7:33:06 AM PST by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them)
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To: Magnum44

Jenny’s having some pudding in the cafeteria, but if you leave your name and number...


39 posted on 01/05/2019 7:55:19 PM PST by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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To: SunkenCiv

Ahh.....Jenny


40 posted on 01/06/2019 7:35:19 PM PST by wxgesr (I wanna be the first person to surf on another planet....)
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