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.
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Great headline
“ISRAELI WOMAN UNCOVERS BUST.”
My mind is in the gutter because that bust is not the bust I thought.
I must be no gentleman, for yea, verily, I think I prefer the brunette.
“And this is where our eyebrows would separate, forming two...”
Be still my heart. She and Rachel were the two who woke me up.
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.
***An Israeli woman walking near ancient ruins noticed a head sticking out of the ground,***
Did he have a good horse under him?
That one looks life size too !
I fell face first into an Israeli woman’s bust a while back.
Ahhh liberty call...
The Romans probably did that too...
What central_va said. :^)
I get the impression that Roman-era artists who lived in some of the provinces weren't the most talented in the Empire.
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.
Jenny?
Jenny’s having some pudding in the cafeteria, but if you leave your name and number...
Ahh.....Jenny
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