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1800-year-old Roman Goddess Venus Statue in Zadar Discovered at Future Hotel Site
Total Croatia News ^ | 15 January 2022 | Daniela Rogulj

Posted on 01/23/2022 11:07:25 PM PST by SunkenCiv

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To: SunkenCiv

The hotel should display it in the lobby.

21 posted on 01/24/2022 9:25:38 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

Check the lounge...


22 posted on 01/24/2022 11:29:17 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: delchiante

No, it’s not.


23 posted on 01/24/2022 11:31:11 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: tet68

The weird part of that place is, there’s a regular sized guy tossing area in the bar.


24 posted on 01/24/2022 11:31:48 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv

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preserved from the knees to below the chest,

Not interesting?

Or not a belly and thighs?


25 posted on 01/24/2022 11:37:16 AM PST by delchiante
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To: Celtic Conservative
The masonry from the Circus Maximus (which started out with wood risers/bleachers for the crowds, replaced after the 1st c AD great fire) probably got carted off for construction. That was a problem even during the imperial period, a continual series of prohibitions on using public buildings as quarries was issued. The coliseum was rebuilt at least once after a quake I think.
The short answer is: earthquakes and popes, in that order.

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The Pantheon in Rome was converted to a church, and was in its day and remains to this day the largest unreinforced concrete dome in the world. Other than missing statuary, it wouldn't have been profitable to demolish it, not really any bldg materials that could be recycled.
10 Facts About The Pantheon | Rome Guide - The Pantheon

26 posted on 01/24/2022 11:51:02 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv

That is the best pic!


27 posted on 01/24/2022 3:33:43 PM PST by Sawdring
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To: SunkenCiv

I thought she would be taller?


28 posted on 01/24/2022 4:23:24 PM PST by SERE_DOC ( The beauty of the Second Amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it. TJ)
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To: SunkenCiv

It has kind of a shocking blue color to it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2JytgMvrC0


29 posted on 01/24/2022 4:35:39 PM PST by Repeal The 17th (Get out of the matrix and get a real life.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Nice find, but I was unaware that Babelfish was still being used; or, was this written by recent Journalism grad?


30 posted on 01/24/2022 8:17:36 PM PST by ApplegateRanch (Love me, love my guns!)
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