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Colossal Marble Head Excavated in Roman Street
Archaeology Magazine ^
| June 26, 2025
| editors / unattributed
Posted on 07/03/2025 8:52:35 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
A colossal marble head was uncovered beneath Rome's Via Alessandrina, according to a report by the Greek Reporter. The discovery was made during archaeological work near the heart of the ancient city that is aimed at removing a modern section of road separating the forums of Augustus, Trajan, and Nerva. The statue head was embedded in a layer of medieval brick and mortar, which suggests that it had been reused as building material centuries after the fall of Rome. Archaeologists believe that the sculpture dates to the reign of Trajan (a.d. 98–117) and may have once stood in his forum near the Porticus Trisigmentata, a monumental colonnade with monolithic columns that stood 40 feet high. They have not yet identified who the male figure represents, but the facial features suggest he may be a god, a Roman dignitary, or possibly even the emperor himself. To read about a marble head of the god Dionysus recovered during the Via Alessandrina excavations, go to "A God Goes Shopping."
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TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: aheadontheroad; godsgravesglyphs; italy; romanempire; rome; viaalessandrina; zardoz
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Roman marble head unearthed in Via Alessandrina, Rome, ItalyComune di Roma

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posted on
07/03/2025 8:52:35 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; 31R1O; ...
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posted on
07/03/2025 8:53:26 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(NeverTrumpers are Republicans the same way Liz Cheney is a Republican.)
To: SunkenCiv
Are NASA or Elon going to put this thing back where it belongs?
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posted on
07/03/2025 8:55:30 AM PDT
by
x
To: x
You don’t know if the big head was more disturbing than the little head?
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posted on
07/03/2025 8:57:51 AM PDT
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null and void
(Democrats: fake news, fake presidents, fake beliefs, fake policies, fake protesters & fake voters!)
To: SunkenCiv
What’s on the Road, A Head?
No it’s, “What’s on the road ahead?”
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07/03/2025 8:58:53 AM PDT
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dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: SunkenCiv
It shouldn’t be too hard to figure out if it is supposed to be the head of Trajan, since likenesses of him are known.
To: SunkenCiv; Big Giant Head
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posted on
07/03/2025 9:02:37 AM PDT
by
NorthMountain
(... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
To: dfwgator
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posted on
07/03/2025 9:10:17 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(NeverTrumpers are Republicans the same way Liz Cheney is a Republican.)
To: null and void
There’s an old genie joke...
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posted on
07/03/2025 9:10:42 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(NeverTrumpers are Republicans the same way Liz Cheney is a Republican.)
To: x
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posted on
07/03/2025 9:11:19 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(NeverTrumpers are Republicans the same way Liz Cheney is a Republican.)
To: SunkenCiv
Don’t shoot me! I’m only the piano player!
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posted on
07/03/2025 9:12:12 AM PDT
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null and void
(Democrats: fake news, fake presidents, fake beliefs, fake policies, fake protesters & fake voters!)
To: null and void
In that case, what’s better than roses on a piano? 🎶
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posted on
07/03/2025 9:29:11 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(The moron troll Ted Holden believes that humans originated on Ganymede.)
To: dfwgator
What’s that dragging, a long behind?
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07/03/2025 10:03:01 AM PDT
by
ryderann
To: SunkenCiv
There’s a scale stick of some kind in the full photo, but I cannot tell what the scale is. The stick shows 20 units. Are they centimeters? If so, the head appears to be about 2 1/2 feet from back to front.
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07/03/2025 10:04:01 AM PDT
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T Ruth
(Mohammedanism shall be destroyed.)
To: SunkenCiv
A 12” pianist?
Roses can’t play a single note...
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posted on
07/03/2025 10:08:12 AM PDT
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null and void
(Democrats: fake news, fake presidents, fake beliefs, fake policies, fake protesters & fake voters!)
To: dfwgator
He must have had dandruff. They found his Head and Shoulders in the road.
To: Larry Lucido
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07/03/2025 10:12:29 AM PDT
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TexasGator
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To: SunkenCiv
Oh...it’s a real thing. Thought they meant biden or pelosi.
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posted on
07/03/2025 10:26:50 AM PDT
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DPMD
To: SunkenCiv
It’s an old one, but I’ll take a crack (!) at it: Tulips...
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07/03/2025 10:27:57 AM PDT
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DPMD
To: DPMD
:^) I heard that one and laughed a lot back when I was in the flower of my youth.
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07/03/2025 4:28:55 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(The moron troll Ted Holden believes that humans originated on Ganymede.)
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