Archaeologists Unearth Headless Sphinx (in Italy)

Breitbart ^ | February 7, 2006

[NYer]

Archaeologists who have been digging for more than a year at the villa of Roman Emperor Hadrian in Tivoli have unearthed a monumental staircase, a statue of an athlete and what appears to be a headless sphinx.

The findings were presented Tuesday by government officials who described the discoveries as extremely important for understanding the layout of the ruins. The staircase is believed to be the original entrance to the villa, which was built for Hadrian in the 2nd century A.D.

So far, 15 steps, each 27 feet wide, have been identified and archaeologists did not rule out uncovering more.

Officials said that the newly uncovered area of the site, northeast of Rome, would be open to the public within a year.

[NYer]

Ping!

[D.P.Roberts]

Maybe it offended the muslims.

[mlc9852]

My thoughts exactly. lol

[son of caesar]

yes, of course it did. so they beheaded it. on a realistic note, perhaps we today should take some lessons on how rome dealt with the muslim savages before they were actually muslim. when they created problems, rome killed thousands of them and left them out in public to rot. they stayed quiet for a while, then more had to be taught this lesson again.

[D.P.Roberts]

You can't beat the Classics!

[bert]

and the Sphinx said " You may not pass unless you can answer the riddle"....... "What walks on 4 legs in the morning, two legs at noon and three legs in the evening?"

[whispering out loud]

of course you're speaking of man, over the course of their life.

[massgopguy]

Baby, man..man with cane.

[Red Badger]

What walks on 4 legs in the morning, two legs at noon and three legs in the evening?"

HILLARY!............

[Smokin' Joe]

C'mon, she has to be on all eight in there somewhere...

[Verginius Rufus]

Rats! It's just a statue of a sphinx. It would have been much more interesting if they had found the headless body of an actual sphinx.

[bella1]

Probably refused to convert. Islam is evil.

[RightResponse]

"What walks on 4 legs in the morning, two legs at noon and three legs in the evening?"

A horny grizzly bear?

[Red Badger]

ALL 8!....LOL!!!!.......

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks NYer.

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[Dustbunny]

Neat

[Graymatter]

If it's headless how do they know it's a sphinx?

[MillerCreek]

Hahaha...

[MillerCreek]

BECAUSE it's offensive to muslims!!!! ha.