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Newly found mosaic is optical illusion
The Guardian ^
| June 3, 2006
| John Hooper
Posted on 06/03/2006 5:14:32 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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posted on
06/03/2006 5:14:33 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
To: blam; FairOpinion; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 24Karet; 3AngelaD; ...
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posted on
06/03/2006 5:15:04 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
No pictures with the articles. That would be very interesting indeed. Thanks for posting this.
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posted on
06/03/2006 5:19:16 PM PDT
by
Jemian
(PAM of JT!)
To: SunkenCiv
Man, I hate it when there are no pictures. Especially when the whole point is how something looks.
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posted on
06/03/2006 5:23:06 PM PDT
by
prion
(Yes, as a matter of fact, I AM the spelling police)
To: Jemian
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posted on
06/03/2006 5:25:25 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
"...Viewed one way up it is a bald old man with a beard, but turned the other way round it is a beardless youth. Roberto Cereghino, a government archaeological official... said it appeared to be a depiction of Bacchus. The double face is surrounded by objects that were used in Bacchanalian rites: an ancient musical instrument, the sistrum, a two-handed drinking bowl, and a priestly wand...."
Found the picture
Who knew?
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posted on
06/03/2006 5:37:46 PM PDT
by
sully777
(wWBBD: What would Brian Boitano do?)
To: SunkenCiv; prion; Jemian
You get the idea.
< |:)~
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posted on
06/03/2006 5:39:17 PM PDT
by
martin_fierro
(FRee Charles Henrickson!)
To: sully777
lol- don't get me started!
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posted on
06/03/2006 5:40:21 PM PDT
by
ovrtaxt
(My donation to the GOP went here instead: http://www.minutemanhq.com/hq/index.php)
To: SunkenCiv
So it doesn't really exist then?
L
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posted on
06/03/2006 5:41:17 PM PDT
by
Lurker
(Real conservatives oppose the Presidents amnesty proposal. Help make sure it dies in the House.)
To: SunkenCiv; sully777; pissant; TheBigB; Petronski
Archaeologists studying an ancient mosaic found by workers laying cable .... a depiction of Bacchus. The double face is surrounded by objects that were used in Bacchanalian rites.... I laid some pipe once at a Bacchanalian Rite.
But that's another story for another time.
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posted on
06/03/2006 5:42:01 PM PDT
by
martin_fierro
(FRee Charles Henrickson!)
To: martin_fierro
Sounds better than layin' pipe at a plumbers convention . . .
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posted on
06/03/2006 5:45:06 PM PDT
by
Petronski
(I just love that woman.)
To: martin_fierro
A little different, but I've always liked this one.
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posted on
06/03/2006 5:50:23 PM PDT
by
ThreePuttinDude
()....no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself...... ()
To: SunkenCiv
No offense, however I think the article would have been better suited to include a picture of the mosaic, don't you think?
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posted on
06/03/2006 5:53:23 PM PDT
by
john drake
(roman military maxim: "oderint dum metuant, i.e., let them hate, as long as they fear")
To: martin_fierro
Bacchus, Ceres and Cupid
A Roman mosaic of Dionysus (not found at archaeological site)
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posted on
06/03/2006 6:02:15 PM PDT
by
sully777
(wWBBD: What would Brian Boitano do?)
To: john drake
No offense, however I think the article would have been better suited to include a picture of the mosaic, don't you think? Normal view:
Reverse view:
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posted on
06/03/2006 6:03:53 PM PDT
by
freedumb2003
(FRee Charles Hendrickson!!)
To: SunkenCiv
Neat!
Those "ancients" were cleverer, than we thought.
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posted on
06/03/2006 6:04:35 PM PDT
by
FairOpinion
(Dem Foreign Policy: SURRENDER to our enemies. Real conservatives don't help Dems get elected.)
To: sully777
Sistahfren' got a lotta junk in that trunk.
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posted on
06/03/2006 6:04:35 PM PDT
by
martin_fierro
(FRee Charles Henrickson!)
To: sully777
Cupid looks like he is saying, "Sheesh! Get a room."
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posted on
06/03/2006 6:06:30 PM PDT
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(Every lady in this land hath 20 nails on each hand five and twenty on hand and feet)
To: john drake
"The mosaic has since been removed from the site for restoration, and there are plans to put it on display in Rome later this year."
It sounds like it is in need of some work to really show it. Some imagination might be needed now. That might explain the lack of picture.
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posted on
06/03/2006 6:25:57 PM PDT
by
AFPhys
((.Praying for President Bush, our troops, their families, and all my American neighbors..))
To: ThreePuttinDude
A little different, but I've always liked this one.It is rather sweet.
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posted on
06/03/2006 6:44:21 PM PDT
by
null and void
(Cry hassock, and rest the dogs some more!)
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