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Roman dog skeleton is 'donated'
BBC ^ | Wednesday, July 23, 2008 | "posted" by "unattributed"

Posted on 07/28/2008 12:17:31 PM PDT by SunkenCiv

A Lincolnshire charity has had what could be a 2,000-year-old dog skeleton donated to one of its stores.

A note with the bones said they were Roman, excavated from a 1st Century AD pit at the Lawn in Lincoln in 1986...

Nicknamed Caesar, the dog bones will be handed over to The Collection museum in Lincoln, she said...

"It's not a big dog, probably like a small whippet or greyhound. There are lots of bones, though perhaps not all, but its like a big jigsaw puzzle," she added.

A note from the Society for Lincolnshire History and Archaeology which was included with the donation said the skeleton dated from the Roman era...

David Moir, from the Association of Charity Shops, said... a 17th Century economics text book donated a few years ago sold for £18,000.

Antony Lee, collections officer at the museum, said: "Animal bones are very common finds on archaeological sites so they are not valuable as such but they are interesting.

"We will check records from the Lawn excavation and if there is a dog missing we will put him back in his kennel so to speak."

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The bones were donated to the charity shop anonymously
The bones were donated to the charity shop anonymously

1 posted on 07/28/2008 12:17:32 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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Be sure to make your bid for the item in Pounds. /rimshot

Too bad the "Lost Dog" flyer hasn't survived.

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2 posted on 07/28/2008 12:19:24 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_________________________Profile updated Friday, May 30, 2008)
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To: SunkenCiv

Confucius say: Roman dog eventually get hit by car...


3 posted on 07/28/2008 12:22:27 PM PDT by Andonius_99 (There are two sides to every issue. One is right, the other is wrong; but the middle is always evil.)
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Sorry, but the dog was hit by a chariot.


4 posted on 07/28/2008 12:27:16 PM PDT by calex59
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As a member of the Italain American Citizens Club, I find the name Ceasar to be stereotypical. I will discuss this with Moose and Rocco.


5 posted on 07/28/2008 12:34:21 PM PDT by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: SunkenCiv

< /silly >

6 posted on 07/28/2008 12:43:23 PM PDT by martin_fierro (FREE LAZZY, YOU BASTARDS!)
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More nipples in the space-time continuum.


7 posted on 07/28/2008 12:46:52 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_________________________Profile updated Friday, May 30, 2008)
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I will discuss this with Moose and Rocco.

You better call Guido too.

8 posted on 07/28/2008 1:19:53 PM PDT by lesser_satan (Cthulu '08! Why vote for the lesser evil?)
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To: SunkenCiv

Have I got a big nose, Mum?


9 posted on 07/28/2008 1:27:38 PM PDT by ElkGroveDan (The road to hell is paved with the stones of pragmatism.)
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Like much which is dug up and attributed with evolutionary doggerel (dogma), this story bites. These folks want to capitalize on the find and thus Milk-Bone. I won't believe this is truly old unless I can point to the cat scan myself.




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10 posted on 07/28/2008 1:43:59 PM PDT by The Spirit Of Allegiance (Public Employees: Honor Your Oaths! Defend the Constitution from Enemies--Foreign and Domestic!)
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As a member of the Italain American Citizens Club, I find the name Ceasar to be stereotypical. I will discuss this with Moose and Rocco.
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What? Is Guido unavailable? On vacation in Sicily?


11 posted on 07/28/2008 1:45:48 PM PDT by dmz
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You are about 26 minutes funnier than I am.


12 posted on 07/28/2008 1:46:55 PM PDT by dmz
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To: The Spirit Of Allegiance

I doubt his name was Caesar


13 posted on 07/28/2008 1:48:50 PM PDT by april15Bendovr (Free Republic & Ron Paul Cult = oxymoron)
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To: The Spirit Of Allegiance

Cat scan? What about retrieving the Labradory tests!! I don’t mean to sound pug-nacious but it sounds as though the historical society is just trying whippet up some free publicity for this cur-rent events story.


14 posted on 07/28/2008 1:49:29 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: SunkenCiv

“In ancient Rome
“There was a poem
“About a dog
“Who had two bones...”


15 posted on 07/28/2008 1:49:29 PM PDT by RichInOC (...are we not men? We are Devo!)
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Yo! Don’ forget ta talk ta Mumbles, Knuckles and ‘Da Nose’.


16 posted on 07/28/2008 1:50:20 PM PDT by uglybiker (I do not suffer from mental illness. I quite enjoy it, actually.)
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To: lesser_satan
I will discuss this with Moose and Rocco.

You better call Guido too.


17 posted on 07/28/2008 1:55:56 PM PDT by SlowBoat407 (ANWR would look great in pumps.)
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To: SunkenCiv

“2,000-year-old dog skeleton “

14,000 in dog years, right?


18 posted on 07/28/2008 2:24:23 PM PDT by Rebelbase (Black dogs and bacon bombs.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Roman Emperor Trajan88 gives this thread a thumb’s up ;-)


19 posted on 07/28/2008 2:40:53 PM PDT by Trajan88 (www.bullittclub.com)
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To: The Spirit Of Allegiance

If it was a Greek dog would it be known as Arfamedes?


20 posted on 07/28/2008 3:17:59 PM PDT by I Drive Too Fast
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