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Roman dog skeleton is 'donated'
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| Wednesday, July 23, 2008
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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
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posted on
07/28/2008 12:17:32 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
To: The Spirit Of Allegiance; blam; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; ...
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posted on
07/28/2008 12:19:24 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_________________________Profile updated Friday, May 30, 2008)
To: SunkenCiv
Confucius say: Roman dog eventually get hit by car...
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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.)
To: Andonius_99
Sorry, but the dog was hit by a chariot.
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posted on
07/28/2008 12:27:16 PM PDT
by
calex59
To: calex59
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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posted on
07/28/2008 12:34:21 PM PDT
by
massgopguy
(I owe everything to George Bailey)
To: SunkenCiv
< /silly >
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posted on
07/28/2008 12:43:23 PM PDT
by
martin_fierro
(FREE LAZZY, YOU BASTARDS!)
To: martin_fierro
More nipples in the space-time continuum.
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posted on
07/28/2008 12:46:52 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: massgopguy
I will discuss this with Moose and Rocco. You better call Guido too.
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posted on
07/28/2008 1:19:53 PM PDT
by
lesser_satan
(Cthulu '08! Why vote for the lesser evil?)
To: SunkenCiv
Have I got a big nose, Mum?
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posted on
07/28/2008 1:27:38 PM PDT
by
ElkGroveDan
(The road to hell is paved with the stones of pragmatism.)
To: SunkenCiv; HairOfTheDog; Knitting A Conundrum; Rennes Templar; LexBaird; lowbridge; trooprally; ...
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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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!)
To: massgopguy
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?
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posted on
07/28/2008 1:45:48 PM PDT
by
dmz
To: lesser_satan
You are about 26 minutes funnier than I am.
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posted on
07/28/2008 1:46:55 PM PDT
by
dmz
To: The Spirit Of Allegiance
I doubt his name was Caesar
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posted on
07/28/2008 1:48:50 PM PDT
by
april15Bendovr
(Free Republic & Ron Paul Cult = oxymoron)
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.
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posted on
07/28/2008 1:49:29 PM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: SunkenCiv
“In ancient Rome
“There was a poem
“About a dog
“Who had two bones...”
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posted on
07/28/2008 1:49:29 PM PDT
by
RichInOC
(...are we not men? We are Devo!)
To: massgopguy; lesser_satan
Yo! Don’ forget ta talk ta Mumbles, Knuckles and ‘Da Nose’.
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posted on
07/28/2008 1:50:20 PM PDT
by
uglybiker
(I do not suffer from mental illness. I quite enjoy it, actually.)
To: lesser_satan
I will discuss this with Moose and Rocco. You better call Guido too.
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posted on
07/28/2008 1:55:56 PM PDT
by
SlowBoat407
(ANWR would look great in pumps.)
To: SunkenCiv
“2,000-year-old dog skeleton “
14,000 in dog years, right?
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posted on
07/28/2008 2:24:23 PM PDT
by
Rebelbase
(Black dogs and bacon bombs.)
To: SunkenCiv
Roman Emperor Trajan88 gives this thread a thumb’s up ;-)
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posted on
07/28/2008 2:40:53 PM PDT
by
Trajan88
(www.bullittclub.com)
To: The Spirit Of Allegiance
If it was a Greek dog would it be known as Arfamedes?
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