AA photo

1 posted on
07/28/2011 9:19:53 PM PDT by
SunkenCiv
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3 posted on
07/28/2011 9:24:08 PM PDT by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: SunkenCiv
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7 posted on
07/28/2011 9:53:59 PM PDT by
Oztrich Boy
(New gets old. Steampunk is always cool)
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8 posted on
07/28/2011 10:01:16 PM PDT by
TenthAmendmentChampion
(Darwinism is to Genesis as Global Warming is to Revelations.)
To: SunkenCiv
Sometimes, ya just have to read the carving on the wall.....I’ll take Lenticulus in the 5th.
9 posted on
07/29/2011 3:07:35 AM PDT by
Tainan
(Cogito Ergo Conservitus.)
To: SunkenCiv
One of the most extraordinary artifacts in the MFA, Boston.
Earring in form of Nike driving a two-horse chariot (biga) suspended from a palmette. Greek late Classical or Early Hellenistic Period, about 350325 B.C. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

10 posted on
07/29/2011 3:15:42 AM PDT by
Daffynition
("Don't just live your life, but witness it also.")
To: SunkenCiv
That appears to be a section of a Byzantine relief.
Western Turkey would make sense as that would put it close to Constantinople where chariot racing was a very big affair.
12 posted on
07/29/2011 3:32:12 AM PDT by
Jimmy Valentine
(DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
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