Archaeologists Investigate Ancient Greek Temenos on Black Sea Island

Popular Archaeology ^ | Monday, January 19, 2015 | editors

[SunkenCiv]

Subtitle, "Possible evidence of lost temple of Apollo uncovered."

Found at Apollonia Pontica, terracotta plaque frieze fragment artifact shows two hoplites. Marie Lan-Nguyen, Wikimedia Commons

[SunkenCiv]

Subtitle, "Possible evidence of lost temple of Apollo uncovered."

Found at Apollonia Pontica, a lot of 4 Greek silver coins. Wikimedia Commons

[SunkenCiv]

[SunkenCiv]

Loads of coins, other images.

[knarf]

How come it seems we always get human remains ‘documented’ to be millions of years old but all we find in physical plant remains is thousands ?

[SunkenCiv]

Because you haven’t been taking your meds?

[SunkenCiv]

http://www.archaeological.org/fieldwork/afob/17307

[knarf]

THIS I found interesting on that page ...

(Not breakin' y'balls SC ... just havin' some fun)

[knarf]

Really ... IS there a stash of coins or a winepress documented to be millions of years old ?

[SunkenCiv]

Ooh, I like that. That one was hard to explain, and my browser crashed before I could check it out. :’)

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Same reason we don't find any caveman clubs?

[El Cid]

Re: 1

What the heck? Is the guy blowing on his horn while he is running the guy in front of him through with a spear? Workplace accident (i.e., don't go blowing on your horn while holding sharp objects)?
Or just a show off ('look at me impale this guy with one hand while closing my eyes and blowing on this ram's horn')?

[SunkenCiv]

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[knarf]

Rear end ... failure to maintain control ... HIS FAULT

SUE THE BASTARD !!

[Pontiac]

What the heck? Is the guy blowing on his horn while he is running the guy in front of him through with a spear? Workplace accident (i.e., don't go blowing on your horn while holding sharp objects)?

Work place accident; yes.

But that is not a Ram’s Horn it is a mead horn.

Drinking on the job in ancient Greece was a common problem among Hoplites.

[El Cid]

Ah, drunk while handling a sharp object.

Maybe this figure was really from an ancient OSHA building with the title 'Don't drink while walking with a Spear'...

[Pontiac]

Yes, a bronze age safety poster.

[knarf]

Love your explanation, but the guy's cheeks are puffed ... he ain't drinkin' ... he's TEXTIN' while drivin' with a sharp object !

"Course some o'them older textin' m'chines prolly DID have a secret compartment (wink wink) ... too bad the rest of the relief is missin' ... I'd LOVE t'see the look on the cop's face in the next scene

[knarf]

Love your explanation, but the guy's cheeks are puffed ... he ain't drinkin' ... he's TEXTIN' while drivin' with a sharp object !

"Course some o'them older textin' m'chines prolly DID have a secret compartment (wink wink) ... too bad the rest of the relief is missin' ... I'd LOVE t'see the look on the cop's face in the next scene

[SunkenCiv]

He was underinflating that horn!