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Posted on 02/18/2020 11:52:49 AM PST by C19fan
A shrine dedicated to the legendary founder of Rome, Romulus, has been discovered after archaeologists excavated the Roman Forum and stumbled upon the discovery.
The shrine includes an underground chamber containing a 55-inch sarcophagus, and what experts believe may be an altar. The sarcophagus dates to the 6th century B.C., according to experts.
"This is an extraordinary discovery," Alfonsina Russo, director of the Colosseum Archaeological Park, told The Times of London. "The forum never ceases to yield amazing fresh treasures."
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This is how “The Exorcist” started................
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No Remus?...imagine if HE had won the battle.......Would Rome be called REME?...............
But what if it isn’t???? not many folks go to the trouble of burying an empty coffin.
And someone founded and built the city. It did not spring up from the ground like a mushroom.
600 BC is pretty far back. They thought they were descendants of Trojans who escaped the destruction of Troy.
What would have been more interesting would have been if Romulus was in it.
There is an ancient Roman scroll proving it was empty.
It was written by Geraldus Riverus.
I had the opportunity to walk around the roman ruins when i was active duty in the 1970’s. Very amazed.
It’s also quite possible that, considering the small size, the (much) later Romans picked up some bones which they believed were those of Romulus, and built the shrine for them.
Whether they got the right bones or not, may be a matter at issue.
Troy was once considered mythical by many.
This story sound vaguely familiar..?
Sheesh, you gotta be FAST on these sorts of threads...
Troy was a client state of the Hitties empire.
When excavating the ancient capital they found writings mentioning the war between the Trojans and the Greeks.
An old series “In search of the Trojan War” goes into some detail about this. Quite fascinating.
I believe Mark Lenard was the only actor who played both a Romulan and a Vulcan.
Maybe it was the bones of his uncle, Uncle Remus~!
And remember folks, Rome wasn't founded in a day!
But the year was "753"
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We've seen how this started before...
And ended...
Romulus...
"Top men..."
Life is good. :)
The story I heard was that one day in 716 B.C., Romulus disappeared in a cloud of smoke, and his soldiers figured that the god Mars had taken him away. If there is any truth to this, he could have been struck by lightning or a meteor. But either way, I don’t think there would have been much left of him, maybe nothing at all, to put in the sarcophagus.
Remus always got 2nd billing.
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