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Researchers uncover 'mask unlike any other'
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| March 16, 2015
Posted on 03/16/2015 12:22:25 PM PDT by sparklite2
An ancient god has resurfaced in Israel thanks to what archaeologists say is a one-of-a-kind discovery. University of Haifa researchers were digging at what's believed to be an ancient basalt armory outside Sussita—which the Jerusalem Post reports was once the Roman city of Antiochia Hippos—when a ball from a ballista, an ancient missile weapon, appeared two weeks ago.
As it was made of limestone rather than basalt, archaeologists suspected it was an enemy missile and turned to a metal detector to search for a coin that might date the projectile.
It found something far bigger: a 2,000-year-old bronze mask larger than a human head. Archaeologists say it depicts the ancient god of shepherds, Pan, who is half man, half goat.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: antiochiahippos; ballista; god; godsgravesglyphs; idol; israel; pan; roman; romanempire; shepherds
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The mask described in the article ...
My favorite ancient mask, though,
is a hunka hunka burnin' stone.
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
03/16/2015 12:24:20 PM PDT
by
Bigg Red
(Let's put the ship of state on Cruz Control with Ted Cruz.)
To: sparklite2
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posted on
03/16/2015 12:25:59 PM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: sparklite2
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posted on
03/16/2015 12:26:17 PM PDT
by
servo1969
To: sparklite2
Right, I remember when that was dug up in
Ancient Memphis.
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posted on
03/16/2015 12:26:46 PM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: sparklite2
Thank ya vury much...
-PJ
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posted on
03/16/2015 12:26:47 PM PDT
by
Political Junkie Too
(If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
To: tet68
Heh. I see what you did there.
To: sparklite2
Archaeologists say it depicts the ancient god of shepherds, Pan, who is half man, half goat.Google and you'll find a picture of pan having sex with a goat. Sounds like a muslims prophet but looks like the typical portrait of Satan. In any case, it's interesting that it's been found during this time.
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posted on
03/16/2015 12:32:17 PM PDT
by
dragonblustar
(Philippians 2:10)
To: servo1969
It's a mask of Spicoli..
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posted on
03/16/2015 12:32:23 PM PDT
by
GrandJediMasterYoda
(She comes out of the sun in a silk dress running like a watercolor in the rain)
To: sparklite2
You had me there for a minute. Never an Elvis fan, I was considering the Neanderthal brow and wondering whether Neanderthals dragged their knuckles as far south as Palestine.
Well, yeah, they did get to Memphis…..THAT we know. :)
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posted on
03/16/2015 12:33:05 PM PDT
by
Veto!
(Opinions freely dispensed as advice)
To: servo1969
Jack Palance’s great-umpteenth grandfather?
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posted on
03/16/2015 12:33:49 PM PDT
by
skr
(May God confound the enemy)
To: tet68
A lion of Memphis.. Via Tupelo.. Wow.
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posted on
03/16/2015 12:36:22 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi - Revolution is a'brewin!!!)
To: tet68
Yeah, down on Baal Street!....................
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posted on
03/16/2015 12:41:52 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Man builds a ship in a bottle. God builds a universe in the palm of His hand.............)
To: sparklite2
Lord a’mighty I feel my temperature risin’
;’)
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posted on
03/16/2015 12:44:42 PM PDT
by
rockrr
(Everything is different now...)
To: sparklite2
...2,000-year-old bronze mask larger than a human head. Those masks don't look bronze to me.
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posted on
03/16/2015 12:54:35 PM PDT
by
bkopto
(Free men are not equal. Equal men are not free.)
To: tet68
Yep, Elvis is in the house!
To: sparklite2
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posted on
03/16/2015 1:06:38 PM PDT
by
hal ogen
(First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
To: hal ogen
Elvis is eternal<\i>cool never goes out of style
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posted on
03/16/2015 1:20:24 PM PDT
by
BRL
To: sparklite2
PROOF that Elvis was a Jew !
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posted on
03/16/2015 1:42:36 PM PDT
by
jonatron
(Land of the Free, Home of the Brave)
To: sparklite2
What happens in Vegas,
stays in Israel.
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posted on
03/16/2015 2:07:57 PM PDT
by
bunkerhill7
("The Second Amendment has no limits on firepower"-NY State Senator Kathleen A. Marchione."))))
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