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Sacred Cave Of Rome's Founders Discovered, Archaeologists Say
National Geographic ^
| 1-26-2007
| Maria Cristina Valsecchi
Posted on 01/26/2007 2:52:55 PM PST by blam
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posted on
01/26/2007 2:52:59 PM PST
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blam
To: blam
They found Uncle Remus?
tee hee
sp
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posted on
01/26/2007 2:54:04 PM PST
by
sodpoodle
(Official Thread Nanny)
To: SunkenCiv
GGG Ping.
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posted on
01/26/2007 2:54:10 PM PST
by
blam
To: blam
Somehow, I knew you'd get here first!
To: blam
It's hard to understand how a cavern used as a temple and filled with rich artefacts could be covered over and lost.
When and how come to mind? Could it have been closed off to prevent barbarian invaders from finding it?
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posted on
01/26/2007 2:58:28 PM PST
by
wildbill
To: blam
Very good article blam. Terrific discovery and great history.
To: blam
How should the preservation of these sites be funded? Admission fees and hotel taxes?
To: wildbill
It was probably sealed off on orders of the same Pope who abolished the pagan rituals conducted there.
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posted on
01/26/2007 3:13:11 PM PST
by
Argus
To: sodpoodle; blam
Just think, if that fight had gone the other way, the city would have been called Reme.
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posted on
01/26/2007 3:13:26 PM PST
by
SmithL
(Where are we going? . . . . And why are we in this handbasket????)
To: wildbill
It's hard to understand how a cavern used as a temple and filled with rich artefacts could be covered over and lost. The ceremony survived until A.D. 494, when Pope Gelasius put an end to the tradition.
I suspect the answer to your question's in there somewhere.
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posted on
01/26/2007 3:13:34 PM PST
by
Grut
To: Grut
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posted on
01/26/2007 3:15:13 PM PST
by
Grut
To: blam
Is a "Sacred Cave" the same thing as a Muzzie "Holy City"?
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posted on
01/26/2007 3:17:41 PM PST
by
BnBlFlag
(Deo Vindice/Semper Fidelis "Ya gotta saddle up your boys; Ya gotta draw a hard line")
To: blam
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posted on
01/26/2007 3:22:49 PM PST
by
Finalapproach29er
(Dems will impeach Bush if given a chance.)
To: SmithL
The Romans could then have been known to history as "Remers".
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posted on
01/26/2007 3:37:21 PM PST
by
PzLdr
("The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am" - Darth Vader)
To: blam
They think it's the right cave because in the trash bin they found bones gnawed by a wolf, but on the refrigerator there were scotched taped pieces of paper with little human hand prints on them.
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posted on
01/26/2007 3:41:56 PM PST
by
Cheburashka
( World's only Spatula City certified spatula repair and maintenance specialist!!!)
To: blam
To: blam
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posted on
01/26/2007 4:14:51 PM PST
by
Kevmo
(Darn, if only I had signed up 4 days earlier, I'd have a 3-digit Freeper #)
To: SmithL
You beat me to it. The Remen Empire just doesn't have the same ring to it. I guess Remus had to die.
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posted on
01/26/2007 4:26:16 PM PST
by
TigersEye
(Ego chatter endlessly on. Mind speaks in great silence.)
To: TigersEye
And they used to tell us Junior Classical Leaguers that we didn't have a sense of humor.
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posted on
01/26/2007 5:43:58 PM PST
by
SmithL
(Where are we going? . . . . And why are we in this handbasket????)
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posted on
01/26/2007 10:33:43 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
("In theory, theory and practice are the same, but in practice, they're not." -- John Rummel)
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