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To: the scotsman

A bit of a stretch.
I don’t see the ‘Samson’ connection at all............


3 posted on 07/31/2012 9:16:44 AM PDT by Red Badger (Think logically. Act normally.................)
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To: Red Badger

It’s a reverse ~ you need some warm wax to press it into ~ then you’ll see the guy and the lion ~ with perspective a good 1500 years before that concept became common in art.


13 posted on 07/31/2012 9:38:50 AM PDT by muawiyah
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To: Red Badger
It's actually an ancient representation of Calvin and Hobbes.

There were no coins in the 11th century BC--they weren't invented until several centuries later.

It could be a seal--lots of seal stones have been discovered in Bronze Age sites. There are many very artistic seal stones known from Minoan Crete. Presumably they were used like seals were in the Middle Ages, for identification (press the seal stone into wet clay to create an impression).

24 posted on 07/31/2012 11:32:50 AM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: Red Badger

I agree. I believe in the Bible and the story of Sampson, but fighting lions was a tradition among middle eastern rulers from Egypt to Iran.


31 posted on 07/31/2012 7:06:30 PM PDT by ZULU (See: http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=D9vQt6IXXaM&hd)
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