Posted on 06/03/2006 5:14:32 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Archaeologists studying an ancient mosaic found by workers laying cable south of Rome have been astonished to discover that it is an optical illusion. Viewed one way up it is a bald old man with a beard, but turned the other way round it is a beardless youth. Roberto Cereghino, a government archaeological official... said it appeared to be a depiction of Bacchus. The double face is surrounded by objects that were used in Bacchanalian rites: an ancient musical instrument, the sistrum, a two-handed drinking bowl, and a priestly wand. The mosaic's optical trickery may be linked to the fact that Bacchus was the god of wine.
(Excerpt) Read more at guardian.co.uk ...
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Thanks, you three should be on a "light a candle rather than curse the darkness" ping list. ;')
see "The Gardener"...
Giuseppe Archimboldo
(1527-1593)
http://www.oraculartree.com/artist_history87.html
Very cool!
Fascinating! (I saved it on my computer.)
Heh... inspired by Etruscan tomb art, no doubt. ;')
Six beers? That's just an eye-opener.
what happened to Charles Henrickson?
one too many puns? or did the FemFreepers get him?
They're the experts but you've got to wonder is there is a misidentification here.
Janus was a two-faced god, the god of portals and thresholds, of coming in and going out, of past and future held simultaneously in a single, encompassing perspective.
I'd have a lot more respect for the Romans if they'd named one of their deities "Hendrix". ;')
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