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Newly found mosaic is optical illusion
The Guardian ^ | June 3, 2006 | John Hooper

Posted on 06/03/2006 5:14:32 PM PDT by SunkenCiv

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1 posted on 06/03/2006 5:14:33 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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2 posted on 06/03/2006 5:15:04 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: SunkenCiv

No pictures with the articles. That would be very interesting indeed. Thanks for posting this.


3 posted on 06/03/2006 5:19:16 PM PDT by Jemian (PAM of JT!)
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To: SunkenCiv

Man, I hate it when there are no pictures. Especially when the whole point is how something looks.


4 posted on 06/03/2006 5:23:06 PM PDT by prion (Yes, as a matter of fact, I AM the spelling police)
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To: Jemian
It is too bad. An Italian page, translated to English by Google also has no pic.
5 posted on 06/03/2006 5:25:25 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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"...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...."
Found the picture



Who knew?
6 posted on 06/03/2006 5:37:46 PM PDT by sully777 (wWBBD: What would Brian Boitano do?)
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You get the idea.

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7 posted on 06/03/2006 5:39:17 PM PDT by martin_fierro (FRee Charles Henrickson!)
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To: sully777

lol- don't get me started!

8 posted on 06/03/2006 5:40:21 PM PDT by ovrtaxt (My donation to the GOP went here instead: http://www.minutemanhq.com/hq/index.php)
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To: SunkenCiv
So it doesn't really exist then?

L

9 posted on 06/03/2006 5:41:17 PM PDT by Lurker (Real conservatives oppose the Presidents amnesty proposal. Help make sure it dies in the House.)
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Archaeologists studying an ancient mosaic found by workers laying cable .... a depiction of Bacchus. The double face is surrounded by objects that were used in Bacchanalian rites....

I laid some pipe once at a Bacchanalian Rite.

But that's another story for another time.

10 posted on 06/03/2006 5:42:01 PM PDT by martin_fierro (FRee Charles Henrickson!)
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Sounds better than layin' pipe at a plumbers convention . . .


11 posted on 06/03/2006 5:45:06 PM PDT by Petronski (I just love that woman.)
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To: martin_fierro
A little different, but I've always liked this one.


12 posted on 06/03/2006 5:50:23 PM PDT by ThreePuttinDude ()....no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself...... ()
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To: SunkenCiv

No offense, however I think the article would have been better suited to include a picture of the mosaic, don't you think?


13 posted on 06/03/2006 5:53:23 PM PDT by john drake (roman military maxim: "oderint dum metuant, i.e., let them hate, as long as they fear")
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To: martin_fierro
Bacchus, Ceres and Cupid


A Roman mosaic of Dionysus (not found at archaeological site)

14 posted on 06/03/2006 6:02:15 PM PDT by sully777 (wWBBD: What would Brian Boitano do?)
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No offense, however I think the article would have been better suited to include a picture of the mosaic, don't you think?

Normal view:

Reverse view:


15 posted on 06/03/2006 6:03:53 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (FRee Charles Hendrickson!!)
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To: SunkenCiv

Neat!


Those "ancients" were cleverer, than we thought.


16 posted on 06/03/2006 6:04:35 PM PDT by FairOpinion (Dem Foreign Policy: SURRENDER to our enemies. Real conservatives don't help Dems get elected.)
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To: sully777

Sistahfren' got a lotta junk in that trunk.


17 posted on 06/03/2006 6:04:35 PM PDT by martin_fierro (FRee Charles Henrickson!)
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To: sully777

Cupid looks like he is saying, "Sheesh! Get a room."


18 posted on 06/03/2006 6:06:30 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Every lady in this land hath 20 nails on each hand five and twenty on hand and feet)
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To: john drake

"The mosaic has since been removed from the site for restoration, and there are plans to put it on display in Rome later this year."

It sounds like it is in need of some work to really show it. Some imagination might be needed now. That might explain the lack of picture.


19 posted on 06/03/2006 6:25:57 PM PDT by AFPhys ((.Praying for President Bush, our troops, their families, and all my American neighbors..))
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To: ThreePuttinDude
A little different, but I've always liked this one.

It is rather sweet.

20 posted on 06/03/2006 6:44:21 PM PDT by null and void (Cry hassock, and rest the dogs some more!)
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