Enormous Roman Mosaic Found Under Farmer's Field

Yahoo ^ | 9/17/2012 | Stephanie Pappas

[ETL]

On a more series note...

http://news.yahoo.com/photos/roman-mosaic-found-under-farmer-s-field-slideshow/mosaic-photo-1347913253.html

[Rides_A_Red_Horse]

Italy should demand the “right to return” to their previously held lands. It works for the Palastenians.

[captmar-vell]

i certainly don’t think the antichrist will appear as a lazy golfer,

but the spirit of antichrist is certainly alive and well and a guest of honor at Democratic conventions,

“For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.” Ephesians 6:12

[ETL]

i certainly don’t think the antichrist will appear as a lazy golfer

Obama is much more than a lazy golfer. He is evil, and very dangerous.

[ETL]

Re: Saul Alinsky

[captmar-vell]

oh I agree, didn’t mean to suggest otherwise,

Never in my life have I seen anyone so adored by the lying and corrupt media, and come from nowhere, with nothing (seemingly) and go so far so fast, this is evil spiritual activity at work right in front of us,

We all have to pray for our country to be healed, and pray like we’ve never prayed before, and I believe specifically we have to ask God to rebuke and bind the evil that’s gaining strength here,

[ApplegateRanch]

I feel for the poor farmer.

Losing the use of his field until they finish is bad enough an economic blow; then the fact they are destroying decades of improved tilth means more years of reduced yields.

And, now he’s going to have to replace the field’s drainage tiles, too. *<];-’)

[ETL]

Perhaps he can turn it into a tourist attraction, providing it’s not too far out of the way.

[ApplegateRanch]

Pool-side game boards?

[ETL]

Could be, I suppose.

Yahoo Images search results for “ancient roman board games”:
http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images;_ylt=A0PDoTGDOVlQwgkA3QSJzbkF?p=ancient+roman+board+games&fr=ytff1-amo&ei=utf-8&n=30&x=wrt&y=Search

[ETL]

ancient roman toys and games:
http://picemony.com/ancient%20roman%20toys%20and%20games.html

[Slyfox]

You are right. Wow, overseeing his illustrious and incestuous mess. How fitting.

[JoeProBono]

[Defiant]

Damn, the drains are clogged again!

[mojito]

The painter of the original Romans of the Decadence (1847) was Thomas Couture and it hangs in the Musee d’Orsay in Paris.

http://www.musee-orsay.fr/index.php?id=851&L=1&tx_commentaire_pi1[showUid]=141&no_cache=1

I don't know who did the highly amusing and virtuoso parody, but hats off to him (or her).

[mojito]

Is this detail from this Turkish mosaic?

If it is, the fisherman motif would make me think that the owner of this villa was very probably a Christian.

[ETL]

Thanks for the link.

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[bgill]

My eyes!

[JoeProBono]

Tripoli, Libya - Roman Mosaic, National Museum, Fishermen

[commonguymd]

That’s good stuff