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Untouched Roman Sarcophagi Found
Ansa ^ | 12-6-2005

Posted on 12/06/2005 1:06:37 PM PST by blam

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1 posted on 12/06/2005 1:06:39 PM PST by blam
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To: SunkenCiv

GGG Ping.


2 posted on 12/06/2005 1:07:32 PM PST by blam
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To: blam

Did they touch it when they found it? Enquiring minds want to know.


3 posted on 12/06/2005 1:08:04 PM PST by Jeff Head (www.dragonsfuryseries.com)
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To: blam

Maybe scientists can clone ancient Romans from the remains!


4 posted on 12/06/2005 1:08:44 PM PST by evets (God bless president Bush!)
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To: blam

Wonder if there are any religious artifacts buried inside those sarcophagi.


5 posted on 12/06/2005 1:11:37 PM PST by Ciexyz (Let us always remember, the Lord is in control.)
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To: blam

Ilove this stuff!


6 posted on 12/06/2005 1:13:31 PM PST by exDemocratbutnotRepubican
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To: evets

Wasn't Bill Clinton cloned from Caligula?


7 posted on 12/06/2005 1:19:31 PM PST by the gillman@blacklagoon.com (“Don't let anyone tell you we can't control our borders,”)
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To: blam

Did it have a Gouaould in it?


8 posted on 12/06/2005 1:22:02 PM PST by Crawdad (So the guy says to the doctor, "It hurts when I do this.")
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To: Skywalk

Roman ping, pumpkin.


9 posted on 12/06/2005 1:26:24 PM PST by radiohead (Hey Kerry, I'm still here. Still hating your lying, stinking guts, you coward.)
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To: evets

Why would we want to do that? I'm sure you know
what passed as fun and games for the average Roman.


10 posted on 12/06/2005 1:27:50 PM PST by golch1979 ("Captain Sobol, we solute the rank, not the man.")
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To: blam
sarcophagus

"Is Greek word!" Actually, two Greek words, in Latinized form. The "sarco-" part means "flesh," and "phag" comes from the verb, "to eat." So a "sarcophagus" is a place where . . . the flesh is eaten.

11 posted on 12/06/2005 1:28:45 PM PST by Charles Henrickson (I teach Greek.)
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To: the gillman@blacklagoon.com
Wasn't Bill Clinton cloned from Caligula?

I always thought he was cloned from "Incitatus".
From cells in the "south end".
12 posted on 12/06/2005 1:30:08 PM PST by Kozak (Anti Shahada: " There is no God named Allah, and Muhammed is his False Prophet")
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"It's really rare to find so many sarcophagi that have never been profaned or even opened - as can be seen by the intact lead clasps on their edges," said the head of the dig, Stefano Musco .

Rome anthropologist Paola Catalano said she hoped the skeletons and funerary objects would provide information on burial rites and the lifestyles and social position of the dead, "even though the acidity of the terrain and rainwater has already corroded the marble." The sarcophagi will be moved to the Museo Nazionale Romano at Diocletian's Baths, while the burial site will be preserved as a green area .

So they are going to profane and open the grave then?

13 posted on 12/06/2005 1:31:58 PM PST by frogjerk (LIBERALISM - Being miserable for no good reason)
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To: Charles Henrickson
Sarkophagos is a Greek word...originally meaning "carnivorous" or "cannibal" but also applied to a sarcophagus.
14 posted on 12/06/2005 1:58:23 PM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: the gillman@blacklagoon.com

"Wasn't Bill Clinton cloned from Caligula?"

Nah, he was cloned from the Emperor Tiberius, who according to Suetonius, gave depravity a bad name.


15 posted on 12/06/2005 2:01:17 PM PST by KamperKen
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" I always thought he was cloned from "Incitatus".
From cells in the "south end".

LOL! Great one!


16 posted on 12/06/2005 2:02:17 PM PST by KamperKen
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To: the gillman@blacklagoon.com

Thought Hitlery had "done away" with that oddball piece of info....


17 posted on 12/06/2005 2:06:10 PM PST by litehaus
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To: blam

So they are going to loot these tombs? Oh, I understand its in the interest of "science". I guess thats okay.


18 posted on 12/06/2005 2:12:05 PM PST by stumpy
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To: KamperKen

Tibillious Grabbass.


19 posted on 12/06/2005 2:23:16 PM PST by the gillman@blacklagoon.com (“Don't let anyone tell you we can't control our borders,”)
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To: the gillman@blacklagoon.com

No, wait, it had to be Caligula, because like him, Bill made his horse a Senator!


20 posted on 12/06/2005 2:24:52 PM PST by the gillman@blacklagoon.com (“Don't let anyone tell you we can't control our borders,”)
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