Sounds like the "gruesome twosome" at the L.A. Coliseum.
Posted on 08/25/2010 5:39:04 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Ancient Cypriots were worshippers, not only of the Greek gods and goddesses, but also of faceless male and female deities, latest finds at the Idalion site have revealed... ancient Cypriots borrowed religious symbols from many nations to represent their own native gods... "With the removal of several years of accumulated rain wash, extraordinary vessels were revealed sitting on what appeared to be the last used floor of the sanctuary. These finds indicate that the sanctuary was in use until the first century BC. The cluster of whole vessels on a floor covered with mud brick detritus may indicate that the sanctuary was abandoned in something of a hurry." ...of great interest was the discovery of the limits of the Hellenistic altar in the Adonis Temenos. It said the western corner of the southern edge of the altar was found approximately eight metres west of the eastern corner. "The huge size of this altar indicates the continuing importance of the cult of the consort of the Great Mother at Idalion in the Hellenistic period. Evidence of votive terracottas continued in the area of the altar," said the announcement. "In the area known as the "Sanctuary of the Paired Deities" the [American] team continued to uncover the eastern area last used in the Roman period. It was discovered that, in addition to worshipping a pair of aniconic [faceless] deities, a male and a female, ancient Cypriot worshippers donated numerous limestone votive figures." ...It appears the Hellenistic industrial installation existed possibly for the processing of textiles because at each end of the basin, which measures close to six metres long by 2.7 metres wide, there are depressions, apparently for the insertion of wooden rods, "presumably for the rolling of cloth or wool through liquid for dying or producing felt".
(Excerpt) Read more at cyprus-mail.com ...
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Or they won a bunch of cheap trophies from the second shelf at the county fair. lol
What a bunch of followers.
2.7 meters. Six cubits?
1 In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites had come out of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, the second month, he began to build the temple of the Lord.
2 The temple that King Solomon built for the Lord was sixty cubits long, twenty wide and thirty high.
3 The portico at the front of the main hall of the temple extended the width of the temple, that is twenty cubits, and projected ten cubits from the front of the temple.
4 He made narrow clerestory windows in the temple.
5 Against the walls of the main hall and inner sanctuary he built a structure around the building, in which there were side rooms.
6 The lowest floor was five cubits wide, the middle floor six cubits...
Just sayin... :)
(Actually I am not at all sure if Solomon’s temple was done in royal cubits or the other kind.)
Sounds like the "gruesome twosome" at the L.A. Coliseum.
hey that guy is a friend of mine, Dr. Terry Schroeder, US Olympic water polo coach ( he was a player when he posed for that sculpture)
Looks like R. Crumb designs. ;’)
Technically, since we’re modern, and they’re ancient, they’re preceders. ;’)
A pinch if dis and a splash of dat. Such are sown the seeds of dis content.
I blame myself.
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