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Extraordinary Pompeii discovery: Racehorse remains found among ancient city's ruins
Fox News.com ^ | May 14, 2018 | James Rogers

Posted on 05/14/2018 2:29:58 PM PDT by Kaslin

Archaeologists have unearthed the final resting place of an ancient racehorse among the ruins of the ancient city of Pompeii in Italy.

The horse was discovered in Pompeii’s northern outskirts, beyond the walls of the Roman city. The stable where the horse belonged to a villa in Pompeii’s suburb of Civita Giuliana.

Experts discovered the horse’s remains when they were investigating tunnels used by tomb raiders, according to a Facebook post.

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KEYWORDS: 79ad; agriculture; ancientautopsies; animalhusbandry; chastelovers; civitagiuliana; equid; ggg; godsgravesglyphs; helixmakemineadouble; huntergatherers; massimoosanna; mountvesuvius; pompeii; romanempire; workingdogs
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To: Donkey Odious
Mount Vesuvius erupted in the year 79AD

You couldn't ask a more ridiculous questein

21 posted on 05/14/2018 3:41:47 PM PDT by Kaslin (Politicians are not born; they are excreted -Civilibus nati sunt; sunt excernitur. (Cicero))
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To: Donkey Odious
Mount Vesuvius erupted in the year 79AD

You couldn't ask a more ridiculous question

22 posted on 05/14/2018 3:42:08 PM PDT by Kaslin (Politicians are not born; they are excreted -Civilibus nati sunt; sunt excernitur. (Cicero))
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To: DoughtyOne

"Conserving our Natural Racehorses"

23 posted on 05/14/2018 3:51:17 PM PDT by CardCarryingMember.VastRightWC ("Blessed are the young, for they shall inherit the national debt" - Pr. Herbert Hoover)
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To: Kaslin

I’ve heard of horses that were good “mudders”, but not too many “lava-ers” …


24 posted on 05/14/2018 3:52:02 PM PDT by mikrofon (Marvelous Monday BUMP)
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To: Fantasywriter

Right, the breed was developed in England. A cross between Arabian stallions and sturdy English mares.


25 posted on 05/14/2018 4:23:32 PM PDT by Andy'smom (Proud member of the basket of deplorables)
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To: Andy'smom
Safe to assume, I guess, that these archeologists aren't major thoroughbred horse fans. 😉
26 posted on 05/14/2018 4:33:02 PM PDT by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do forensic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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To: Kaslin

Secretariatus Maximus.


27 posted on 05/14/2018 4:36:18 PM PDT by rfp1234 (I have already previewed this composition.)
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To: CardCarryingMember.VastRightWC

“:^)


28 posted on 05/14/2018 4:43:03 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (01/26/18 DJIA 30 stocks $26,616.71 48.794% > open 11/07/16 215.71 from 50% increase 1.2183 yrs..)
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To: mikrofon

29 posted on 05/14/2018 4:45:45 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: mewzilla; SunkenCiv; All
Excellent


30 posted on 05/14/2018 4:54:40 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Donkey Odious
You couldn't ask a more ridiculous question

I'm thinking he's onto something he doesn't want us to know about!

31 posted on 05/14/2018 5:56:35 PM PDT by Fightin Whitey
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To: Kaslin; Red Badger; BenLurkin; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; ...
Thanks Kaslin for the topic, and thanks Red Badger and BenLurkin for the pings that I missed prior to posting a different article about the same thing. Mea culpa.

32 posted on 05/16/2018 10:43:19 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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