[deleted] t1_ir3kk7e wrote on October 5, 2022 at 1:56 AM

Fun useless fact but the Greek statues and the later Roman reproductions and/or imitations were almost always painted, just the paint tended to wear away over the years and there has been a willful ignorance to the paint fragments left remaining by earlier art historians.

DarkstarInfinity2020 t1_ir3hwam wrote on October 5, 2022 at 1:35 AM

Reply to comment by Laserbarrage in See lifelike facial reconstructions of a medieval Scottish woman, priest and bishop by unheated1

Judging by unknown but later identified skeletons who were reconstructed (and their pictures in life,) the veracity of the reconstruction depends upon the reconstructor.

hailwyatt t1_ir3hd6u wrote on October 5, 2022 at 1:31 AM

Reply to Hercules statue, approximately 2,000 years old, discovered in Greece - The Jerusalem Post by DRKILLM0NGER

Nobody take your eyes off the British Museum!!!

DarkstarInfinity2020 t1_ir3gs8g wrote on October 5, 2022 at 1:26 AM

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Pretty sure it was artistic choice rather than morphologic destiny to give the two religious such dour scowls. Bones don’t scowl.

[deleted] t1_ir3gqf3 wrote on October 5, 2022 at 1:26 AM

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Borisof007 t1_ir3fcv7 wrote on October 5, 2022 at 1:15 AM

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It's a 2000 year old statue of Blaine Gibson

Lethal_Eboala t1_ir3emii wrote on October 5, 2022 at 1:10 AM

Reply to comment by Reddituser8018 in See lifelike facial reconstructions of a medieval Scottish woman, priest and bishop by unheated1

There is a place at a university I used to attend who did just that and helped solve a few cold cases

https://www.lsu.edu/faces/imaging/index.php

AstralLiving t1_ir3ekle wrote on October 5, 2022 at 1:09 AM

Reply to Gold coins hidden in 7th Century found in wall by BarKnight

There's always money in the banana stand.

something_facetious t1_ir3eb7k wrote on October 5, 2022 at 1:07 AM

Reply to comment by sunny0_0 in Hercules statue, approximately 2,000 years old, discovered in Greece - The Jerusalem Post by DRKILLM0NGER

I'm of the opinion that everything should be returned, unless a country/culture asks that another country keep it safe for them because of times of instability or what have you. But if it gets returned and then gets destroyed... it was always theirs to preserve or destroy. Is it a tremendous loss? Yes, but such is the way of human history.

[deleted] t1_ir3e1j5 wrote on October 5, 2022 at 1:05 AM

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[deleted] t1_ir3dscc wrote on October 5, 2022 at 1:03 AM

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HermanCainsGhost t1_ir3djtx wrote on October 5, 2022 at 1:01 AM

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Then that's not Byzantine era at all.

Anxiety_Friendly t1_ir3dgj7 wrote on October 5, 2022 at 1:01 AM

Reply to comment by smittythehoneybadger in Hercules statue, approximately 2,000 years old, discovered in Greece - The Jerusalem Post by DRKILLM0NGER

Yea but what have the Romans ever done for us?

ScoobyDeezy t1_ir3dape wrote on October 5, 2022 at 12:59 AM

Reply to comment by TemperatureDizzy3257 in See lifelike facial reconstructions of a medieval Scottish woman, priest and bishop by unheated1

Saw that on an episode of MacGuyver, I think, like 30 years ago.

TorchedBlack t1_ir3d1x7 wrote on October 5, 2022 at 12:57 AM

Reply to comment by SyllabubLopsided4724 in Hercules statue, approximately 2,000 years old, discovered in Greece - The Jerusalem Post by DRKILLM0NGER

Not really, they mentioned the byzantines. The byzantine empire was the breakaway empire of the eastern Roman empire. It controlled Greece for a while as well. The line at which you say when byzantines were byzantines vs Romans is pretty murky.

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