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Archaeologists Discover Ancient Romans had Bowel Movements

None of the classic ancient writers, neither Plato or Socrates or anyone else for that matter, wrote of the lifting of togas. Nor was there even one scintilla of evidence to be found in the Torah or the Bible about the expulsion of bodily excess. The central themes in classic Greek plays were never centered on sewers or outhouses. And so the mystery remained. But now archaeologists, after centuries of trying, have discovered how Romans lived 2,000 years ago, by studying what they left behind in their sewers. The team of esteemed experts assigned their inferiors, mostly unpaid college interns, to sift through hundreds of sacks of human excrement. The interns, in turn, found a variety of details about their diet and their illnesses. In one tunnel 86 meters long they found seven hundred and fifty sacks of the highly sought after evidence of excrement. The sacks contained a wealth of information, although one intern said he wouldn't have used the term "wealth" to describe the discovery. In the end the scientists have been able to study what foods people ate and what jobs they did, by matching the material to the buildings above, like shops and homes. This unprecedented insight into the diet and health of ancient Romans showed that they ate a lot of vegetables. Many samples also contained high white blood cell count, indicating, say researchers, the presence of a bacterial infection. As one researcher postulated, the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius sealed in for all time this evidence of human intestinal eruptions.

Art in ancient Greece « Mannaismayaadventure's Blog

Figurines made of metal, primarily bronze, are an extremely common find at early Greek sanctuaries like Olympia , where thousands of such objects, mostly depicting animals, have been found. They are usually produced in the  lost wax  technique and can be considered the initials stage in the development of Greek bronze sculpture. The most common motifs during the Geometric period were horses and deer, but dogs, cattle and other animals are also depicted. Human figures occur occasionally. The production of small metal votives continued throughout Greek antiquity. In the Classical and Hellenistic periods, more elaborate bronze statuettes, closely connected with  monumental sculpture , also became common.

Prokne and her dead son Itys. ), or standing clothed female figure, was also common, but since Greek society did not permit the public display of female nudity until the 4th century BC, the kore is considered to be of less importance in the development of sculpture.

As with pottery, the Greeks did not produce sculpture merely for artistic display. Statues were commissioned either by aristocratic individuals or by the state, and used for public memorials, as offerings to temples,  oracles  and sanctuaries (as is frequently shown by inscriptions on the statues), or as markers for graves. Statues in the Archaic period were not all intended to represent specific individuals. They were depictions of an ideal—beauty, piety, honor or sacrifice. These were always depictions of young men, ranging in age from adolescence to early maturity, even when placed on the graves of (presumably) elderly citizens.

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