Beneath the Vatican

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By semillama on Monday, October 6, 2003 - 11:32 am:

    Or, of Mice and Men.

    A pretty interesting read on what archaeology has to say about St. Peter's and the Vatican.

By wisper on Monday, October 6, 2003 - 12:31 pm:

    Tivoli is my home town, Flavius Agricola my name—yes, I'm the one you see reclining here, just as I did all the years of life Fate granted me, taking good care of my little self and never running short on wine. Primitiva, my darling wife, died before me, she too a Flavian, chaste worshipper of Isis ... Friends who read this, do my bidding. Mix the wine, drink deep, wreathed in flowers, and do not refuse to pretty girls the pleasures of sexual intercourse. When death comes, earth and fire devour all.

By heather on Monday, October 6, 2003 - 01:41 pm:

    so many secrets


    you should all go to rome

    yes.

By eri on Monday, October 6, 2003 - 02:39 pm:

    That was very very interesting. I totally want to go there now and check it all out.

By semillama on Monday, October 6, 2003 - 03:06 pm:

    Everyone should go to Rome at some point in their lives. It's really amazing. Definitely on my list of places to check out again. Same with Greece and Britain. France, seen it twice. Wouldn't turn down a free trip, but don't have any pressing need to see it again. Too many places I haven't been to yet, like Iceland.

By Lapis on Monday, October 6, 2003 - 04:25 pm:

    Saturday I found a copy of "The Popular History of the Catholic Church" which seems to treat the last 500 years as an insult. Haven't read it yet.

    There was a thing last night on tv when I was on break about the Gospel of Mary. Found in Egypt, written in Coptic. They found two pages of a Greek copy in a trash heap, dated to about 300 AD.

    Now I'm curious.

By heather on Monday, October 6, 2003 - 04:37 pm:

    rome is amazing


    and you should always travel with a good story
    teller, cause you never know what's the truth


By semillama on Monday, October 6, 2003 - 05:21 pm:

    My guided tour of Rome was done by a retired archaeologist - that was fantastic, because he could point out all these little details and make them relevant to us modern-day folks, and fit everything into the wider context of the period he was talking about.

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