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Bottom_racer@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

Went to the Rome exhibition yesterday.

Was good.

Many of the sculptures of people were missing their noses. Deliberate? Weathering? Both? I guess we’ll never know.

Favourite was a zodiac sundial at the end. Thing was in mint condition.

2nd fave was a statue of Bacchus, god of all sorts of shit including wine. Dude knew how to partay. Respect the wine god.

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StudChud@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
It was both, regarding the noses. It can be a weak spot in the sculpture so can wear and break easily. But also, yeah vandals and stuff would do it too.

And as Catfish said, the Vatican lopped the statues doodles off because “oh no a penis!”.

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- Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Vandals. 🤭
  
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Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
That was a really good exhibition.

It showed all aspects of Roman life and each object, each exhibit, was a masterpiece

I loved all the little bronzes and all the coins.

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Catfish@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Do not disrespect Bacchus, the meanads will eat you.

Noses I can’t say, but there is reputedly a large collection of removed genitals in the Vatican archive.

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- Bottom_racer@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  This poor bacchus had his genitals removed too. There was a hole there which makes me wonder if it was a water feature.
  
  An ancient peeing bacchus.
  
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  - Catfish@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Much wine, much pee. These are the truths of ancient lore.
    
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