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Statue of Hermes found in a Roman sewer during excavation (wildhunt.org)
submitted 10 months ago by tux0r@feddit.org to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world
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[–] snooggums@midwest.social 54 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

Vagalinski noted that the discovery was made in the Cloaca Maxima sewer, where archaeologists hardly expected to find anything.

I have a friend in Rome by that name!

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 28 points 10 months ago

He has a wife, you know...

[–] tux0r@feddit.org 23 points 10 months ago

Ahh, the husband of Incontinentia Buttocks!

[–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

Kind of a long name, do they shorten it to a word or two in daily use or go by the full sentence?

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 49 points 10 months ago (2 children)

In 2000 years, people are going to be excavating New England and wondering why there are so many Christopher Columbus and Robert E. Lee statues resting on old lake beds.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 35 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Somehow, I don't think they'll consider them works of art worth preserving.

[–] noxy@yiffit.net 18 points 10 months ago (1 children)

looks like a damn elden ring sorcerer helm

[–] Kiosade@lemmy.ca 7 points 10 months ago

It does. My brother and I call those dudes “Burger Kings” because they look like BK’s creepy king mascot

[–] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 5 points 10 months ago

I'm picturing the god of having little wings growing out of your ankles getting cancelled.

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 13 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Dammit now I’m gay again

[–] tux0r@feddit.org 6 points 10 months ago

Sorry.

[–] madcaesar@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago

Stupid sexy Hermes!

[–] Assman@sh.itjust.works 12 points 10 months ago

Cake

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago

Hermes got some booty!

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Whatcha doing there buddy?

[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Anchoring some sort of curse.

[–] PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

"FINALLY! I THOUGHT IT WOULDN'T EVER TURN BACK UP!"

-A very collection completion obsessed Thracian Pagan

[–] Cap@kbin.melroy.org 8 points 10 months ago

From wiki: "Most scholars derive "Hermes" from Greek ἕρμα (herma),[14] "stone heap."[3]: 177 "

Seems about right.

[–] Siethron@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

Mercury

[–] rollmagma@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

So a Bulgarian sewer?

[–] PrimeErective@startrek.website 8 points 10 months ago

Ok, besides the sewers, what have the Bulgarians ever done for us?!