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Statue of Hermes found in a Roman sewer during excavation (wildhunt.org)
submitted 4 months ago by tux0r@feddit.org to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world
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[–] snooggums@midwest.social 54 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 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 4 months ago

He has a wife, you know...

[–] tux0r@feddit.org 23 points 4 months ago

Ahh, the husband of Incontinentia Buttocks!

[–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 9 points 4 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 4 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 4 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] noxy@yiffit.net 18 points 4 months ago (1 children)

looks like a damn elden ring sorcerer helm

[–] Kiosade@lemmy.ca 7 points 4 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 4 months ago

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

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 13 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Dammit now I’m gay again

[–] tux0r@feddit.org 6 points 4 months ago

Sorry.

[–] madcaesar@lemmy.world 12 points 4 months ago

Stupid sexy Hermes!

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 12 points 4 months ago

Hermes got some booty!

[–] Assman@sh.itjust.works 12 points 4 months ago

Cake

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Whatcha doing there buddy?

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

Anchoring some sort of curse.

[–] PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 9 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 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 4 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 4 months ago

Mercury

[–] rollmagma@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

So a Bulgarian sewer?

[–] PrimeErective@startrek.website 8 points 4 months ago

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