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<p>[QUOTE="Bart9349, post: 1791529, member: 5682"]Great piece of history.</p><p> </p><p>The sometimes unreliable Herodian, the Roman historian of Syrian descent, writes about the stone:</p><p> </p><p><b><i>This stone is worshipped as though it were sent from heaven; on it there are some small projecting pieces and markings that are pointed out, which the people would like to believe are a rough picture of the sun, because this is how they see them.</i></b></p><p> </p><p>As explained from Wikipedia, his name has an interesting derivation:</p><p>Quote</p><blockquote><p><br /></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>Interestingly enough, although the cult of Elagabal might be the cult of "the God of the Mountain," there are no large mountains near Emesa, Syria.</p><p> </p><p>A modern interpretation by Martijn Icks:</p><p> </p><p><br /></p><p> </p><p>Good stuff,</p><p> </p><p>guy[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bart9349, post: 1791529, member: 5682"]Great piece of history. The sometimes unreliable Herodian, the Roman historian of Syrian descent, writes about the stone: [B][I]This stone is worshipped as though it were sent from heaven; on it there are some small projecting pieces and markings that are pointed out, which the people would like to believe are a rough picture of the sun, because this is how they see them.[/I][/B] As explained from Wikipedia, his name has an interesting derivation: Quote [INDENT][/INDENT] Interestingly enough, although the cult of Elagabal might be the cult of "the God of the Mountain," there are no large mountains near Emesa, Syria. A modern interpretation by Martijn Icks: Good stuff, guy[/QUOTE]
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